Introduction - Chad: |
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Economy - Chad: |
Economy overview | Chads primarily agricultural economy will continue to be boosted by major foreign direct investment projects in the oil sector that began in 2000. Over 80% of Chads population relies on subsistence farming and livestock raising for its livelihood. Chads economy has long been handicapped by its landlocked position, high energy costs, and a history of instability. Chad relies on foreign assistance and foreign capital for most public and private sector investment projects. A consortium led by two US companies has been investing $3.7 billion to develop oil reserves - estimated at 1 billion barrels - in southern Chad. The nations total oil reserves have been estimated to be 2 billion barrels. Oil production came on stream in late 2003. Chad began to export oil in 2004. Cotton, cattle, and gum arabic provide the bulk of Chads non-oil export earnings. |
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Gdp purchasing power parity | $14.98 billion (2006 est.) |
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Gdp official exchange rate | $4.967 billion (2006 est.) |
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Gdp real growth rate | 1% (2006 est.) |
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Gdp per capita ppp | $1,500 (2006 est.) |
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Gdp composition by sector | agriculture: 32.5%
industry: 26.6%
services: 40.8% (2006 est.) |
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Labor force | 2.719 million (1993) |
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Labor force by occupation | agriculture: 80% (subsistence farming, herding, and fishing)
industry and services: 20% |
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Unemployment rate | NA% |
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Population below poverty line | 80% (2001 est.) |
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Household income or consumption by percentage share | lowest 10%: NA%
highest 10%: NA% |
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Inflation rate consumer prices | 4% (2006 est.) |
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Investment gross fixed | 9.2% of GDP (2006 est.) |
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Budget | revenues: $617.3 million
expenditures: $877.6 million; including capital expenditures of $146 million (2006 est.) |
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Agriculture products | cotton, sorghum, millet, peanuts, rice, potatoes, manioc (tapioca); cattle, sheep, goats, camels |
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Industries | oil, cotton textiles, meatpacking, beer brewing, natron (sodium carbonate), soap, cigarettes, construction materials |
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Industrial production growth rate | 5% (1995) |
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Electricity production | 94 million kWh (2004) |
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Electricity consumption | 87.42 million kWh (2004) |
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Electricity exports | 0 kWh (2004) |
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Electricity imports | 0 kWh (2004) |
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Oil production | 225,000 bbl/day (2005 est.) |
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Oil consumption | 1,460 bbl/day (2004 est.) |
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Oil exports | 170,000 bbl/day |
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Oil imports | NA bbl/day |
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Oil proved reserves | 0 bbl (1 January 2005) |
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Natural gas production | 0 cu m (2004 est.) |
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Natural gas consumption | 0 cu m (2004 est.) |
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Current account balance | -$324.1 million (2006 est.) |
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Exports | $4.342 billion f.o.b. (2006 est.) |
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Exports commodities | cotton, cattle, gum arabic, oil |
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Exports partners | US 79.2%, China 10.2%, Taiwan 4% (2006) |
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Imports | $823.1 million f.o.b. (2006 est.) |
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Imports commodities | machinery and transportation equipment, industrial goods, foodstuffs, textiles |
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Imports partners | France 19.1%, Cameroon 18.1%, US 12.9%, Germany 7.5%, Saudi Arabia 5.1%, Belgium 5% (2006) |
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Reserves of foreign exchange and gold | $352.8 million (2006 est.) |
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Debt external | $1.5 billion (2003 est.) |
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Economic aid recipient | ODA, $246.9 million (2003 est.) |
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Currency code | Communaute Financiere Africaine franc (XAF); note - responsible authority is the Bank of the Central African States |
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Exchange rates | Communaute Financiere Africaine francs (XAF) per US dollar - 522.59 (2006), 527.47 (2005), 528.29 (2004), 581.2 (2003), 696.99 (2002) |
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This page was last updated on 16 September, 2007