International Rankings of Chad 2023, 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	104	18.00 %	2021
Internet users - total	117	3.060 million	2021
Telephones - fixed lines - total subscriptions	190	5300	2021
Telephones - mobile cellular - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	89	60.00	2021
Telephones - mobile cellular - total subscriptions	94	10.000 million	2021
Economy
Budget - expenditures	148	2.120 billion US Dollars	2020
Budget - revenues	140	2.290 billion US Dollars	2020
Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)	44	1.50 % of GDP	N/A
Current account balance	120	558.000 million US Dollars	2017
Debt - external	156	1.724 billion US Dollars	2017
Exchange rates	30	554.53	N/A
Exports	153	2.464 billion US Dollars	2017
GDP (official exchange rate)	144	10.912 billion US Dollars	2019
GDP - composition by end use - exports of goods and services	100	35.10 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - government consumption	134	4.40 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - household consumption	54	75.10 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - imports of goods and services	73	39.40 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - investment in fixed capital	55	24.10 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - investment in inventories	49	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	145	14.70 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - services	182	33.10 % of GDP	2017
Gini Index coefficient - distribution of family income	62	38 %	2018
Household income or consumption by percentage share - highest 10%	56	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	172	2.160 billion US Dollars	2017
Industrial production growth rate	146	0.30 %	2021
Inflation rate (consumer prices)	184	0.77 %	2021
Labor force	81	5.246 million US Dollars	2021
Labor force - by occupation - agriculture	7	80 %	N/A
Labor force - by occupation - industry	70	20 %	2006
Population below poverty line	30	42 %	2018
Public debt	90	52.50 % of GDP	2017
Real GDP (purchasing power parity)	147	24.490 billion US Dollars	2021
Real GDP growth rate	182	1.20 %	2021
Real GDP per capita	172	1400 US Dollars	2021
Reserves of foreign exchange and gold	179	310.032 million US Dollars	2019
Taxes and other revenues	153	13.50 % of GDP	N/A
Unemployment rate	197	1.88 %	2021
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - female	155	1.40	2021
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - male	148	3.30	N/A
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - total	154	2.40	N/A
Energy
Carbon dioxide emissions - from petroleum and other liquids	158	1.771 million metric tonnes of CO2	2019
Carbon dioxide emissions - total	162	1.771 million	2019
Electricity - consumption	186	188.460 million kWh	2019
Electricity - installed generating capacity	184	87000 kWh	2020
Electricity - transmission/distribution losses	156	111.000 million kWh	2019
Electricity generation sources - fossil fuels	16	96.80 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - wind	50	3.20 %	2020
Energy consumption per capita	189	1.575 million Btu/person	2019
Petroleum - crude oil and lease condensate exports	33	116000 bbl/day	2018
Petroleum - crude oil estimated reserves	36	1.500 billion bbl/day	2021
Petroleum - refined petroleum consumption	153	12600 bbl/day	2019
Petroleum - total petroleum production	47	87900 bbl/day	2021
Refined petroleum products - imports	190	2285 bbl/day	2015
Environment
Air pollutants - carbon dioxide emissions	155	1 megatons	2016
Air pollutants - methane emissions	49	31 megatons	2020
Air pollutants - particulate matter emissions	14	53 micrograms per cubic meter	2016
Land use - agricultural land	94	40	2018
Land use - arable land	130	4	2018
Land use - forest	150	9	2018
Land use - other	43	51	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	39	36	2018
Revenue from forest resources	19	4 % of GDP	2018
Total renewable water resources	97	45.700 billion cubic meters	2020
Total water withdrawal - agricultural	94	670.000 million cubic meters	2020
Total water withdrawal - industrial	84	100.000 million cubic meters	2020
Total water withdrawal - municipal	103	100.000 million cubic meters	2020
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	16	4.10	N/A
Urbanization - urban population	168	24	2023
Geography
Area - land	24	1.259 million sq km	N/A
Area - total	24	1.284 million sq km	N/A
Area - water	23	24800 sq km	N/A
Elevation - highest point	45	3445 meters	N/A
Elevation - lowest point	18	160 meters	N/A
Elevation - mean elevation	64	543 meters	N/A
Irrigated land	121	300 sq km	2012
Land boundaries - total	23	6406 km	N/A
Land use - agricultural land	94	40	2018
Land use - arable land	130	4	2018
Land use - forest	150	9	2018
Land use - other	43	51	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	39	36	2018
Population Density	213	14.71 Persons per sq km	N/A
Military
Military expenditures	27	3 % of GDP	2022
Population
Alcohol consumption per capita - total	148	1 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Birth rate	6	39.85 births/1,000 population	2023
Children under the age of 5 years underweight	7	29 %	2019
Contraceptive prevalence rate	128	8.10 %	2019
Current health expenditure	63	5 % of GDP	2020
Currently married women (ages 15-49)	12	71 %	2023
Death rate	50	9.21 deaths/1,000 population	2023
Dependency ratios - elderly dependency ratio	150	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	53	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	12	10 % of population	N/A
Education expenditures	57	3 % of GDP	2021
Gross reproduction rate	6	2.62 %	2023
Infant mortality rate - female	7	58.11 deaths/1,000 live births	2023
Infant mortality rate - male	7	69.63 deaths/1,000 live births	N/A
Infant mortality rate - total	7	63.99 deaths/1,000 live births	N/A
Life expectancy at birth - female	200	62 years	2023
Life expectancy at birth - male	206	58 years	N/A
Life expectancy at birth - total population	200	60 years	N/A
Literacy - female	121	18 %	2021
Literacy - male	99	35 %	N/A
Literacy - total population	109	27 %	N/A
Maternal mortality ratio	2	1063.00 deaths/100,000 live births	2020
Median age - female	167	17 years	2020
Median age - male	154	16 years	N/A
Median age - total	155	16 years	N/A
Mother's mean age at first birth	85	18	1415
Net migration rate	87	0.12 migrant(s)/1,000 population	N/A
Obesity - adult prevalence rate	129	6.10 %	2016
Physicians density	155	0.06 physicians/1,000 population	2020
Population	66	18.523 million	2023
Population growth rate	10	3.05 %	2023
Sanitation facility access - improved	87	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	12	9 years	N/A
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - total	15	7 years	N/A
Sex ratio - 0-14 years	14	1.02 male(s)/female	N/A
Sex ratio - 15-64 years	27	0.96 male(s)/female	N/A
Sex ratio - 65 years and over	38	0.75 male(s)/female	N/A
Sex ratio - at birth	9	1.04 male(s)/female	N/A
Sex ratio - total population	21	0.98 male(s)/female	N/A
Tobacco use - female	88	3 %	2020
Tobacco use - male	123	14 %	2020
Tobacco use - total	112	8 %	2020
Total fertility rate	6	5.35 children born/woman	2023
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	16	4.10	N/A
Urbanization - urban population	168	24	2023
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - female	155	1.40	2021
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - male	148	3.30	N/A
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - total	154	2.40	N/A
Transportation
Airports	74	59	2021
Airports - with unpaved runways	53	50	N/A
National air transport system - inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers	99	3.00	N/A
National air transport system - number of registered air carriers	26	2	2020
Waterways	13	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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