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Topic 13 of 18 · Country Index 2026
Chad: Food & Agriculture
Which countries farm and supply food most effectively?
Chad is placed 183rd of 184 countries on food & agriculture in the Country Index 2026, from 4 of its 4 key statistics. Readings behind it: Progress Toward Productive and Sustainable Agriculture (SDG 2.4.1 Proxy) 2 (2024); Cereal Yield 819.3 (2023).
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183rd
of 184 countries placed
Placed from 4 of 4 key statistics
- 2Progress Toward Productive and Sustainable Agriculture (SDG 2.4.1 Proxy), 2024Current status score, from 1 (worst) to 5 (best), averaged over up to seven sub-indicators
- 819.3Cereal Yield, 2023Cereal yield (kg per hectare)
- 2,121Dietary Energy Supply, 2024Dietary energy supply (kcal per person per day)
- 0.09Agriculture Orientation Index, 2024Agriculture orientation index (1.0 = spending matches sector size)
01The evidence
The 4 key statistics that decide it
Only these place Chad on food & agriculture — one vote each. Every value is the publisher’s own, read at the edition the Country Index 2026 used; the grey ticks are every other country it was compared with, lowest on the left.
Key 1 of 4
Progress Toward Productive and Sustainable Agriculture (SDG 2.4.1 Proxy)
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
2024 edition · data for 2024 · CC BY 4.0
2
Current status score, from 1 (worst) to 5 (best), averaged over up to seven sub-indicators
Higher is better
Chad: 2. Across the 186 countries in this edition, values run from 1.67 (Tuvalu) to 4.57 (Italy); the world median is 3.14.
- World median
- 3.14
- Best in Middle Africa
- 3.67 São Tomé and Príncipe
- Land neighbours
- Central African Republic 2.83 · Cameroon 3.29 · Libya 2.33 · Niger 2.29 · Nigeria 3.29 · Sudan 2.29
Key 2 of 4
Cereal Yield
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
2023 edition · data for 2023 · CC BY 4.0
819.3
Cereal yield (kg per hectare)
Higher is better
Chad: 819.3. Across the 179 countries in this edition, values run from 23 (Cabo Verde) to 29,147 (Oman); the world median is 3,072.
- World median
- 3,072
- Best in Middle Africa
- 2,004 São Tomé and Príncipe
- Land neighbours
- Central African Republic 878.1 · Cameroon 1,770 · Libya 672.2 · Niger 488.8 · Nigeria 1,549 · Sudan 454.9
Key 3 of 4
Dietary Energy Supply
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
2024 edition · data for 2024 · CC BY 4.0
2,121
Dietary energy supply (kcal per person per day)
Higher is better
Chad: 2,121. Across the 155 countries in this edition, values run from 1,757 (Somalia) to 3,962 (United States); the world median is 2,982.
- World median
- 2,982
- Best in Middle Africa
- 2,851 Cameroon
- Land neighbours
- Cameroon 2,851 · Libya 2,800 · Niger 2,683 · Nigeria 2,444
Key 4 of 4
Agriculture Orientation Index
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
2024 edition · data for 2024 · CC BY 4.0
0.09
Agriculture orientation index (1.0 = spending matches sector size)
Higher is better
Chad: 0.09. Across the 132 countries in this edition, values run from 0.03 (Ghana) to 5.38 (Singapore); the world median is 0.305.
- World median
- 0.305
- Best in Middle Africa
- 0.27 Central African Republic
- Land neighbours
- Central African Republic 0.27 · Niger 0.09 · Nigeria 0.16
02Over time
Which way Chad is moving
Each key’s published value, edition by edition, beside the world median. The Country Index 2026 is the first edition of the standing, so the standing itself has no history to chart yet.
Progress Toward Productive and Sustainable Agriculture (SDG 2.4.1 Proxy)
Current status score, from 1 (worst) to 5 (best), averaged over up to seven sub-indicators · higher is better
ChadWorld median
Chad fell from 2.29 in 2015 to 2 in 2024; the world median went from 3.14 to 3.14.
Every year’s figures
Year Chad World median 2024 2.0 3.1 2023 2.0 3.1 2022 2.1 3.2 2021 2.1 3.1 2020 2.4 3.1 2019 2.4 3.1 2018 2.4 3.2 2017 2.3 3.1 2016 2.4 3.1 2015 2.3 3.1 Cereal Yield
Cereal yield (kg per hectare) · higher is better
ChadWorld median
Chad rose from 531.3 in 2000 to 819.3 in 2023; the world median went from 2,170 to 3,072.
Every year’s figures
Year Chad World median 2023 819.3 3,072 2022 845.5 3,217 2021 814.3 3,003 2020 867.1 3,260 2019 886.3 3,106 2018 893.0 2,883 2017 825.2 2,984 2016 844.7 3,043 2015 801.9 3,000 2014 855.7 3,001 2013 822.8 2,970 2012 934.8 2,782 2011 632.0 2,754 2010 762.8 2,647 2009 598.3 2,653 2008 775.2 2,664 2007 799.3 2,553 2006 766.8 2,514 2005 749.9 2,512 2004 671.2 2,428 2003 827.3 2,331 2002 670.9 2,378 2001 634.7 2,199 2000 531.3 2,170 Dietary Energy Supply
Dietary energy supply (kcal per person per day) · higher is better
ChadWorld median
Chad rose from 2,026 in 2001 to 2,121 in 2024; the world median went from 2,628 to 2,982.
Every year’s figures
Year Chad World median 2024 2,121 2,982.0 2023 2,137 2,969.0 2022 2,168 2,962.5 2021 2,210 2,967.0 2020 2,246 2,934.0 2019 2,287 2,912.5 2018 2,311 2,893.0 2017 2,329 2,886.0 2016 2,320 2,863.0 2015 2,315 2,835.0 2014 2,329 2,844.0 2013 2,362 2,856.0 2012 2,366 2,838.0 2011 2,350 2,827.5 2010 2,344 2,808.0 2009 2,337 2,818.0 2008 2,310 2,811.0 2007 2,251 2,810.5 2006 2,193 2,772.0 2005 2,135 2,740.5 2004 2,095 2,712.5 2003 2,056 2,685.0 2002 2,052 2,667.0 2001 2,026 2,628.0 Agriculture Orientation Index
Agriculture orientation index (1.0 = spending matches sector size) · higher is better
ChadWorld median
Chad fell from 0.16 in 2002 to 0.09 in 2024; the world median went from 0.34 to 0.305.
Every year’s figures
Year Chad World median 2024 0.09 0.305 2023 0.05 0.305 2022 0.23 0.290 2021 0.11 0.260 2020 0.13 0.255 2019 0.12 0.265 2018 0.11 0.270 2017 0.08 0.260 2016 0.09 0.285 2015 0.21 0.305 2014 0.15 0.300 2013 0.23 0.285 2012 0.31 0.330 2011 0.16 0.290 2010 0.20 0.320 2009 0.18 0.370 2008 0.22 0.390 2007 0.22 0.410 2006 0.19 0.355 2005 0.21 0.325 2004 0.19 0.320 2003 0.13 0.320 2002 0.16 0.340 2001 — 0.360
03In context
Chad beside its neighbours
A position reads best beside the countries around it. Every position below is a place among all 184 countries on food & agriculture, never a place within the region.
Chad and the countries it borders
Standing among all 184; the key columns are the publishers’ own values.
| Country | Standing | Progress Toward Productive and Sustainable Agriculture (SDG 2.4.1 Proxy)Current status score, from 1 (worst) to 5 (best), averaged over up to seven sub-indicators | Cereal YieldCereal yield (kg per hectare) | Dietary Energy SupplyDietary energy supply (kcal per person per day) | Agriculture Orientation IndexAgriculture orientation index (1.0 = spending matches sector size) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Cameroon | =115th | 3.29 | 1,770 | 2,851 | — |
 Nigeria | 143rd | 3.29 | 1,549 | 2,444 | 0.16 |
 Central African Republic | 146th | 2.83 | 878.1 | — | 0.27 |
 Libya | 166th | 2.33 | 672.2 | 2,800 | — |
 Niger | 173rd | 2.29 | 488.8 | 2,683 | 0.09 |
 Sudan | 182nd | 2.29 | 454.9 | — | — |
| Chad | 183rd | 2 | 819.3 | 2,121 | 0.09 |
“—”: no published reading in that edition. What a standing is
Across Middle Africa
Every country in the sub-region, by its place among all 184.
Placed either side on food & agriculture
The countries immediately above and below Chad in the topic’s list.
04Context, no vote
Where Chad is ahead of the world, and behind
23 more statistics filed under food & agriculture, published in full and deliberately given no vote in the standing. Select a row for the publisher, the rank and the links.
Ahead of the world median5
Statistics on which Chad does better than the middle country measured.
Livestock Production IndexFAO · 2022 · world median 107.06145.44107.06▲ Improved since 2012
Chad: 145.44 · world median 107.06 · Livestock production index (2014–2016 = 100). Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), 2022 edition, data for 2022.
Published values in that edition run from 35.52 to 190.08; higher is better.
Position 16th of 194 · derived.
Food Production IndexFAO · 2022 · world median 106.08130.28106.08▲ Improved since 2012
Chad: 130.28 · world median 106.08 · Food production index (2014–2016 = 100). Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), 2022 edition, data for 2022.
Published values in that edition run from 71.08 to 177.49; higher is better.
Position 21st of 195 · derived.
Per Capita Food Supply VariabilityFAO · 2024 · world median 291729▲ Improved since 2014
Chad: 17 · world median 29 · Year-to-year variability of the food supply (kcal per person per day). Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 4 to 227; lower is better.
Legal Guarantees of Women's Equal Rights to LandFAO · 2025 · world median 343No earlier reading
Chad: 4 · world median 3 · Level of legal guarantees of women's equal rights to land ownership and control, 1 (lowest) to 6 (highest). Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from 1 to 6; higher is better.
Global Report on Food CrisesFSIN · 2024 · world median 222022▲ Improved since 2016
Chad: 20 · world median 22 · In IPC Phase 3+ (% of analysed population). Food Security Information Network (FSIN), 2025 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 3 to 56; lower is better.
Position 25th of 44 · derived, 1st = worst.
Behind the world median5
Statistics on which Chad does worse than the middle country measured.
Crop Production IndexFAO · 2022 · world median 106.23104.38106.23▼ Worsened since 2012
Chad: 104.38 · world median 106.23 · Crop production index (2014–2016 = 100). Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), 2022 edition, data for 2022.
Published values in that edition run from 53.79 to 189.93; higher is better.
Position 106th of 195 · derived.
Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing Value Added per WorkerWorld Bank Group · 2025 · world median 6,7421,5396,742▼ Worsened since 2015
Chad: 1,539 · world median 6,742 · Agricultural value added per worker (constant 2015 US$). World Bank Group, 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from 210.77 to 150,632; higher is better.
Position 128th of 151 · derived.
Prevalence of Severe Food InsecurityFAO · 2024 · world median 4.925.24.9▲ Improved since 2015
Chad: 25.2 · world median 4.9 · Population in severe food insecurity (%). Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 0.6 to 62.9; lower is better.
Position 13th of 119 · derived, 1st = worst.
Prevalence of UndernourishmentFAO · 2023 · world median 5.2325.2▼ Worsened since 2013
Chad: 32 · world median 5.2 · Population undernourished (%). Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), 2023 edition, data for 2023.
Published values in that edition run from 2.5 to 54.2; lower is better.
Position 9th of 104 · derived, 1st = worst.
Agricultural Emissions IntensityFAO · 2023 · world median 1.56514.131.565▼ Worsened since 2013
Chad: 14.13 · world median 1.565 · Greenhouse gases from farming per value of agricultural output (kg CO₂eq per international dollar). Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), 2023 edition, data for 2023.
Published values in that edition run from 0 to 28.2; lower is better.
Position 2nd of 190 · derived, 1st = worst.
No better end13
These describe the shape of a country — more is not better or worse, only different — so they are never ahead or behind.
Employment in AgricultureILO · 2025 · world median 14.3871.7414.38No real change since 2015
Chad: 71.74 · world median 14.38 · Employment in agriculture (% of total employment). International Labour Organization (ILO), 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from 0.095 to 85.34.
Position 4th of 182 · derived, counted from the highest value.
Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing Value Added (% of GDP)World Bank Group · 2025 · world median 6.57236.346.572No real change since 2015
Chad: 36.34 · world median 6.572 · Agriculture, forestry and fishing value added (% of GDP). World Bank Group, 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from 0.025 to 47.59.
Position 4th of 158 · derived, counted from the highest value.
Agricultural EmissionsFAO · 2023 · world median 8,63595,7338,635Moved since 2013
Chad: 95,733 · world median 8,635 · Farm-gate emissions (kt CO₂eq). Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), 2023 edition, data for 2023.
Published values in that edition run from 0 to 1,044,508.
Position 14th of 193 · derived, counted from the highest value.
Arable Land per PersonFAO · 2023 · world median 0.1090.2740.109No real change since 2013
Chad: 0.274 · world median 0.109 · Arable land (hectares per person). Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), 2023 edition, data for 2023.
Published values in that edition run from 0 to 1.459.
Position 33rd of 206 · derived, counted from the highest value.
Land Under Cereal ProductionFAO · 2023 · world median 689,2783,226,254689,278No real change since 2013
Chad: 3,226,254 · world median 689,278 · Land under cereal production (hectares). Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), 2023 edition, data for 2023.
Published values in that edition run from 0 to 103,715,108.
Position 40th of 179 · derived, counted from the highest value.
Water Withdrawal by SectorFAO · 2022 · world median 62.1476.4262.14No real change since 2012
Chad: 76.42 · world median 62.14 · Freshwater withdrawn for agriculture (% of total). Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), 2022 edition, data for 2022.
Published values in that edition run from 0 to 99.48.
Position 56th of 171 · derived, counted from the highest value.
Livestock DensityFAO · 2023 · world median 0.5350.760.535Moved since 2013
Chad: 0.76 · world median 0.535 · Livestock units per hectare of agricultural land. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), 2023 edition, data for 2023.
Published values in that edition run from 0.02 to 43.97.
Position 64th of 188 · derived, counted from the highest value.
Fisheries and Aquaculture ProductionFAO · 2024 · world median 52,375109,09552,375Moved since 2014
Chad: 109,095 · world median 52,375 · Fish, crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic animals caught or farmed, tonnes (live weight). Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 0 to 70,500,841.
Agricultural LandFAO · 2023 · world median 37.9639.9837.96No real change since 2013
Chad: 39.98 · world median 37.96 · Agricultural land (% of land area). Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), 2023 edition, data for 2023.
Published values in that edition run from 0.445 to 86.48.
Position 96th of 209 · derived, counted from the highest value.
Women's Share of Agricultural LandownersFAO · 2025 · world median 25.6425.6425.64No earlier reading
Chad: 25.64 · world median 25.64 · Women's share of owners or rights-bearers of agricultural land (%). Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from 2.16 to 57.8.
Cropland Nitrogen BalanceFAO · 2023 · world median 37.632237.63No real change since 2013
Chad: 22 · world median 37.63 · Nitrogen surplus (+) or deficit (−) on cropland, kg per hectare. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), 2023 edition, data for 2023.
Published values in that edition run from -555.52 to 1,199.
Fertilizer Consumption per HectareFAO · 2023 · world median 87.366.52687.36No real change since 2013
Chad: 6.526 · world median 87.36 · Fertilizer consumption (kg per hectare of arable land). Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), 2023 edition, data for 2023.
Published values in that edition run from 0 to 2,926.
Position 169th of 188 · derived, counted from the highest value.
Pesticide Use per HectareFAO · 2024 · world median 1.730.011.73No real change since 2014
Chad: 0.01 · world median 1.73 · Pesticide use (kg per hectare of cropland). Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 0 to 37.72.
Position 176th of 178 · derived, counted from the highest value.
No current reading for Chad
Agricultural Irrigated Land, Cereal Import Dependency Ratio (last 2008), Fish and Seafood Supply per Person, Fruit Supply per Person, Meat Supply per Person, Organic Agricultural Area, Share of Dietary Energy Supply from Cereals, Roots and Tubers (last 2008) and Vegetable Supply per Person. Listed rather than hidden, so the page can be checked against it.
“Position · derived” is this site’s ordering of the published values, 1st = best unless the row says otherwise; the publisher ranks no country on it. Rank, position and standing
05Country Index 2026
Food & Agriculture among Chad’s 15 topics
Food & Agriculture is Chad’s 15th best-placed topic of 15. Strongest first, each marker at its share of that topic’s field.
- Environment & Sustainability13th of 1863/4 keys
- Work & Labourjoint 117th of 1824/4 keys
- Poverty & Inequality136th of 1593/3 keys
- Gender & Equality157th of 1834/4 keys
- Democracy & Civil Liberties173rd of 1984/4 keys
- Digital & Technology177th of 1984/4 keys
- Risk & Resilience173rd of 1934/4 keys
- Energy149th of 1653/3 keys
- Governance & Institutions178th of 1944/4 keys
- Education & Knowledge189th of 1984/4 keys
- Health & Wellbeing195th of 2004/4 keys
- Peace & Security174th of 1774/4 keys
- Development & Human Capitaljoint 194th of 1963/3 keys
- Economy & Innovation175th of 1764/4 keys
- Food & Agriculture183rd of 1844/4 keys
No standing on Mobility & Trade: too few of those topics’ key statistics are published for this country.
06The top of the list
Who leads on food & agriculture
The three countries placed highest of 184, and the leaders Chad can most readily be measured against.
1
SerbiaSouthern Europe
1st of 184 · 4 of 4 keys
Photo: Lošmi derivative work: Jjtkk · CC BY-SA 3.0, greyscale
2
AustriaWestern Europe
2nd of 184 · 4 of 4 keys
Photo: chensiyuan · CC BY-SA 4.0, greyscale
3
MaltaSouthern Europe
3rd of 184 · 3 of 4 keys
Photo: Dirk Heldmaier derivative work: Jjtkk · CC BY-SA 3.0, greyscale
Placed highest nearby
Highest in Africa
Seychelles31st2/4 keysHighest in Middle Africa
Cameroon=115th3/4 keysThis page
Chad183rd4/4 keys
Positions out of 184 placed on the topic. A country needs readings on enough keys to be placed, and the top of the list is often held on fewer of them.
07Method
Method, sources and how to cite
What this topic does not measure
The subject is about producing and supplying food, not about whether people are fed: hunger, stunting and food insecurity are measured under Health & Wellbeing, and whether a healthy diet is affordable under Poverty & Inequality. The wider environmental cost of farming, including emissions, water withdrawal and forest loss, is filed under Environment & Sustainability. Land use, fertiliser and pesticide use, irrigation, livestock, fishing and the supply of particular foods are published here as context.
How the Food & Agriculture standing is decided
A standing is this site’s ordering, named with its edition — never a publisher’s rank. 4 key statistics vote, one vote each; every country’s published value becomes a place within that key’s own field, the places are averaged, and the average is never published. A country needs 2 of the 4 keys to be placed.
The food & agriculture method, step by stepHow every standing on this site is built
The key statistics and their licences
- Progress Toward Productive and Sustainable Agriculture (SDG 2.4.1 Proxy) — Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), CC BY 4.0
- Cereal Yield — Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), CC BY 4.0
- Dietary Energy Supply — Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), CC BY 4.0
- Agriculture Orientation Index — Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), CC BY 4.0
The other 23 statistics on this page come from 4 publishers, each named beside its numbers, with every edition and licence on the datasets pages.
The standing itself is part of the Country Index 2026, published under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Photographs
Chad’s banner and the countries placed highest, from their profiles: Wikimedia Commons, shown in greyscale, each used under the licence named.
- Chad (banner) — File: Robertgrafl derivative work: Jjtkk, Public domain
- Serbia — Lošmi derivative work: Jjtkk, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Austria — chensiyuan, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Malta — Dirk Heldmaier derivative work: Jjtkk, CC BY-SA 3.0
Cite this page
Nations Inquiry (2026). Chad: Food & Agriculture — standing and statistics, Country Index 2026. https://nationsinquiry.com/countries/chad/food