Chad Key Figures
- Population:
- 18.3 million
- GDP growth rate:
- 4.12 %/year
- Energy independence:
- 100%
Data of the last year available: 2023
- Total consumption/GDP:*
- 93.1 (2005=100)
- CO2 Emissions:
- 0.10 tCO2/capita
- Rate of T&D power losses:
- 15.9%
* at purchasing power parity
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Chad Total Energy Consumption
The energy consumption per capita in 2023 was around 0.15 toe/cap (4 times lower than the average for Sub-Saharan Africa). The electricity consumption per capita in 2023 was 15 kWh/cap, which is 22 times lower than the average for Sub-Saharan Africa.
Total energy consumption is increasing regularly at a slow pace (+2%/year since 2010).
Biomass accounts for the largest part of the energy consumed, 75% in 2023, while oil represents 25%.
Graph: CONSUMPTION TRENDS BY ENERGY SOURCE (Mtoe)
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Chad Crude Oil Production
Oil production has increased by around 6%/year since 2021 reaching, reaching 7.4 Mt in 2023, its highest level in fifteen years. This upward trend follows several years of fluctuation, with production oscillating between 6.5 Mt and 6.9 Mt from 2018 to 2021. Production started in 2003. Output peaked at 8.7 Mt/year in 2004 and 2005. Crude oil production declined by 50% between 2005 and 2014 to 4.4 Mt due to high water cut, low reservoir pressure, unconsolidated sands, and complex reservoir geometry.
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Chad Renewable in % Electricity Production
The Agency for the Development of Renewable Energies (ADER) is the parastatal in charge of the promotion of renewables. However, its resources, which come from the State budget, are insufficient to ensure its full operationalisation.
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Chad CO2 Fuel Combustion/CO2 Emissions
In its updated NDC (2021), the country lowered its GHG emission reduction target from 71% to 19.3% of the BAU projection in 2030. The reduction target is divided into an unconditional target of 0.5% and a conditional target of 18.8%. The emission reduction relies solely on the energy sector (electricity production and energy efficiency), on increasing carbon sinks and, to a very limited extent, on the waste sector. Investments needed to implement NDC mitigation actions are estimated at US$6.7bn.