International Rankings of Chad 2022, country comparisons

This table lists the international rankings of Chad, in all categories that are published in the CIA World Factbook, and those that we derived from them. Additional international rankings of Chad, can be found in the main country ranks menu.
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Ranked Data	Rank	Value	Year
Communications
Internet users - percent of population	81	10.00 %	2020
Internet users - total	129	1.643 million	2020
Telephones - fixed lines - total subscriptions	179	5340	2020
Telephones - mobile cellular - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	117	53.00	2020
Telephones - mobile cellular - total subscriptions	95	8.687 million	2020
Economy
Budget - expenditures	157	1.481 billion US Dollars	2017
Budget - revenues	155	1.337 billion US Dollars	2017
Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)	40	1.50 % of GDP	N/A
Current account balance	109	558.000 million US Dollars	2017
Debt - external	151	1.724 billion US Dollars	2017
Exports	145	2.464 billion US Dollars	2017
GDP (official exchange rate)	141	10.912 billion US Dollars	2019
GDP - composition by end use - exports of goods and services	92	35.10 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - government consumption	128	4.40 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - household consumption	51	75.10 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - imports of goods and services	69	39.40 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - investment in fixed capital	52	24.10 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - investment in inventories	48	0.70 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - agriculture	3	52.30 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - industry	134	14.70 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - services	167	33.10 % of GDP	2017
Gini Index coefficient - distribution of family income	32	43 %	2011
Household income or consumption by percentage share - highest 10%	55	30.80 % share of income accruing to lowest and highest 10% of population	2003
Household income or consumption by percentage share - lowest 10%	25	2.60 % share of income accruing to lowest and highest 10% of population	N/A
Imports	161	2.160 billion US Dollars	2017
Industrial production growth rate	100	4.00 %	2017
Inflation rate (consumer prices)	93	0.90 %	2019
Labor force	72	5.654 million US Dollars	2017
Labor force - by occupation - agriculture	6	80 %	N/A
Labor force - by occupation - industry	65	20 %	2006
Population below poverty line	28	42 %	2018
Public debt	80	52.50 % of GDP	2017
Real GDP (purchasing power parity)	141	24.970 billion US Dollars	2020
Real GDP growth rate	133	3.10 %	2017
Real GDP per capita	168	1500 US Dollars	2020
Reserves of foreign exchange and gold	182	22.900 million US Dollars	2017
Taxes and other revenues	148	13.50 % of GDP	N/A
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - female	143	0.70	2018
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - male	136	2.40	N/A
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - total	135	1.50	N/A
Energy
Carbon dioxide emissions - from petroleum and other liquids	152	1.771 million metric tonnes of CO2	2019
Carbon dioxide emissions - total	155	1.771 million	2019
Electricity - consumption	178	188.460 million kWh	2019
Electricity - installed generating capacity	175	87000 kWh	2020
Electricity - transmission/distribution losses	151	111.000 million kWh	2019
Electricity generation sources - fossil fuels	14	96.80 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - wind	48	3.20 %	2020
Energy consumption per capita	181	1.575 million Btu/person	2019
Petroleum - crude oil and lease condensate exports	32	116000 bbl/day	2018
Petroleum - crude oil estimated reserves	36	1.500 billion bbl/day	2021
Petroleum - refined petroleum consumption	148	12600 bbl/day	2019
Petroleum - total petroleum production	45	87900 bbl/day	2021
Refined petroleum products - imports	177	2285 bbl/day	2015
Environment
Air pollutants - carbon dioxide emissions	150	1 megatons	2016
Air pollutants - methane emissions	48	31 megatons	2020
Air pollutants - particulate matter emissions	14	53 micrograms per cubic meter	2016
Land use - agricultural land	89	40	2018
Land use - arable land	119	4	2018
Land use - forest	139	9	2018
Land use - other	39	51	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	37	36	2018
Revenue from forest resources	17	4 % of GDP	2018
Total renewable water resources	91	45.700 billion cubic meters	2017
Total water withdrawal - agricultural	97	672.200 million cubic meters	2017
Total water withdrawal - industrial	101	103.700 million cubic meters	2017
Total water withdrawal - municipal	130	103.700 million cubic meters	2017
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	15	4.10	N/A
Urbanization - urban population	160	24	2023
Geography
Area - land	23	1.259 million sq km	N/A
Area - total	22	1.284 million sq km	N/A
Area - water	22	24800 sq km	N/A
Elevation - highest point	41	3445 meters	N/A
Elevation - lowest point	16	160 meters	N/A
Elevation - mean elevation	61	543 meters	N/A
Irrigated land	115	300 sq km	2012
Land boundaries - total	22	6406 km	N/A
Land use - agricultural land	89	40	2018
Land use - arable land	119	4	2018
Land use - forest	139	9	2018
Land use - other	39	51	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	37	36	2018
Population Density	190	14.27 Persons per sq km	N/A
Military
Military expenditures	26	3 % of GDP	2021
Population
Age structure - 15-24 years	37	19.77	0417
Age structure - 25-54 years	192	27.14	1490
Age structure - 55-64 years	189	3.24	N/A
Alcohol consumption per capita - total	144	1 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Birth rate	6	40.45 births/1,000 population	2022
Children under the age of 5 years underweight	6	29 %	2019
Contraceptive prevalence rate	123	8.10 %	2019
Current health expenditure	67	4 % of GDP	2019
Death rate	43	9.45 deaths/1,000 population	2022
Dependency ratios - elderly dependency ratio	140	4.00 %	N/A
Dependency ratios - potential support ratio	8	24.90 %	2021
Dependency ratios - total dependency ratio	5	98.70 %	N/A
Dependency ratios - youth dependency ratio	3	94.70 %	N/A
Drinking water source - improved	51	90 % of population	N/A
Drinking water source - rural	7	48 % of population	N/A
Drinking water source - total	5	39 % of population	2020
Drinking water source - unimproved	11	10 % of population	N/A
Education expenditures	55	3 % of GDP	2021
Infant mortality rate - female	7	59.52 deaths/1,000 live births	2022
Infant mortality rate - male	7	71.21 deaths/1,000 live births	N/A
Infant mortality rate - total	7	65.48 deaths/1,000 live births	N/A
Life expectancy at birth - female	184	61 years	2022
Life expectancy at birth - male	186	57 years	N/A
Life expectancy at birth - total population	185	59 years	N/A
Literacy - female	117	14 %	2016
Literacy - male	102	31 %	N/A
Literacy - total population	111	22 %	N/A
Maternal mortality ratio	1	1140.00 deaths/100,000 live births	2017
Median age - female	156	17 years	2020
Median age - male	147	16 years	N/A
Median age - total	143	16 years	N/A
Mother's mean age at first birth	84	18	1415
Net migration rate	80	0.13 migrant(s)/1,000 population	N/A
Obesity - adult prevalence rate	123	6.10 %	2016
Physicians density	150	0.06 physicians/1,000 population	2020
Population	65	17.963 million	2022
Population growth rate	9	3.09 %	2022
Sanitation facility access - improved	85	58 % of population	N/A
Sanitation facility access - rural	1	95 % of population	N/A
Sanitation facility access - total	2	83 % of population	2020
Sanitation facility access - unimproved	8	43 % of population	N/A
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - female	17	6 years	2015
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - male	11	9 years	N/A
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - total	15	7 years	N/A
Sex ratio - 0-14 years	13	1.02 male(s)/female	N/A
Sex ratio - 15-24 years	22	1.01	N/A
Sex ratio - 25-54 years	29	0.92	N/A
Sex ratio - 55-64 years	44	0.77	N/A
Sex ratio - 65 years and over	28	0.69 male(s)/female	N/A
Sex ratio - at birth	9	1.04 male(s)/female	N/A
Sex ratio - total population	19	0.98 male(s)/female	N/A
Tobacco use - female	84	3 %	2020
Tobacco use - male	120	14 %	2020
Tobacco use - total	106	8 %	2020
Total fertility rate	5	5.46 children born/woman	2022
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	15	4.10	N/A
Urbanization - urban population	160	24	2023
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - female	143	0.70	2018
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - male	136	2.40	N/A
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - total	135	1.50	N/A
Transportation
Airports	72	59	2021
Airports - with paved runways - 1524 to 2437 m	42	2	N/A
Airports - with paved runways - 2438 to 3047 m	34	4	N/A
Airports - with paved runways - over 3047 m	24	2	N/A
Airports - with paved runways - total	67	9	N/A
Airports - with paved runways - under 914 m	34	1	2021
Airports - with unpaved runways - 1524 to 2437 m	18	14	N/A
Airports - with unpaved runways - 914 to 1523 m	37	22	N/A
Airports - with unpaved runways - total	51	50	N/A
Airports - with unpaved runways - under 914 m	56	11	2021
National air transport system - inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers	97	3.00	N/A
National air transport system - number of registered air carriers	26	2	2020
Waterways	12	12400 km	2022

*CALCULATED FIGURES are those that we calculated from data presented by the CIA World Factbook. For example, we calculated population density by dividing the total population by the land area, the electricity consumption per capita by dividing electricity consumption by the total population, etc.

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