Chad Chad

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  • Capital: N Djamena
  • Population: 17,179,740
  • Surface Area: 1,284,000 km2
  • Currency: Franco Central African CFA franc
  • Religion: Mostly Islam
  • Belongs to: ACP, ECCAS, IMF, UN, AU

Chad, is a country located at Middle Africa, it has an area of 1,284,000 Km2 and it may be considered a large country.

Chad, with a population of 17,179,740 people, it is ranked at 69º position by population of 196 countries and it has a low population density, 13 people per km2.

It's capital is N Djamena and its currency is Franco Central African CFA franc

Chad is holding the 144 position by nominal GDP. Its national debt in 2021 was 5,575 millions of euros (6,598 millions of dollars), ( 55.91% debt-to-GDP ratio) and its public debt per capita is €324 euros per inhabitant$384 dollars per inhabitant.

In terms of the human development index (HDI) of Chad, which is the index used by the United Nations to measure the progress of a country, was 0.394 points in 2021, leaving it in 190th place in the table of 191 countries published.

If the reason to visit Chad are business, you must know it's in the 182th of the Doing Business ranking , which provides objective measures of business regulations for local firms.

In the tables at the bottom of the page, you can see more information about the economy and demography of Chad, if you want to see information about other countries click here

N Djamena: Monthly Temp.
Chad Economy
Gouvernement
Annual GDP [+]2022€12,065M
Annual GDP [+]2022$12,704M
GDP per capita [+]2022€702
GDP per capita [+]2022$739
Debt (M.€.) [+]20215,575
Debt ($M) [+]20216,598
Debt (%GDP) [+]202155.91%
Debt Per Capita [+]2021€324
Debt Per Capita [+]2021$384
Deficit (M.€) [+]2021-160
Deficit ($M) [+]2021-190
Deficit (%GDP) [+]2021-1.61%
Expenditure (M.€) [+]20211,836.6
Expenditure ($M) [+]20212,173.6
Education Expenditure (M.€) [+]2020274.1
Education Expenditure ($M) [+]2020312.9
Education Expenditure (%Bud.) [+]202115.13%
Gov. Health Exp. (M.€) [+]201763.3
Gov. Health Exp.($M) [+]201771.5
Gov. Health Exp. (%Bud.) [+]20174.68%
Defence Expenditure (M.€) [+]2022353.0
Defence Expenditure ($M) [+]2022371.7
Defence Expenditure (%Bud.) [+]202217.52%
Expenditure (%GDP) [+]202118.42%
Expenditure Per Capita [+]2021€107
Expenditure Per Capita [+]2021$127
Education Expenditure P.C [+]2020€16
Education Expenditure P.C [+]2020$19
Gov. Health Exp. P.C. [+]2017€4
Gov. Health Exp. P.C. [+]2017$5
Defence Expenditure P.C. [+]2022€21
Defence Expenditure P.C. [+]2022$22
Corruption Index [+]202219
Competitiveness Ranking [+]2019141º
Fragile States Index [+]2018108.3
Labour
NMW [+]2022$96.2
Human Capital Ranking [+]2017122º
Business
Doing Business [+]2020182º
Taxes
Tax Revenue (%GDP) [+]202110.0%
Trade
Annual arrivals [+]201787,000
Exports [+]2021€2,164.7M
Exports [+]2021$2,560.2M
Exports % GDP [+]202121.71%
Imports [+]2021€1,020.3M
Imports [+]2021$1,206.7M
Imports % GDP [+]202110.23%
Trade balance [+]2021€1,144.4M
Trade balance [+]2021$1,353.5M
Trade balance % GDP [+]202111.48%
Socio-Demography
Density [+]202113
Global Peace Ranking [+]2023142º
% Immigrant [+]20203.29%
% Emigrant [+]20201.34%
Birth Rate [+]202143.36‰
Remittance sent ($M) [+]2017238.5
Crude death rate [+]202112.50‰
Fertility Rate [+]20216.26
% risk of poverty [+]201842.3%
Population [+]202117,179,740
Immigrant stock [+]2020547,494
Emigrant stock [+]2020222,303
HDI [+]20210.394
Gender Gap Ranking [+]2023145º
Life expectancy [+]202152.53
Suicides [+]20151,228
Suicide rate [+]20158.70
Energy and Environment
CO2 Tons per capita [+]20210.13
Annual crude oil production [+]202281
Crude Oil Reserves [+]20211,500.0
Consumption GWh [+]2021264
Generation GWh [+]2021312
Others
COVID-19 - Deaths [+]11/30/2023194
COVID-19 - Confirmed [+]11/30/20237,698
Fully vaccinated [+]07/16/20236,127,422
COVID-19 - Deaths per million population [+]11/30/202311.29
Doses administered [+]08/13/20238,562,003