Chad
Access to electricity in Chad
Access to electricity in Chad: 2.3% in 1997 and 13.4% in 2024, by World Bank estimates.
- Latest, 2024
- 13.4%
- Since 1997
- +11.1 percentage points
- Rank, 2024
- 212 of 213
- counting from the highest
- World, 2024
- 91.9%
% of people · World Bank
Every year
% of people · World Bank
| Year | Chad | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 13.4 | 91.9 |
| 2023 | 12 | 91.6 |
| 2022 | 11.7 | 91.3 |
| 2021 | 11.3 | 91.3 |
| 2020 | 10.9 | 90.4 |
| 2019 | 8.4 | 90.1 |
| 2018 | 10.1 | 89.8 |
| 2017 | 10.9 | 88.9 |
| 2016 | 9.2 | 88.1 |
| 2015 | 7.7 | 86.9 |
| 2014 | 8.4 | 86.2 |
| 2013 | 8.1 | 85.7 |
| 2012 | 7.8 | 84.9 |
| 2011 | 9 | 84.5 |
| 2010 | 6.4 | 83.5 |
| 2009 | 6.3 | 82.9 |
| 2008 | 5.9 | 82.7 |
| 2007 | 5.5 | 82 |
| 2006 | 5.1 | 81.4 |
| 2005 | 4.8 | 80.7 |
| 2004 | 3.5 | 80 |
| 2003 | 4.1 | 80 |
| 2002 | 3.8 | 79.1 |
| 2001 | 3.4 | 78.7 |
| 2000 | 3.1 | 78.2 |
| 1999 | 2.8 | 74.5 |
| 1998 | 2.4 | 73.2 |
| 1997 | 2.3 | – |
Good to know
- The share of people with access to electricity, from national surveys and the power industry.
- Source: Tracking SDG 7 (World Bank ESMAP), via the World Bank.
- Ranks count the 213 countries with a value in 2024, highest first.
- The faint line is the world as a whole, as the same source counts it.
How the layers work, where their data comes from and what they can’t tell you: Countries through time
Chad in numbers
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- Military spending3.19% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollars$598M in 2025
- Military spending per person$31 in 2025
- Military share of state spending15.5% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnel45,000 people in 2020
- National power0.1% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workers0.85% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms imports4 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exports20 million TIV in 1987