Chad
Inflation in Chad
Inflation in Chad: 8.6% a year in 1980 and -2.6% a year in 2025, by IMF estimates.
- Latest, 2025
- -2.6% a year
- Since 1980
- −11.2 percentage points
- Rank, 2025
- 178 of 179
- counting from the highest
- Projected, 2031
- 3% a year
- IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026)
% a year · IMF
What the numbers say
- The IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) puts it at 3% a year in 2031.
- The highest was 41.3% a year in 1994, the lowest -13.1% a year in 1986.
Every year
% a year · IMF
| Year | Chad |
|---|---|
| 2025 | -2.6 |
| 2024 | 5.7 |
| 2023 | 4.1 |
| 2022 | 5.8 |
| 2021 | -0.8 |
| 2020 | -2.7 |
| 2019 | -1 |
| 2018 | 4 |
| 2017 | -0.9 |
| 2016 | -1.6 |
| 2015 | 4.8 |
| 2014 | -5.5 |
| 2013 | 0.2 |
| 2012 | 7.5 |
| 2011 | 2 |
| 2010 | -2.1 |
| 2009 | 10.1 |
| 2008 | 8.3 |
| 2007 | -7.4 |
| 2006 | 9.6 |
| 2005 | 4.4 |
| 2004 | -4.8 |
| 2003 | -1.8 |
| 2002 | 5.2 |
| 2001 | 12.4 |
| 2000 | 3.8 |
| 1999 | -8.4 |
| 1998 | 4.3 |
| 1997 | 5.6 |
| 1996 | 11.3 |
| 1995 | 5.4 |
| 1994 | 41.3 |
| 1993 | -10.9 |
| 1992 | -3.8 |
| 1991 | 4.2 |
| 1990 | 0.5 |
| 1989 | -4.9 |
| 1988 | 14.9 |
| 1987 | -2.7 |
| 1986 | -13.1 |
| 1985 | 5.1 |
| 1984 | 20.3 |
| 1983 | 7.9 |
| 1982 | 6.4 |
| 1981 | 8.1 |
| 1980 | 8.6 |
IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) · 2026–2031
| Year | Chad |
|---|---|
| 2026 | -0.7 |
| 2027 | 5.3 |
| 2028 | 2.6 |
| 2029 | 3 |
| 2030 | 3 |
| 2031 | 3 |
Good to know
- How much consumer prices rose in a year, on average.
- Source: IMF, World Economic Outlook, October 2026.
- The dashed line is the IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026), a scenario rather than a forecast.
- Ranks count the 179 countries with a value in 2025, highest first.
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Chad in numbers
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Military
- 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