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Trade balance — Chad

Trade balance in Chad in 2025 — 2,726,183,804 US$. Ranked 49 in the world out of 138. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 23,931.8%.

2025 2.73B US$ +26.63% vs 2024
World rank 49of 138
Period maximum 2.76B US$2022
Period minimum -2.02B US$2002

Trend over time

1960–2025 · US$

Trade balance — Chad, 1960–2025-4B-2B02B4B19601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: -11,439,256 US$1962: -20,022,490 US$1964: -29,817,992 US$1966: -17,530,807 US$1968: -16,997,090 US$1970: -27,170,047 US$1972: -28,211,525 US$1974: -54,895,339 US$1976: -89,205,206 US$1978: -128,600,162 US$1980: -123,141,841 US$1982: -57,845,650 US$1984: -55,469,972 US$1986: -234,726,698 US$1988: -223,651,230 US$1990: -250,821,790 US$1992: -258,247,221 US$1994: -221,539,913 US$1996: -185,214,642 US$1998: -193,248,745 US$2000: -247,028,950 US$2002: -2,016,395,170 US$2004: 11,018,448 US$2006: 1,210,797,022 US$2008: 1,482,454,425 US$2010: 723,385,760 US$2012: 2,220,570,912 US$2014: 991,850,186 US$2016: 163,865,226 US$2018: 758,859,822 US$2020: 288,335,711 US$2022: 2,760,264,886 US$2024: 2,152,948,170 US$2025: 2,726,183,804 US$
Change over the period: +2.74B (+23,931.83%)

Comparison, 2025

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Chad

Chad 2.73B US$
Sub-Saharan Africa computed -29.17B US$
Middle Africa computed 19.84B US$
Low-income countries computed -37.41B US$
Trade balance — Chad, by year Chad All countries CSV XLSX
Year US$ Change Change, %
2025 2.73B +573M +26.63%
2024 2.15B +71.63M +3.44%
2023 2.08B −679M −24.6%
2022 2.76B +1.31B +89.79%
2021 1.45B +1.17B +404.41%
2020 288M −197M −40.65%
2019 486M −273M −35.98%
2018 759M +348M +84.5%
2017 411M +247M +151%
2016 164M −900M −84.59%
2015 1.06B +71.8M +7.24%
2014 992M −575M −36.71%
2013 1.57B −653M −29.42%
2012 2.22B +922M +71.03%
2011 1.3B +575M +79.49%
2010 723M +613M +556.5%
2009 110M −1.37B −92.57%
2008 1.48B +197M +15.32%
2007 1.29B +74.75M +6.17%
2006 1.21B +206M +20.51%
2005 1B +994M +9,018.41%
2004 11.02M +947M +101.18%
2003 -936M +1.08B +53.6%
2002 -2.02B −1.42B −236.84%
2001 -599M −352M −142.33%
2000 -247M −34.14M −16.04%
1999 -213M −19.64M −10.16%
1998 -193M −4.4M −2.33%
1997 -189M −3.63M −1.96%
1996 -185M −14.04M −8.2%
1995 -171M +50.36M +22.73%
1994 -222M +12.59M +5.38%
1993 -234M +24.12M +9.34%
1992 -258M −24.61M −10.54%
1991 -234M +17.19M +6.85%
1990 -251M +1.9M +0.75%
1989 -253M −29.07M −13%
1988 -224M +20.47M +8.39%
1987 -244M −9.4M −4%
1986 -235M −34.1M −17%
1985 -201M −145M −261.68%
1984 -55.47M +3.82M +6.44%
1983 -59.29M −1.44M −2.5%
1982 -57.85M +8.46M +12.76%
1981 -66.3M +56.84M +46.16%
1980 -123M +46.18M +27.27%
1979 -169M −40.72M −31.66%
1978 -129M −6.83M −5.61%
1977 -122M −32.57M −36.51%
1976 -89.21M +9.77M +9.87%
1975 -98.98M −44.08M −80.31%
1974 -54.9M −4.6M −9.14%
1973 -50.3M −22.09M −78.29%
1972 -28.21M −2.39M −9.25%
1971 -25.82M +1.35M +4.96%
1970 -27.17M −5.98M −28.24%
1969 -21.19M −4.19M −24.65%
1968 -17M +106,370 +0.62%
1967 -17.1M +427,347 +2.44%
1966 -17.53M +450,322 +2.5%
1965 -17.98M +11.84M +39.7%
1964 -29.82M −6.53M −28.05%
1963 -23.29M −3.26M −16.3%
1962 -20.02M −4.51M −29.05%
1961 -15.52M −4.08M −35.64%
1960 -11.44M

About the indicator

The balance of foreign trade in goods and services: exports minus imports. This is the largest part of the current account but not the whole of it — investment income and remittances do not enter the trade balance, and for countries with large transfers the two indicators move in opposite directions. A surplus is not in itself a sign of a healthy economy: a country importing equipment for construction will run a deficit precisely because it is investing in growth.

Important: Goods and services together. For countries with large service exports — tourism, transport, software — the merchandise balance can be negative while the overall balance is positive.

Source: World Development Indicators (World Bank), license CC BY 4.0.