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Chad: Current account (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 1977–2022 · 46 observations · forecasts to 2031 · CA_GDP

2022
6.34%percent of GDP
Change on 2021
+6.9 pointsfrom −0.535%
Average, 2013–2022
−2.36%10 years
Record high and low
6.35% (2007)low −64.8% (2002)

Current account (% of GDP)

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Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
20311.70Forecast
20301.22Forecast
20291.10Forecast
20280.647Forecast
20270.315Forecast
20260.834Forecast
20250.229Forecast
20241.36Forecast
20231.59Forecast
20226.34
2021-0.535
2020-2.51
2019-3.00
2018-3.95
2017-5.74
2016-4.09
2015-4.54
2014-1.96
2013-3.60

Sources

  • WDI (archive)1977–1994
  • World Development Indicators1977–1994
  • IMF International Financial Statistics1980–1994
  • IMF World Economic Outlook1980–2022
  • IMF WEO (forecast)2022–2031

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Chad documentation (PDF)

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Please cite: Müller, K., Xu, C., Lehbib, M., & Chen, Z. (2025). The Global Macro Database: A New International Macroeconomic Dataset. NBER Working Paper 33714. BibTeX →

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