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Chad

The latest open data on emissions, energy and forests, compared with ten years earlier and with the world average.

In 2024, 0.1 tonnes of CO₂ per person were emitted on average, from fossil fuels and industry. The world average is 4.7.

Compared with 2014, the value has fallen by 7%.

5% of electricity comes from renewables and nuclear (2024).

Forests cover 3.2% of the land (2023).

From 2001 to 2025, trees disappeared from 97,156 hectares: 23.7% of the area that was tree-covered in 2000.

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All indicators

Latest available value, ten-year change (green if it moves in the direction that lightens the load on the planet, red if the opposite) and the world average in the same year.

IndicatorLatest valueIn 10 yearsWorldSince 1990
Climate
CO₂ per persontonnes of CO₂ per person per year0.142024−0.014.73
Greenhouse gases per person (incl. land use)tonnes of CO₂ equivalent per person (all greenhouse gases converted to CO₂)6.202024−0.426.67
Methane per persontonnes of CO₂ equivalent per person3.632024+0.531.16
CO₂ from deforestation and land use per persontonnes of CO₂ per person per year0.322024−1.460.56
Share of historical CO₂ emissions% of all CO₂ emitted worldwide since 17500.0020240.00100.00
CO₂ per unit of GDPkg of CO₂ per dollar of wealth produced0.1162022+0.0350.288
CO₂ per km² of territorytonnes of CO₂ per km² per year220240—
Energy
Primary energy per personkWh of energy per person per year4402023+14821,286
Electricity
Renewable share of electricity%5.42024+2.131.9
Low-carbon electricity (renewables and nuclear)%5.42024+2.140.9
Solar share of electricity%0.020240.06.9
Wind share of electricity%2.72024+2.78.1
Coal share of electricity%0.020240.034.1
Carbon intensity of electricitygrams of CO₂ equivalent per kWh of electricity6222024−11471
Green
Forest cover% of land covered by forest3.22023−0.9—

Trees and forests

Hectares where trees were cut or burned each year (areas with at least 30% canopy), from 2001 to 2025.

2001: 884 ha2002: 1,958 ha2003: 194 ha2004: 457 ha2005: 472 ha2006: 2,982 ha2007: 1,001 ha2008: 3,402 ha2009: 1,066 ha2010: 255 ha2011: 920 ha2012: 2,491 ha2013: 2,895 ha2014: 3,001 ha2015: 2,591 ha2016: 3,166 ha2017: 6,765 ha2018: 6,932 ha2019: 5,059 ha2020: 3,433 ha2021: 5,095 ha2022: 5,445 ha2023: 11,067 ha2024: 13,092 ha2025: 12,533 ha
200113,092 ha max2025

On average, from 2001 to 2025, the country's forests removed 1.8 million tonnes of CO₂ from the air each year and released 1.4 through logging and fires.

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Sources: Global Carbon Project, Energy Institute and Ember (via Our World in Data), FAO (via the World Bank), Global Forest Watch (University of Maryland and World Resources Institute). Details on the data page. Data