Chad
General information
Capital: N'Djaména
Currency unit: CFA franc
Official language: French, Arabic
Area: 1,284,000 km²
Population in million: 14.9
GDP per capita (current US dollars): 670
GDP per capita, PPP (current international $): 1,941
Demography
Labor force participation rate (% of total population ages 15+): 71.1
Annual growth rate of the population: 3.1 %
Mortality rate, infant (per 1,000 live births): 73.4 %
Life expectancy at birth: 52.9 ans
Youth literacy rate Literacy rate, youth total (% of people ages 15-24): 40 %
Production
Gross domestic product (GDP) in billions of US dollars: 9.98
Agriculture value added of GDP: 48.6
Industry value added of GDP: 14.6
Services value added of GDP: 33.5
Trade
Total exports in billions of US dollars: 1.52
Total imports in billions of US dollars: 0.54
Major manufactured products (as % of total exports) :
Structures and parts of structures, of iron or steel (0.42 %)
Paintings, drawings and pastel (0.06 %)
Weight of major primary products excluding minerals and oil (as % of total exports) :
Cotton, not carded or combed (1.39 %)
Lac: natural gums and resins (0.78 %)
Other oil seeds and oleaginous fruits (0.17 %)
Cigars and cigarettes of tobacco (0.01 %)