Chad — GDP growth
GDP Growth (Annual %) for Chad, 1961–2025.
GDP growth for Chad was 5.59% in 2025, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 65 years, from 1961 to 2025. The highest recorded value was 33.63% in 2004. The lowest was -21.44% in 1979 (about -3.8× the latest value). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to 2.19% per year.
Chad ranks 44 of 212 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 21%. The median for Sub-Saharan Africa is 4.61%, so Chad sits above it. It peaked in 2004 and has fallen 83% since. Over the last decade (2015–2025) the figure moved up 69%. Within Sub-Saharan Africa it ranks 20 of 47 economies; Burkina Faso (5.29%) is just below it. Its sharpest one-year move was down 4465% in 1979. That is 126% above this series' own ten-year average.
Data highlights
From its 1961 level: doubled by 1962; grown tenfold by 1983. Doubling roughly every 32 years at that pace.
World ranking. Climbed: 87th of 107 in 1961 → 102nd of 119 in 1970 → 140th of 152 in 1980 → 159th of 176 in 1990 → 181st of 199 in 2000 → 6th of 209 in 2010 → 46th of 209 in 2020 → 39th of 186 in 2025.
Key figures
Full history — 1961 to 2025
| Year | annual % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5.59% | +0.6 pp |
| 2024 | 4.95% | +1.0 pp |
| 2023 | 4% | -0.1 pp |
| 2022 | 4.13% | +3.8 pp |
| 2021 | 0.29% | +0.7 pp |
| 2020 | -0.39% | -5.8 pp |
| 2019 | 5.38% | -0.4 pp |
| 2018 | 5.74% | +7.4 pp |
| 2017 | -1.62% | +2.5 pp |
| 2016 | -4.12% | -7.4 pp |
| 2015 | 3.3% | +1.2 pp |
| 2014 | 2.06% | -0.8 pp |
| 2013 | 2.84% | -6.2 pp |
| 2012 | 9.06% | +4.6 pp |
| 2011 | 4.5% | -9.2 pp |
| 2010 | 13.67% | +15.1 pp |
| 2009 | -1.41% | -4.5 pp |
| 2008 | 3.08% | -1.1 pp |
| 2007 | 4.2% | +4.7 pp |
| 2006 | -0.54% | -17.9 pp |
| 2005 | 17.33% | -16.3 pp |
| 2004 | 33.63% | +18.9 pp |
| 2003 | 14.72% | +6.2 pp |
| 2002 | 8.49% | -3.2 pp |
| 2001 | 11.66% | +12.5 pp |
| 2000 | -0.88% | -0.2 pp |
| 1999 | -0.68% | -7.6 pp |
| 1998 | 6.95% | +1.3 pp |
| 1997 | 5.65% | +3.4 pp |
| 1996 | 2.21% | +1.0 pp |
| 1995 | 1.24% | -8.9 pp |
| 1994 | 10.14% | +25.8 pp |
| 1993 | -15.71% | -23.7 pp |
| 1992 | 8% | -0.5 pp |
| 1991 | 8.54% | +12.7 pp |
| 1990 | -4.18% | -9.1 pp |
| 1989 | 4.88% | -10.6 pp |
| 1988 | 15.48% | +17.9 pp |
| 1987 | -2.39% | +1.7 pp |
| 1986 | -4.08% | -25.9 pp |
| 1985 | 21.79% | +19.7 pp |
| 1984 | 2.05% | -13.6 pp |
| 1983 | 15.68% | +10.3 pp |
| 1982 | 5.35% | +4.3 pp |
| 1981 | 1.04% | +7.1 pp |
| 1980 | -6.05% | +15.4 pp |
| 1979 | -21.44% | -21.0 pp |
| 1978 | -0.47% | -2.7 pp |
| 1977 | 2.23% | -0.7 pp |
| 1976 | 2.98% | -6.0 pp |
| 1975 | 9.01% | +4.0 pp |
| 1974 | 4.96% | +13.3 pp |
| 1973 | -8.38% | -9.5 pp |
| 1972 | 1.15% | +3.4 pp |
| 1971 | -2.25% | -4.1 pp |
| 1970 | 1.86% | -5.0 pp |
| 1969 | 6.88% | +7.3 pp |
| 1968 | -0.46% | -1.2 pp |
| 1967 | 0.77% | +2.6 pp |
| 1966 | -1.81% | -2.4 pp |
| 1965 | 0.61% | +3.1 pp |
| 1964 | -2.51% | -0.9 pp |
| 1963 | -1.6% | -7.0 pp |
| 1962 | 5.36% | +4.0 pp |
| 1961 | 1.4% | — |
Frequently asked questions
What was Chad’s GDP growth in 1962?
5.36% (1962). The full year-by-year table above lists every published year, most recent first.
Are changes in this series measured in percentage points?
Yes. The series is a share expressed in annual %, so year-over-year movements in the Change column are percentage points (pp), not percent.
Is Chad’s GDP growth growing or shrinking?
Between 1961 and 2025 the series was growing overall: +299.9% in total — about 2.2% a year compounded.
Where does this data come from?
World Bank Open Data (CC BY-4.0), indicator NY.GDP.MKTP.KD.ZG. Values are reproduced as published; this page only computes summary statistics such as change, CAGR and extremes.
What are the most recent published figures?
The last five published years: 2025: 5.59%; 2024: 4.95%; 2023: 4%; 2022: 4.13%; 2021: 0.29%. Earlier years are in the full-history table below.
Related data
NY.GDP.MKTP.KD.ZG — GDP Growth (Annual %). Data licensed under CC BY 4.0. Values are reproduced as published; this page computes the summary statistics (change, CAGR, extremes) from the underlying annual series. View the original dataset on data.worldbank.org.