Chad Data: Paper 2 (2025)

Annual GDP growth (%)

4.12% - not very good for a developing country

GDP per capita

$961 - very poor

Inflation rate (%)

8.9% - quite bad

Unemployment rate (%)

1.1% - very good, but could indicate other factors like labour shortages

Fiscal Balance (% of GDP)

-1.28 - In a deficit, pretty normal

Government debt (% of GDP)

52.5% - generally considered good

Corruption perception ranking

158th - very bad

HDI Ranking

190th - super bad

% living in extreme poverty

36.5% - pretty large chunk

Gini coefficient

0.37 - relatively low

Share of industries

Industrial - 44.4%

Services - 28.7%

Primary - 25.1%

Major exports

• Petroleum

• Raw cotton

• Cattle

Risks to the country

• Over-reliance on oil

• Climate change

• Weak governance

Longer term issues

• Conflict

• Poor infrastructure

• Natural disasters

• Land-locked (near Sudan)