Chad (Republic of Chad)

Chad Republic of Chad
Status	Independent State
Social and Moral Index	190th best
Capital	N'Djamena
Land Area	1 259 200km21
Location	Africa
Population	15.5m2
Life Expectancy	52.53yrs (2017)3
GNI	$1 364 (2017)4
ISO3166-1 Codes	TD, TCD, 1485
Internet Domain	.td6
Currency	Franc (XAF)7
Telephone	+2358

1. Overview
2. Chad National and Social Development
3. Chad's Demographics and Migration
4. Human Rights, Equality & Tolerance
5. Chad's Health
   1. Health Datasets
   2. Children's Health Datasets
6. Chad's Responsibility Towards The Environment
7. Chad's Modernity and Learning
   1. Modernity Datasets
   2. Education Datasets
   3. Technology and Information Datasets
8. Chad's Culture, Peace and Inequality
   1. National Culture Datasets
   2. Peace Versus Instability Datasets
   3. Economic Inequality and Poverty Datasets
9. Religion and Beliefs
10. Links

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1. Overview

#france #gambia #ghana #libya #sudan

“Chad, part of France's African holdings until 1960, endured three decades of civil warfare as well as invasions by Libya before a semblance of peace was finally restored in 1990. The government eventually drafted a democratic constitution and held flawed presidential elections in 1996 and 2001. In 1998, a rebellion broke out in northern Chad, which has sporadically flared up despite several peace agreements between the government and the insurgents. In 2005, new rebel groups emerged in western Sudan and made probing attacks into eastern Chad despite signing peace agreements in December 2006 and October 2007. In June 2005, President Idriss DEBY held a referendum successfully removing constitutional term limits and won another controversial election in 2006. Sporadic rebel campaigns continued throughout 2006 and 2007. The capital experienced a significant insurrection in early 2008, but has had no significant rebel threats since then, in part due to Chad's 2010 rapprochement with Sudan, which previously used Chadian rebels as proxies. DEBY in 2011 was reelected to his fourth term in an election that international observers described as proceeding without incident. Power remains in the hands of an ethnic minority.”

CIA's The World Factbook (2013)₉

“Wave goodbye to your comfort zone and say hello to Chad, a rugged, arid, wind-blasted place and an experience that you´ll never forget! If Ghana and Gambia are Africa for beginners, Chad is Africa for the hard core. Travel here is tough. Many of the roads are broken due to years of conflict and lack of maintenance. There are few comfortable hotels and there is plenty of bureaucracy and demands for cadeaux (gifts) to negotiate. Added to that, the summer heat is mind-melting, travel costs can be astronomical and the security situation remains unpredictable.

So why bother, you may ask? Well, we could list the sublime oases lost in the northern deserts, tell you about the stampeding herds of wildlife in the national parks or the deep blue lure of a boat trip on Lake Chad. You may partake in the nation´s feel good story as you strike out into the wild or you may find elegant, perfectly preserved shells of aquatic molluscs poking from the powdery sands of the Sahara. Chad offers an opportunity to break with a comfortable Western world and come to a place that promises experiences, good and bad, that you'll be recalling forever.”

"The World" by Lonely Planet (2014)₁₀

2. Chad National and Social Development

#economics #human_development #wealth

UN HDI (2021)11
Pos.		Higher is better Value11
1	Switzerland	0.962
2	Norway	0.961
3	Iceland	0.959
	...
184	Burkina Faso	0.449
185	Mozambique	0.446
186	Mali	0.428
187	Burundi	0.426
188	Central African Rep.	0.404
189	Niger	0.400
190	Chad	0.394
191	S. Sudan	0.385
	Africa Avg	0.56
	World Avg	0.72
q=191.

Gross National Income Per-Capita (2021)11
Pos.		Higher is better PPP $11
1	Liechtenstein	$146 830
2	Singapore	$90 919
3	Qatar	$87 134
	...
181	Sierra Leone	$1 622
182	Madagascar	$1 484
183	Malawi	$1 466
184	Chad	$1 364
185	Yemen	$1 314
186	Liberia	$1 289
187	Niger	$1 240
188	Mozambique	$1 198
	Africa Avg	$5 339
	World Avg	$20 136
q=193.

Social & Moral Development Index12
Pos.		Lower is better Avg Rank12
1	Denmark	28.1
2	Norway	29.9
3	Sweden	31.0
	...
187	Myanmar	126.1
188	Liberia	127.4
189	Central African Rep.	128.3
190	Chad	130.6
191	Yemen	130.8
192	Congo, DR	131.9
193	Sudan	134.5
194	Equatorial Guinea	136.0
	Africa Avg	115.3
	World Avg	89.4
q=200.

The United Nations produces an annual Human Development Report which includes the Human Development Index. The factors taken into account include life expectancy, education and schooling and Gross National Income (GNI) amongst many others..

The Social and Moral Development Index concentrates on moral issues and human rights, violence, public health, equality, tolerance, freedom and effectiveness in climate change mitigation and environmentalism, and on some technological issues. A country scores higher for achieving well in those areas, and for sustaining that achievement in the long term. Those countries towards the top of this index can truly said to be setting good examples and leading humankind onwards into a bright, humane, and free future. See: Which are the Best Countries in the World? The Social and Moral Development Index.

3. Chad's Demographics and Migration

#birth_control #demographics #fertility #health #immigration #life_expectancy #longevity #migration #overpopulation #population #yemen

Population Datasets:

Chad's population is predicted to rise to 18.44 million by 2030. These millions of extra people will all need space to live, food to eat, energy to consume, and will increase the burden on the planet's resources. This country has a fertility rate of 6.22. The fertility rate is, in simple terms, the average amount of children that each woman has. The higher the figure, the quicker the population will grow, although, to calculate the rate you also need to take into account morbidity - the rate at which people die. If people live healthy and long lives and morbidity is low, then, 2.0 approximates to the replacement rate (two new children for each set of parents who die), which would keep the population stable. If all countries had such a fertility rate, population growth would end. The actual replacement rate in most developed countries is around 2.1, once you take mortality into account₁₃. The highest fertility rate ever detected in a single year was in Yemen in 1985, at 8.86.₁₄

Population2
Pos.		2018 Population2
1	China	1.4b
2	India	1.4b
3	USA	327.1m
	...
68	Syria	16.9m
69	Cambodia	16.2m
70	Senegal	15.9m
71	Chad	15.5m
72	Somalia	15.0m
73	Zimbabwe	14.4m
74	Guinea	12.4m
75	Rwanda	12.3m
	World Avg	39.0m
q=195.

Life Expectancy Higher is better11
Pos.		2021 Years11
1	Monaco	85.9
2	Hong Kong	85.5
3	Japan	84.8
	...
188	Ivory Coast	58.6
189	Swaziland	57.1
190	Somalia	55.3
191	S. Sudan	55.0
192	Central African Rep.	53.9
193	Lesotho	53.1
194	Nigeria	52.7
195	Chad	52.5
	World Avg	71.28
q=195. Also scored for 1990s-2010s.

Fertility Rate 2.0 is best15
Pos.		202215
1	US Virgin Islands	2.00
2	Ecuador	2.00
3	Nepal	2.01
	...
201	Nigeria	5.14
202	Angola	5.21
203	Mali	5.87
204	Central African Rep.	5.92
205	Congo, DR	6.11
206	Somalia	6.20
207	Chad	6.22
208	Niger	6.75
	World Avg	2.47
q=208. Also scored for 1960s-2010s.

Old-Age Dependency Ratio Lower is better16
Pos.		2016 Per 10016
1	Uganda	04.3
2	Mali	04.5
3=	Chad	04.7
3=	Burkina Faso	04.7
5=	Sierra Leone	04.8
5=	Zambia	04.8
7=	Eritrea	04.9
7=	Gambia	04.9
9=	Angola	05.0
9=	Afghanistan	05.0
9=	Zimbabwe	05.0
12=	Nigeria	05.1
	World Avg	18.3
q=185.

• The Population of the Earth
• Abortion, Birth Control and Contraception

Migration Datasets:

Immigrants17
Pos.		2017 %17
1	UAE	88.4%
2	Kuwait	75.5%
3	Qatar	65.2%
	...
103	Turkmenistan	3.4%
104	Iran	3.3%
105	Kyrgyzstan	3.3%
106	Chad	3.3%
107	Tajikistan	3.1%
108	Cape Verde	2.8%
109	Burundi	2.8%
110	Chile	2.7%
	World Avg	9.4%
q=195.

Emigrants18
Pos.		2010 %18
1	Dominica	104.8%
2	Palestine	68.4%
3	Samoa	67.3%
	...
151	Cambodia	2.3%
152	Uganda	2.2%
153	Sudan	2.2%
154	Chad	2.1%
155	Australia	2.1%
156	Serbia	2.0%
157	Venezuela	1.8%
158	S. Africa	1.7%
	World Avg	11.5%
q=192.

4. Human Rights, Equality & Tolerance

#Chad #chad_slavery #equality #freedom #gender_equality #human_rights #islam #morals #politics #prejudice #slavery #tolerance

Human Rights, Equality & Tolerance (2025)19
Pos.		Lower is better Avg Rank19
1	Sweden	7.8
2	Netherlands	8.7
3	Denmark	8.8
	...
165	Egypt	126.0
166	Zambia	127.2
167	Oman	127.4
168	Chad	128.0
169	Zimbabwe	128.0
170	Nigeria	128.6
	Africa Avg	116.66
	World Avg	89.80
q=199.

Chad is amongst the worst places in the world at ensuring human rights and freedom, and it has severe cultural issues when it comes to tolerance and equality. Chad does worse than average when it comes to combatting modern slavery₂₀, its nominal commitment to Human Rights₂₁, supporting press freedom₂₂, freethought₂₃ and in its average Freedom in the World rating. And finally, it falls into the worst-performing 20 for supporting personal, civil & economic freedoms₂₄, opposing gender inequality₂₅ (amongst the highest in Africa) and in LGBT equality in the 2020s₂₆. Although the Constitution says the state should be secular, some policies favor Islam₂₇

For tables, charts and commentary, see:

• Human Rights and Freedom in Chad

5. Chad's Health

#health

Compared to Africa (2025)28
Pos.		Lower is better Avg Rank28
1	Mauritius	72.2
2	Tunisia	73.9
3	Seychelles	78.0
	...
42	Liberia	141.6
43	Niger	142.5
44	Ivory Coast	142.7
45	Chad	143.4
46	Mali	144.8
47	Nigeria	146.7
48	Guinea	147.6
49	Mozambique	148.0
50	Central African Rep.	151.5
	Africa Avg	127.77
q=54.

Health (2025)28
Pos.		Lower is better Avg Rank28
1	Monaco	10.3
2	Liechtenstein	30.1
3	Japan	40.8
	...
194	Liberia	141.6
195	Niger	142.5
196	Ivory Coast	142.7
197	Chad	143.4
198	Mali	144.8
199	Nigeria	146.7
200	Guinea	147.6
201	Mozambique	148.0
	World Avg	97.39
q=207.

The countries with the best overall approach to public health, in terms of both public policy and individual lifestyle choices, are Monaco, Liechtenstein and Japan₂₉. These countries are worth emulating. And, although often through no fault of the average citizen, the worst countries are Angola, Somalia and S. Sudan₂₉.

42 datasets are used to calculate points for each country, including multiple decades of data on its average life expectancy, its alcohol consumption rate, its fertility rate, its smoking rate, its suicide rate, its food aid and health contributions and WHO compliance, the prevalence of overweight adults, obesity rate, its adolescent birth rate, delivery rate of infant DTP immunizations, delivery rate of 7x Infant Immunizations 2011-2015 and childhood mortality. The regions with the best average results per country are Scandinavia, Europe and The Mediterranean₂₉, whereas the worst are Micronesia, Africa and Melanesia₂₉.

For more, see:

• "Countries With the Healthiest Cultures and Health Policies" by Vexen Crabtree (2025).

5.1. Health Datasets

#2010s #alcohol #birth_control #chad #demographics #health #life_expectancy #longevity #mental_health #niger #obesity #overpopulation #smoking #somalia #suicide

Chad is a pretty unhealthy country. Chad comes in the best 20 in terms of its smoking rate₃₀. It does better than average when it comes to the prevalence of overweight adults₃₁, its alcohol consumption rate₃₂ and in its suicide rate₃₃. But, things still need to improve in Chad. Chad does worse than average in its food aid and health contributions and WHO compliance₃₄ and in delivery rate of infant DTP immunizations in the 2020s₃₅. It falls into the worst-performing 20 in terms of its adolescent birth rate₃₆, delivery rate of 7x Infant Immunizations 2011-2015₃₇ and in childhood mortality in the 2020s₃₈. It is second-from-the-bottom for its fertility rate₁₅. And finally, it is the worst in its average life expectancy₁₁. The prevalence of overweight adults has increased by 14% during the past 40 years. Life expectancy in Chad in 1990 was the ninth lowest in the world, at 44.7yrs, and for most of the 2010s it had the second-lowest although overall it still improved by +8.6yrs in the 30 years from 1990, just over the global average improvement of +7.9yrs. Chad had the 3rd-highest average fertility rate in the world in the 2000s and 2010s (after Niger and Somalia). Its peak fertility rate was 7.34 in 1993. It is one of only 3 countries who had a higher rate in the 2010s than in the 1960s.

Life Expectancy Higher is better11
Pos.		2021 Years11
1	Monaco	85.9
2	Hong Kong	85.5
3	Japan	84.8
	...
188	Ivory Coast	58.6
189	Swaziland	57.1
190	Somalia	55.3
191	S. Sudan	55.0
192	Central African Rep.	53.9
193	Lesotho	53.1
194	Nigeria	52.7
195	Chad	52.5
	Africa Avg	62.79
	World Avg	71.28
q=195. Also scored for 1990s-2010s.

Alcohol Consumption Lower is better32
Pos.		2016 Per Capita32
1	Bangladesh	0.0
2	Kuwait	0.0
3	Libya	0.0
	...
34	Solomon Islands	1.4
35=	Tonga	1.5
35=	Lebanon	1.5
37	Chad	1.6
38	Tuvalu	1.7
39=	Madagascar	1.9
39=	Tunisia	1.9
39=	Bahrain	1.9
	Africa Avg	4.8
	World Avg	6.2
q=189.

Fertility Rate 2.0 is best15
Pos.		202215
1	US Virgin Islands	2.00
2	Ecuador	2.00
3	Nepal	2.01
	...
201	Nigeria	5.14
202	Angola	5.21
203	Mali	5.87
204	Central African Rep.	5.92
205	Congo, DR	6.11
206	Somalia	6.20
207	Chad	6.22
208	Niger	6.75
	Africa Avg	3.97
	World Avg	2.47
q=208. Also scored for 1960s-2010s.

Smoking in the 2020s Lower is better30
Pos.		Smoking in the 2020s %30
1	Nigeria	3.3%
2	Ghana	3.4%
3	Panama	5.2%
	...
9=	Senegal	6.5%
10	Barbados	7.0%
11	Peru	7.2%
12	Chad	7.4%
13	Uganda	7.6%
14	Niger	7.7%
15	Sao Tome & Principe	7.9%
16	Mali	8.0%
	Africa Avg	12.4%
	World Avg	20.0%
q=165. Also scored for 2000s-2020s.

Suicide Rate in the 2010s Lower is better33
Pos.		Suicide Rate in the 2010s Per 100k33
1=	Jordan	1.00
1=	Sao Tome & Principe	1.00
1=	Antigua & Barbuda	1.00
	...
55	Cyprus	5.16
56	Bhutan	5.18
57	Nicaragua	5.24
58	Chad	5.30
59	Israel	5.35
60	Guatemala	5.36
61	Ethiopia	5.38
62	Ghana	5.40
	Africa Avg	7.70
	World Avg	9.24
q=185. Also scored for 2000s-2010s.

Food Aid, Health Contributions & WHO Compliance Lower is better34
Pos.		2017 Rank34
1	Sweden	1
2	Ireland	2
3	Denmark	3
	...
137	Congo, (Brazzaville)	137
138	Albania	138
139	Ghana	139
140	Chad	140
141	Rwanda	141
142	Mali	142
143	Niger	143
144	Marshall Islands	144
	Africa Avg	117.0
	World Avg	82.0
q=163.

Overweight Adults Lower is better31
Pos.		1976 %31
1	Bangladesh	4.7
2	Vietnam	5.1
3	Nepal	5.4
	...
19	Uganda	8.0
20=	Madagascar	8.1
20=	Eritrea	8.1
22	Chad	8.2
23	Mozambique	8.3
24	Malawi	8.4
25=	Angola	8.5
25=	Pakistan	8.5
	Africa Avg	13.4
	World Avg	27.1
q=191.

Adult Obesity Lower is better39
Pos.		2022 %39
1	Vietnam	2.1%
2	Timor-Leste (E. Timor)	2.2%
3	Ethiopia	2.4%
	...
9	Japan	4.9%
10	Bangladesh	5.3%
11	Niger	5.3%
12	Chad	5.7%
13	Congo, DR	5.8%
14	Burkina Faso	6.1%
15	Malawi	6.4%
16	Sierra Leone	6.5%
	Africa Avg	13.7%
	World Avg	24.7%
q=199. Also scored for 1990s-2010s.

5.2. Children's Health Datasets

#children's_health #health #parenting #population #vaccines

Adolescent Birth Rate Lower is better36
Pos.		2022 Per 100036
1	Hong Kong	1.6
2	Denmark	1.8
3	S. Korea	2.1
	...
186	Madagascar	118.1
187	Liberia	122.0
188	Tanzania	123.4
189	Chad	135.7
190	Angola	135.8
191	Equatorial Guinea	136.4
192	Mali	147.7
193	Central African Rep.	159.0
	Africa Avg	84.6
	World Avg	43.8
q=195. Also scored for 1990s-2010s.

Infant DTP Immunizations (2020s) Higher is better35
Pos.		Infant DTP Immunizations (2020s) Avg %35
1=	Luxembourg	99.0
1=	Oman	99.0
1=	Niue	99.0
	...
187=	Ecuador	72.6
187=	Equatorial Guinea	72.6
189	Suriname	72.2
190	Chad	72.1
191	Djibouti	71.2
192	Ethiopia	71.0
193	Northern Mariana Islands	70.8
194	Myanmar	70.2
	Africa Avg	82.9
	World Avg	88.5
q=211. Also scored for 1980s-2020s.

7x Infant Immunizations (2011-2015) Higher is better37
Pos.		2015 Avg %37
1=	Hungary	99.0
1=	China	99.0
3	Uzbekistan	98.9
	...
186	Guinea	63.3
187	Syria	62.4
188	Ukraine	55.2
189	Chad	52.5
190	Nigeria	50.0
191	Central African Rep.	49.4
192	Somalia	46.0
193	S. Sudan	45.7
	Africa Avg	81.7
	World Avg	88.3
q=194.

Infant Mortality (2020s) Lower is better38
Pos.		Infant Mortality (2020s) Per 100038
1	San Marino	2.11
2	Finland	2.59
3	Luxembourg	2.60
	...
188	Mali	117.79
189	Nigeria	126.78
190	Niger	127.65
191	Chad	131.11
192	Sierra Leone	133.17
193	Central African Rep.	146.86
194	Somalia	168.16
195	S. Sudan	174.03
	Africa Avg	71.63
	World Avg	32.19
q=195. Also scored for 1960s-2020s.

Chad's adolescent birth rate in the 1990s was 208 (per 1000 girls aged 15-19), the highest in the world, and the worst of only nine countries with a rate higher than 150. Starting from the 2000s, things drastically improved decade by decade.

6. Chad's Responsibility Towards The Environment

#biodiversity #chad #climate_change #deforestation #environmentalism #food #internationalism #meat #over-exploitation #the_environment #veganism #vegetarianism

Compared to Africa (2025)40
Pos.		Lower is better Avg Rank40
1	Morocco	46.5
2	Burundi	47.8
3	Mali	51.0
	...
22	Togo	71.1
23	Congo, DR	73.0
24	Swaziland	74.2
25	Chad	74.4
26	Cape Verde	75.6
27	Malawi	76.0
28	Benin	76.5
29	Botswana	76.8
30	Congo, (Brazzaville)	77.6
	Africa Avg	78.58
q=53.

Responsibility Towards The Environment (2025)40
Pos.		Lower is better Avg Rank40
1	Sri Lanka	34.9
2	Uruguay	43.2
3	Switzerland	45.0
	...
67	Congo, DR	73.0
68	Romania	73.8
69	Swaziland	74.2
70	Chad	74.4
71	UK	74.4
72	Turkey	75.0
73	China	75.2
74	Belgium	75.3
	World Avg	84.93
q=199.

We have known for a long term that we must protect the environment from habitation destruction, over-exploitation, pollution, and the emissions that cause climate change. In 1998, Greenpeace wrote that "Environment can no longer be meaningfully separated from health, quality of life, democracy, education, economy or trade"₄₁. What countries have been doing the right thing, via legislation and national culture? All countries' current and historical approach towards the environment is gauged via 21 datasets, including multiple decades of data on its forested percent change 2000-2020, its environmental performance, energy to GDP efficiency, its sign-up rate to major international accords on protecting the environment, the rate of rational beliefs on the environment in the population, reducing annual meat consumption per person and its score on the Green Future Index.

The countries that do the best (Sri Lanka, Uruguay and Switzerland) tend to have avoided the excesses of early industrial countries, and have not yet repeated the same mistakes of environmental destruction - at least, not on the same scale. The regions with the best average results per country are Central America, South America and Scandinavia. The worst are Eritrea, The Vatican City and Timor-Leste (E. Timor), and the worst regions Micronesia, Australasia and Melanesia.

For more, see:

• "Countries With the Best Environmental Records" by Vexen Crabtree (2025).

With regard to its responsibility towards the environment, Chad is 70th in the world. This rank is derived from 21 data sets. Chad does the second-best in energy to GDP efficiency₄₂. It does better than average in terms of the rate of rational beliefs on the environment in the population₄₃ and in reducing annual meat consumption per person₄₄ (but high for Africa). Chad does not succeed in everything, however. Chad does worse than average in its sign-up rate to major international accords on protecting the environment and in its environmental performance₄₅. And finally, it falls into the worst-performing 20 for its forested percent change 2000-2020₄₆.

Environmental Performance Higher is better45
Pos.		201845
1	Switzerland	87.4
2	France	84.0
3	Denmark	81.6
	...
134	Guinea	46.6
135	Mozambique	46.4
136	Uzbekistan	45.9
137	Chad	45.3
138	Myanmar	45.3
139	Ivory Coast	45.3
140	Gabon	45.1
141	Ethiopia	44.8
	Africa Avg	46.4
	World Avg	56.4
q=180.

Energy to GDP Efficiency Lower is better42
Pos.		2022 Avg42
1	Rwanda	0.25
2	Chad	0.26
3	Tanzania	0.31
4	Uganda	0.37
5	Sierra Leone	0.37
6	Malawi	0.37
7	Madagascar	0.38
8	Sri Lanka	0.39
9	Burundi	0.41
10	Central African Rep.	0.41
11	Ethiopia	0.42
12	Afghanistan	0.43
	Africa Avg	0.83
	World Avg	1.23
q=165. Also scored for 1960s-2010s.

International Accords on the Environment Higher is better
Pos.		International Accords on the Environment Avg Rate
1	Sweden	83%
2	Canada	82%
3	Norway	81%
	...
116	Rwanda	55%
117	Mongolia	55%
118	Liberia	55%
119	Chad	55%
120	Ethiopia	55%
121	Ivory Coast	55%
122	Syria	54%
123	Namibia	54%
	Africa Avg	56.4%
	World Avg	57.5%
q=197. Also scored for 1970s-2020s.

Rational Beliefs on the Environment Higher is better43
Pos.		2011 %43
1	Argentina	78.3%
2	Greece	77.6%
3	Brazil	77.1%
	...
32	Hong Kong	54.8%
33	Lebanon	54.3%
34	Nepal	52.8%
35	Chad	52.8%
36	Kenya	52.1%
37	Central African Rep.	51.9%
38	Belize	50.6%
39	Burkina Faso	50.5%
	Africa Avg	38.3%
	World Avg	39.9%
q=145.

Meat Consumption Lower is better44
Pos.		2021 kg44
1	Congo, DR	03.0
2	Burundi	03.5
3	Bangladesh	04.3
	...
82	Fiji	44.4
83	Congo, (Brazzaville)	46.0
84	Bosnia & Herzegovina	46.8
85	Chad	47.1
86	Oman	48.0
87	Ukraine	48.5
88	Cuba	49.6
89	Libya	50.0
	Africa Avg	24.9
	World Avg	52.5
q=185. Also scored for 2010s.

7. Chad's Modernity and Learning

#education #modernity #technology #the_internet

Compared to Africa (2025)47
Pos.		Lower is better Avg Rank47
1	S. Africa	63.3
2	Seychelles	63.4
3	Tunisia	68.7
	...
46	Mozambique	147.4
47	Mauritania	147.7
48	Burundi	152.1
49	Chad	157.5
50	Sierra Leone	159.4
51	Liberia	165.1
52	Somalia	174.5
53	Eritrea	177.0
54	S. Sudan	180.1
	Africa Avg	124.71
q=54.

Modernity & Learning (2025)47
Pos.		Lower is better Avg Rank47
1	Finland	6.1
2	Iceland	8.1
3	Denmark	8.8
	...
185	Mauritania	147.7
186	Solomon Islands	149.7
187	Burundi	152.1
188	Chad	157.5
189	Papua New Guinea	157.6
190	Yemen	158.0
191	Sierra Leone	159.4
192	Afghanistan	162.4
	World Avg	84.96
q=197.

The most modern countries, with the best results from education, the highest levels of research, and with the easiest access to information on the Internet, are Finland, Iceland and Denmark₄₈. The worst countries are S. Sudan, Eritrea and Somalia₄₈. Despite improves in global education, access to tertiary (adult) education is becoming increasingly unequal between the rich haves and the poor have-nots₄₉.

“Education, at all levels and ages, is the single most vital support for equality as well as being a country's most vital economic and social resource. [...] Every successful aspirant to modernisation and economic development, from Japan to South Korea, China to Chile, has got there with a big emphasis on education.”

Bill Emmott (2017)₅₀

27 datasets are used to calculate points for each country, including multiple decades of data on Research and Development, Intellectual Endeavours, metric system adoption rate, Religiosity, IQ, Secondary Education, Length of Schooling, Maths, Science & Reading, the percent of citizens with access to the internet, Freedom On The Internet, IT Security, IPv6 Uptake and digital quality of life. The regions with the best average results per country are Scandinavia, Baltic States and Europe₄₈, whereas the worst are Melanesia, Africa and Micronesia₄₈.

For more, see:

• " Which Countries are Most Modern, With the Best Education and Internet Access?" by Vexen Crabtree (2025).

7.1. Modernity Datasets

#intelligence #metric #religion #religiosity #secularisation

Intellectual Endeavours Lower is better34
Pos.		2017 Rank34
1	Ukraine	1
2	Czechia	2
3	Hungary	3
	...
121	El Salvador	121
122	Dominican Rep.	122
123	Oman	123
124	Chad	124
125	Brunei	125
126	Ivory Coast	126
127	Kuwait	127
128	Vietnam	128
	Africa Avg	106.4
	World Avg	82.0
q=163.

Metric System Adoption Rate Higher is better51
Pos.		2025 %51
1=	Slovakia	100
1=	Poland	100
1=	Portugal	100
	...
163=	Central African Rep.	90
163=	Botswana	90
163=	Angola	90
163=	Chad	90
163=	Comoros	90
163=	Palestine	90
163=	Congo, DR	90
163=	Zimbabwe	90
	Africa Avg	90
	World Avg	92
q=187. Also scored for 1960s-2020s.

Chad officially adopted metric in 1960₅₂. Progression:

• 1960 (60%): French metric legacy; traditional units common in rural areas.
• 1970 (70%): Standardization increases in official sectors.
• 1980 (80%): Metric dominant officially; informal legacy strong.
• 2000 (85%).
• 2025 (90%): High metric usage; pockets of traditional units.

Religiosity Lower is better53
Pos.		2018 %53
1	China	3
2	Estonia	6
3	Czechia	7
	...
78=	Jordan	85
79=	Palestine	86
79=	Uganda	86
79=	Chad	86
79=	Niger	86
83=	Kenya	87
83=	Mozambique	87
85=	Congo, DR	88
	Africa Avg	87.0
	World Avg	54.3
q=106.

IQ Higher is better54
Pos.		200654
1=	Hong Kong	108
1=	Singapore	108
3	S. Korea	106
	...
120=	Mali	69
120=	Burundi	69
120=	Nigeria	69
123=	Chad	68
123=	Burkina Faso	68
123=	Somalia	68
123=	Angola	68
127=	Guinea	67
	Africa Avg	70.6
	World Avg	85.6
q=138.

7.2. Education Datasets

#chad #education #niger

In 1990-1, education in Chad was woefully short - the average person could expect just a quarter of the global average (of 10 years) and only Niger and Chad were worse. It improved this by 2.3 years during the 1990s. ₅₅

Secondary Education Higher is better56
Pos.		201856
1=	Luxembourg	100.0%
1=	Estonia	100.0%
1=	Austria	100.0%
	...
162	Mali	13.1%
163	Papua New Guinea	12.5%
164	Bhutan	12.0%
165	Guinea	11.7%
166	Burundi	9.3%
167	Burkina Faso	8.8%
168	Niger	6.6%
169	Chad	6.0%
	Africa Avg	34.4%
	World Avg	63.0%
q=169.

Length of Schooling Higher is better57
Pos.		2021 Years57
1	Australia	21.1
2	New Zealand	20.3
3	Greece	20.0
	...
185	Pakistan	8.7
186	Eritrea	8.1
187	Central African Rep.	8.0
188	Chad	8.0
189	Sudan	7.9
190	Djibouti	7.4
191	Mali	7.4
192	Niger	7.0
	Africa Avg	11.0
	World Avg	13.5
q=193. Also scored for 1990s-2010s.

7.3. Technology and Information Datasets

#the_internet

Internet Users (2020s) Higher is better
Pos.		Internet Users (2020s)
1=	Iceland	99%
1=	Kuwait	99%
1=	UAE	99%
	...
181	Ethiopia	16%
182	Madagascar	16%
183	Yemen	14%
184	Burkina Faso	14%
185	Chad	12%
186	Burundi	11%
187	Uganda	11%
188	S. Sudan	9%
	Africa Avg	41.0%
	World Avg	67.8%
q=188. Also scored for 1990s-2020s.

8. Chad's Culture, Peace and Inequality

#charitability #culture #equality #human_development #inequality #peace

Compared to Africa (2025)58
Pos.		Lower is better Avg Rank58
1	Mauritius	51.4
2	Seychelles	66.9
3	Tunisia	76.2
	...
46	Equatorial Guinea	131.4
47	Burundi	131.5
48	Comoros	133.0
49	Chad	135.4
50	Central African Rep.	138.4
51	Congo, DR	140.3
52	S. Sudan	148.3
53	Eritrea	153.2
54	Somalia	163.7
	Africa Avg	110.07
q=54.

Culture, Peace & Inequality (2025)58
Pos.		Lower is better Avg Rank58
1	Denmark	11.6
2	Finland	13.4
3	Netherlands	13.6
	...
177	Burundi	131.5
178	Yemen	132.0
179	Comoros	133.0
180	Chad	135.4
181	Central African Rep.	138.4
182	Congo, DR	140.3
183	S. Sudan	148.3
184	Afghanistan	149.0
	World Avg	81.27
q=187.

This is the final pillar of the Social and Moral Development Index; it has 32 datasets, including multiple decades of data on World Giving Index, resisting corruption, overall happiness, Creativity and Culture, passport utility (so far), Open Trading, Aid and Development, its Global Peace Index rating, Peacekeeping and Security, Refugees and UN Treaties, the impact of terrorism, poverty (so far), life expectancy inequality, Income Inequality (Gini Coefficient) and Multidimensional Poverty.

For more, see:

• "Which are the Countries for International Contributions, Creativity, Peace and Inequality?" by Vexen Crabtree (2025).

8.1. National Culture Datasets

#chad #corruption #happiness #internationalism #politics

Corruption Higher is better59
Pos.		2022 Points59
1	Denmark	90.0
2=	Finland	87.0
2=	New Zealand	87.0
	...
167=	Nicaragua	19.0
167=	Comoros	19.0
167=	Turkmenistan	19.0
167=	Chad	19.0
171=	Equatorial Guinea	17.0
171=	N. Korea	17.0
171=	Libya	17.0
171=	Haiti	17.0
	Africa Avg	32.31
	World Avg	42.98
q=180. Also scored for 1990s-2010s.

In 2004, Chad began to be included in the Corruption Perception Index, entering at 5th-worst, but briefly falling to 2nd-worst the next year, before improving.

Happiness Higher is better60
Pos.		2024 Score60
1	Finland	7.7
2	Denmark	7.5
3	Iceland	7.5
	...
116	Uganda	4.5
117	Gambia	4.4
118	India	4.4
119	Chad	4.4
120	Burkina Faso	4.4
121	Benin	4.4
122	Somalia	4.3
123	Mali	4.3
	Africa Avg	4.42
	World Avg	5.58
q=147. Also scored for 2010s.

Creativity & Culture Lower is better34
Pos.		2017 Rank34
1	Belgium	1
2	Netherlands	2
3	Estonia	3
	...
132	Guinea	132
133	Timor-Leste (E. Timor)	133
134	Mali	134
135	Chad	135
136	Saudi Arabia	136
137	Congo, (Brazzaville)	137
138	Algeria	138
139	Azerbaijan	139
	Africa Avg	117.8
	World Avg	82.0
q=163.

Passport Reach (2020s) Higher is better61
Pos.		Passport Reach (2020s) Q61
1	Singapore	192.2
2	Japan	192.0
3	S. Korea	190.7
	...
157=	Vietnam	53.7
158	Guinea-Bissau	53.5
159	Algeria	53.3
160=	Chad	53.2
160=	Kosovo	53.2
160=	Comoros	53.2
163	Bhutan	52.8
164	Central African Rep.	52.5
	Africa Avg	62.9
	World Avg	108.8
q=195. Also scored for 2000s-2020s.

Open Trading, Aid & Development Lower is better34
Pos.		2017 Rank34
1	Ireland	1
2	Denmark	2
3	Sweden	3
	...
123	Pakistan	123
124	Lithuania	124
125	St Lucia	125
126	Chad	126
127	Bahamas	127
128	Liberia	128
129	Sierra Leone	129
130	Kenya	130
	Africa Avg	96.7
	World Avg	82.0
q=163.

8.2. Peace Versus Instability Datasets

#extremism #human_development #peace #politics #religious_violence #terrorism

Global Peace Index Lower is better62
Pos.		2023 Score62
1	Iceland	1.12
2	Denmark	1.31
3	Ireland	1.31
	...
139	Cameroon	2.66
140=	Colombia	2.69
140=	Venezuela	2.69
142	Chad	2.70
143	Israel	2.71
144	Nigeria	2.71
145	Myanmar	2.74
146	Pakistan	2.75
	Africa Avg	2.29
	World Avg	2.07
q=163. Also scored for 2010s.

Peacekeeping & Security Lower is better34
Pos.		2017 Rank34
1	Samoa	1
2	S. Africa	2
3	Tunisia	3
	...
124	Malta	124
125	Burundi	125
126	Barbados	126
127	Chad	127
128	Montenegro	128
129	Dominican Rep.	129
130	Papua New Guinea	130
131	Syria	131
	Africa Avg	83.6
	World Avg	82.0
q=163.

Refugees & UN Treaties Lower is better34
Pos.		2017 Rank34
1	Austria	1
2	Germany	2
3	Netherlands	3
	...
142	Syria	142
143	Mauritania	143
144	Rwanda	144
145	Chad	145
146	Central African Rep.	146
147	El Salvador	147
148	Bahamas	148
149	Marshall Islands	149
	Africa Avg	104.5
	World Avg	82.0
q=163.

Impact of Terrorism Lower is better63
Pos.		2019 Score63
1	Togo	0.00
2	Mongolia	0.00
3	Swaziland	0.00
	...
110	S. Africa	4.51
111	Israel	4.53
112	Iran	4.72
113	Chad	4.76
114	Russia	4.90
115	France	5.01
116	Indonesia	5.07
117	Nepal	5.09
	Africa Avg	3.41
	World Avg	2.78
q=150.

8.3. Economic Inequality and Poverty Datasets

#capitalism #economics #health #inequality #life_expectancy #poverty #social_development

Poverty (2020s) Lower is better64
Pos.		Poverty (2020s) %64
1	Malaysia	0.01%
2	Bhutan	0.01%
3	Cyprus	0.02%
	...
92	Mali	36.10%
93	Rwanda	38.55%
94	Ethiopia	38.64%
95	Chad	39.48%
96	Guinea-Bissau	39.86%
97	Nigeria	41.82%
98	Burkina Faso	42.06%
99	Kenya	45.92%
	Africa Avg	41.51%
	World Avg	11.40%
q=106. Also scored for 1980s-2020s.

Inequality in Life Expectancy Lower is better65
Pos.		201965
1	Iceland	2.40
2=	Singapore	2.50
2=	Hong Kong	2.50
	...
177	Congo, DR	36.10
178	S. Sudan	36.20
179	Mali	36.70
180	Nigeria	37.10
181	Somalia	38.90
182	Sierra Leone	39.00
183	Central African Rep.	40.10
184	Chad	40.90
	Africa Avg	26.10
	World Avg	14.59
q=184.

Income Inequality (Gini Coefficient) Lower is better66
Pos.		2023 %66
1	Slovakia	24.1%67
2	Slovenia	24.3%67
3	Belarus	24.4%68
	...
98	Mauritius	36.8%69
99	Dominican Rep.	37.0%70
100	Solomon Islands	37.1%71
101=	Chad	37.4%70
101=	Burkina Faso	37.4%67
103	Burundi	37.5%68
104	Sri Lanka	37.7%72
105=	Israel	37.9%67
	Africa Avg	40.7%
	World Avg	36.5%
q=167. Also scored for 1980s-2010s.

Income inequality data is rarely available for Chad - only for 3 years between 1980 and 2019.

Multidimensional Poverty Lower is better73
Pos.		2018 Severity73
1	Armenia	.001
2	Ukraine	.001
3	Serbia	.001
	...
94	Madagascar	.453
95	Mali	.457
96	Central African Rep.	.465
97	Ethiopia	.489
98	Burkina Faso	.519
99	Chad	.533
100	S. Sudan	.580
101	Niger	.590
	Africa Avg	.264
	World Avg	.154
q=101.

9. Religion and Beliefs

#buddhism #Chad #christianity #hinduism #islam #judaism #religion #religion_in_chad #religiosity #secularisation

Religiosity (2018)53
Pos.		Lower is better %53
1	China	3
2	Estonia	6
3	Czechia	7
	...
78=	Jordan	85
79=	Palestine	86
79=	Uganda	86
79=	Chad	86
79=	Niger	86
83=	Kenya	87
83=	Mozambique	87
85=	Congo, DR	88
85=	Nigeria	88
85=	Nicaragua	88
88=	Djibouti	89
88=	Ghana	89
88=	Guatemala	89
91=	Honduras	90
91=	Cameroon	90
91=	Rwanda	90
	World Avg	54.3
q=106.

Pew Forum polling over the decades has found the following adherency rates:₇₄:

	2010	2020
Muslim	57.3%	56.4%
Christian	39.5%	38.9%
Unaffiliated	2.69%	3.13%
Other	0.461%	1.59%
Buddhist	<0.1%	<0.1%
Hindu	<0.1%	<0.1%
Jewish	None	None

The CIA World Factbook has slightly different data, and states: Muslim 53.1%, Catholic 20.1%, Protestant 14.2%, animist 7.3%, other 0.5%, unknown 1.7%, atheist 3.1% (1993 census)₇₅.

Freedom of Religion and Belief: Although the Constitution says the state should be secular, some policies favor Islam₂₇, for example, in the use of public lands for building places of worship₇₆.

Links:

• A List of All Religions and Belief Systems
• Secularisation Theory: Will Modern Society Reject Religion? What is Secularism?
• Human Rights and Freedom in Chad: 4.2. Freedom of Thought