Chad — GDP
GDP (Nominal) for Chad, 1960–2025.
GDP for Chad was 21.47 billion in 2025, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 66 years, from 1960 to 2025. The latest year is also the highest value on record for this series. The lowest was 313.58 million in 1960 (about 68.5× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to 6.72% per year.
Chad ranks 133 of 212 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 63%. The median for Sub-Saharan Africa is 19.93 billion, so Chad sits above it. Over the last decade (2015–2025) the figure moved up 47%. Within Sub-Saharan Africa it ranks 22 of 47 economies; Gabon (21.43 billion) is just below it. Its sharpest one-year move was up 96% in 2005. That is 31% above this series' own ten-year average.
Data highlights
From its 1960 level: doubled by 1973; grown tenfold by 2004. Doubling roughly every 11 years at that pace.
World ranking. Slipped: 82nd of 111 in 1960 → 94th of 146 in 1970 → 122nd of 163 in 1980 → 143rd of 192 in 1990 → 160th of 204 in 2000 → 117th of 212 in 2010 → 127th of 210 in 2020 → 128th of 186 in 2025.
Key figures
Full history — 1960 to 2025
| Year | current US$ | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 21,472,835,225.43 | +7.9% |
| 2024 | 19,906,706,689.76 | +8.5% |
| 2023 | 18,352,937,976.22 | +2.9% |
| 2022 | 17,828,508,289.6 | +5.7% |
| 2021 | 16,871,937,697.59 | +13.0% |
| 2020 | 14,932,897,821.24 | +0.2% |
| 2019 | 14,905,517,742.85 | -2.7% |
| 2018 | 15,327,000,248.87 | +14.8% |
| 2017 | 13,349,041,408.72 | +2.5% |
| 2016 | 13,026,289,835.78 | -10.5% |
| 2015 | 14,559,599,499.5 | -19.8% |
| 2014 | 18,144,336,903.72 | +1.6% |
| 2013 | 17,865,316,886.33 | -0.2% |
| 2012 | 17,892,228,569.89 | +7.2% |
| 2011 | 16,685,349,674 | +18.7% |
| 2010 | 14,058,506,663.73 | +14.1% |
| 2009 | 12,317,614,053.68 | -8.0% |
| 2008 | 13,385,593,990.34 | +23.2% |
| 2007 | 10,865,385,131.52 | +11.9% |
| 2006 | 9,709,626,596.13 | +12.2% |
| 2005 | 8,655,892,392.93 | +95.7% |
| 2004 | 4,422,855,660.83 | +61.3% |
| 2003 | 2,742,815,071.57 | +37.3% |
| 2002 | 1,997,005,708.82 | +16.7% |
| 2001 | 1,710,843,377 | +23.2% |
| 2000 | 1,388,506,771.59 | -9.5% |
| 1999 | 1,534,673,583.25 | -12.0% |
| 1998 | 1,744,794,531.21 | +13.0% |
| 1997 | 1,544,689,576.93 | -3.9% |
| 1996 | 1,607,345,355.78 | +11.2% |
| 1995 | 1,445,919,894.58 | +22.6% |
| 1994 | 1,179,837,963.22 | -19.4% |
| 1993 | 1,463,251,163.92 | -22.2% |
| 1992 | 1,881,847,669.7 | +0.3% |
| 1991 | 1,877,137,981.76 | +8.0% |
| 1990 | 1,738,605,557.76 | +21.3% |
| 1989 | 1,433,686,312.03 | -3.3% |
| 1988 | 1,482,597,297.99 | +27.4% |
| 1987 | 1,163,426,852.2 | +9.0% |
| 1986 | 1,067,828,245.86 | +3.4% |
| 1985 | 1,033,069,709.33 | +12.4% |
| 1984 | 919,103,734.88 | +10.4% |
| 1983 | 832,415,806.01 | -0.2% |
| 1982 | 834,369,859.66 | -4.9% |
| 1981 | 876,937,558.27 | -15.1% |
| 1980 | 1,033,002,403.85 | +2.9% |
| 1979 | 1,004,316,496.35 | -9.8% |
| 1978 | 1,113,920,123.77 | +19.1% |
| 1977 | 935,360,464.7 | +8.0% |
| 1976 | 866,044,962.02 | +0.2% |
| 1975 | 864,602,104.68 | +32.5% |
| 1974 | 652,532,795.08 | +0.8% |
| 1973 | 647,199,482.98 | +10.6% |
| 1972 | 585,427,546.8 | +16.7% |
| 1971 | 501,866,730.15 | +6.9% |
| 1970 | 469,266,736.65 | -0.5% |
| 1969 | 471,635,621.56 | +3.9% |
| 1968 | 453,980,096.21 | +0.9% |
| 1967 | 449,826,322.61 | +3.9% |
| 1966 | 432,794,921.68 | +3.8% |
| 1965 | 416,926,303.32 | +6.3% |
| 1964 | 392,247,517.73 | +5.5% |
| 1963 | 371,767,002.19 | +4.0% |
| 1962 | 357,635,713.42 | +7.1% |
| 1961 | 333,975,336.11 | +6.5% |
| 1960 | 313,582,728.15 | — |
Frequently asked questions
What was Chad’s GDP in 1961?
333,975,336.11 (1961). The full year-by-year table above lists every published year, most recent first.
Are Chad’s GDP figures nominal or inflation-adjusted?
They are exactly as the World Bank publishes them — current US$ — with no inflation restatement and no PPP conversion. Years the source does not report are omitted rather than interpolated.
Is Chad’s GDP growing or shrinking?
Between 1960 and 2025 the series was growing overall: +6747.6% in total — about 6.7% a year compounded.
Where does this data come from?
World Bank Open Data (CC BY-4.0), indicator NY.GDP.MKTP.CD. 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: 21,472,835,225.43; 2024: 19,906,706,689.76; 2023: 18,352,937,976.22; 2022: 17,828,508,289.6; 2021: 16,871,937,697.59. Earlier years are in the full-history table below.
Related data
NY.GDP.MKTP.CD — GDP (Nominal). 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.