Chad: Trade balance, in dollars

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 Chad

Trade balance, billion USD

 Latest value -0.22
 Year 1994
 Measure billion U.S. dollars
 Data availability 1977 - 1994
 Average -0.16
 Min - Max -0.26 - -0.01
 Source The World Bank
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The latest value from 1994 is -0.22 billion U.S. dollars, an increase from -0.25 billion U.S. dollars in 1993. In comparison, the world average is -0.19 billion U.S. dollars, based on data from 144 countries. Historically, the average for Chad from 1977 to 1994 is -0.16 billion U.S. dollars. The minimum value, -0.26 billion U.S. dollars, was reached in 1992 while the maximum of -0.01 billion U.S. dollars was recorded in 1980. See the global rankings for that indicator or use the country comparator to compare trends over time.
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 Recent values Chad: Trade balance, in dollars
 1994 -0.22
 1993 -0.25
 1992 -0.26
 1991 -0.23
 1990 -0.22
 1989 -0.25
 1988 -0.22
 1987 -0.24




Definition: Net trade in goods and services is derived by offsetting imports of goods and services against exports of goods and services. Exports and imports of goods and services comprise all transactions involving a change of ownership of goods and services between residents of one country and the rest of the world. Data are in current U.S. dollars.

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 Trade openness 46.13 2025 percent
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 Growth of exports 13.82 2025 percent
 Imports, percent of GDP 16.72 2025 percent
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 Foreign Direct Investment, billion dollars 1.02 2024 billion U.S. dollars
 Portfolio investment inflows, equities 0.00 1994 million dollars (current)
 Current account, percent of GDP -3.20 1994 percent
 Current account, in dollars -0.04 1994 billion U.S. dollars
 Trade balance, percent of GDP 12.70 2025 percent
 Trade balance, in dollars -0.22 1994 billion U.S. dollars
 Reserves 1.55 2024 billion U.S. dollars
 Remittances, percent of GDP 0.06 1994 percent
 Remittances 0.72 1994 million U.S. dollars
 Net errors and omissions -32.00 1994 million USD
 External debt 17.24 2023 percent
 Short-term external debt 1.08 2023 percent
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