FAOSTAT · 2024

Agricultural production in Chad

According to FAOSTAT, Chad produced 2.7 million t of cereals, 102,853 t of vegetables, 130,343 t of fruit, 1.0 million t of meat and 473,526 t of milk in 2024. Its largest crops by volume were sorghum (720,086 t), groundnuts (692,960 t) and millet (618,925 t).

Products recorded: 62
World #1: 0; products
World top 10: 12; products
Year: 2024

Among its twelve largest crops, the biggest ten-year change was in taro (+548%), followed by cassava (+78%).

Livestock numbers: 39.6 million cattle, 115,004 pigs, 45.2 million sheep and 46.5 million goats.

Totals by group

Group	Tonnes	World rank	Share	10-year change
All cereals	2,709,156	84	0.09%	−1.4%
All meat	1,026,008	51	0.27%	+71%
All roots and tubers	708,230	86	0.08%	+90%
All milk	473,526	97	0.05%	+34%
All sugar crops	307,701	95	0.01%	+6.7%
All pulses	226,128	47	0.23%	+43%
All fruit	130,343	129	0.01%	+7.8%
All vegetables	102,853	134	0.01%	−8.3%
All eggs	4,050	128	0%	+2.3%

All products by volume, 2024

Product	Tonnes	World rank	Share	10-year change
Sorghum	720,086	19	1.12%	−22%
Groundnuts (peanuts)	692,960	12	1.2%	−12%
Cereals n.e.c.	627,560	2	7.83%	+27%
Millet	618,925	10	2.01%	−11%
Beef (cattle meat)	578,029	25	0.83%	+59%
Maize	394,045	82	0.03%	+18%
Rice (paddy)	347,187	55	0.04%	+14%
Sugar cane	307,701	67	0.02%	+6.7%
Cassava	297,842	43	0.09%	+79%
Sesame seed	291,397	9	4.36%	+42%
Cow milk	271,976	102	0.03%	+37%
Sheep meat	258,922	10	2.24%	+114%
Sweet potatoes	232,300	34	0.26%	+63%
Beans, dry	183,016	27	0.6%	+61%
Goat meat	165,732	6	2.14%	+75%
Taro	143,586	9	0.79%	+548%
Goat milk	118,571	31	0.58%	+26%
Edible offal of cattle, fresh, chilled or frozen	98,265	17	1.01%	+59%
Beer	98,000	98	0.05%	+78%
Raw hides and skins of cattle	90,173	14	1.03%	+59%
Other vegetables, fresh n.e.c.	80,461	82	0.03%	−9.3%
Cotton seed	80,000	27	0.2%	+51%
Seed cotton	80,000	31	0.11%	−51%
Other fruits, n.e.c.	72,161	53	0.18%	+8.7%
Groundnut oil	64,000	11	1%	+95%
Cotton lint	49,000	26	0.2%	+42%
Sheep milk	46,381	32	0.47%	+31%
Raw hides and skins of sheep or lambs	43,154	9	1.98%	+114%
Other pulses n.e.c.	43,112	24	0.97%	−2.9%
Edible offal of sheep, fresh, chilled or frozen	37,400	13	1.89%	+114%
Mangoes and guavas	36,726	49	0.06%	+6.6%
Camel milk	36,598	10	0.87%	+41%
Potatoes	34,502	117	0.01%	−16%
Raw hides and skins of goats or kids	30,495	8	2%	+75%
Edible offal of goat, fresh, chilled or frozen	28,174	9	1.91%	+75%
Melonseed	24,654	9	2.53%	+4.2%
Onions, dry	22,392	106	0.02%	−4.8%
Raw sugar	21,542	99	0.01%	−30%
Dates	21,457	21	0.22%	+6.6%
Cattle fat, unrendered	16,185	24	0.47%	+59%
Skim milk of cows	12,701	111	0.01%	+125%
Cottonseed oil	12,000	29	0.29%	+82%
Oil of sesame seed	9,146	19	0.76%	+22%
Molasses	8,168	96	0.01%	−25%
Camel meat	7,424	16	1.12%	+24%
Chicken meat	6,410	147	0%	+1.7%
Sheep fat, unrendered	5,754	20	0.9%	+114%
Game meat, fresh, chilled or frozen	5,705	38	0.28%	+20%
Hen eggs	4,050	128	0%	+2.3%
Goat fat, unrendered	3,978	10	1.27%	+75%
Pork (pig meat)	2,587	123	0%	−4.6%
Wheat	1,353	108	0%	+67%
Horse meat, fresh or chilled	1,199	29	0.16%	+145%
Honey	1,012	80	0.05%	−4.2%
Edible offals of camels and other camelids, fresh, chilled or frozen	995	16	1.05%	+24%
Butter of cow milk	669	99	0.01%	+125%
Fat of camels	401	18	1.36%	+24%
Edible offal of pigs, fresh, chilled or frozen	193	94	0%	−4.9%
Fat of pigs	189	95	0%	−5.0%
Tobacco, unmanufactured	178	105	0%	−2.2%
Edible offals of horses and other equines, fresh, chilled or frozen	143	25	0.15%	+147%
Buttermilk, dry	115	94	0.02%	—

Live animals, 2024

Product	Head	World rank	Share	10-year change
Goats	46,494,274	6	3.92%	+62%
Sheep	45,168,961	6	3.31%	+84%
Cattle	39,625,902	8	2.51%	+68%
Camels	11,379,091	1	25.67%	+89%
Chickens	6,182,000	116	0.02%	+1.3%
Asses	5,042,154	4	9.35%	+907%
Horses	1,550,515	9	2.76%	+247%
Bees	123,804	56	0.12%	−0.6%
Pigs	115,004	109	0.01%	−5.1%

Source: FAO. 2025. FAOSTAT: Crops and livestock products. Accessed on 4 November 2026. fao.org/faostat. Licence: CC BY 4.0. Charts, rankings and changes calculated by Husfarm.