CHAD Annual Report 2025
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Where UNDPmade adifferencein 2025

In 2025, Chad continued to strengthen its institutions and advance its development priorities, marking a new chapter for the country.

Throughout the year, we worked with the Government, communities and development partners to strengthen institutions and improve the lives of the country's most vulnerable people.

Chad's future is shaped by both and .

Between 2024 and 2025, Chad continued to face persistent economic, social, climate and institutional challenges, against a backdrop of rapid population growth and significant demand for basic services. At the same time, the country holds considerable potential, driven by a predominantly young population and opportunities for structural transformation still to be realized.

Population under 15 53.7 %
Gross primary school enrolment 92.66 %
Real GDP growth 4.0 %
Poverty rate 44.8 %
Access to electricity 11 %
Literacy rate 48.2 % 63.9 % men, 35.1 % women
Human Development Index 0.416

Key Development Indicators (2024–2025)

Population and territory
Area 1 284 000 km²
Total population 19.3 million
Economy
GDP per capita CFAF 616 645
Inflation rate 4.1 %
Education
Primary school enrolment – girls 85.42 %
Primary school enrolment – boys 99.84 %
Provinces above national average enrolment 8 of 23
Access to services and health
Life expectancy at birth 55 years
Population per physician 24,188
Average distance to a health centre 15 km
Average distance to a hospital 60 km
Employment
Employment-to-population ratio 48.4 %
Unemployment rate (ILO) 3.08 %
Expanded unemployment rate 23.3 %

Human development and gender

0.416 Human Development Index (HDI)

0.787 Gender Development Index (GDI)

Working alongside the Government, local authorities, communities and development partners, we delivered results that are improving people's lives across Chad.

Building trust in institutions

We supported more transparent, inclusive and accountable institutions through digital transformation, decentralization and greater participation in public life.

Strengthening transparency and public accountability

A new national digital platform supports more effective monitoring of government performance, enabling better-informed decision-making.

Legal and regulatory texts dating back to 1954 are now publicly accessible through the Official Gazette digital platform.

Strengthening transparency and public accountability

For the first time, Government performance is monitored through a structured digital system, enabling more informed decision-making through real-time data.

This is made possible through a digital platform managed by the General Secretariat of the Government that centralizes performance data and supports evidence-based decision-making at the highest level.

Citizens and public institutions can now access Chad's Official Gazette and legal texts dating back to 1954 through a dedicated digital platform.

500,000 official documents digitized and publicly accessible

68 years of institutional memory now accessible through the Official Gazette digital platform

A woman in a yellow headscarf takes notes during an institutional meeting.

Local governments growing into drivers of development

A National Seminar on Decentralization, chaired by the President of the Republic, brought together more than 300 stakeholders.

10-year National Decentralization Roadmap adopted and disseminated nationwide.

A shared national framework is now helping place local governments at the heart of development.

Elected officials wearing sashes in the national colours sit in the front rows of a conference hall.

Making institutions more inclusive

  • Women's representation increased in national and local elected bodies
  • Persons with disabilities regained mobility and independence through assistive devices
  • 950+detainees received legal aid through mobile court hearings

Making institutions more inclusive

The legislative and local elections held in December 2024 marked Chad's return to constitutional order and resulted in a significant increase in women's representation across elected institutions.

27 % women in Provincial Councils

34 % in the National Assembly

37.7 % in the Senate

34 % in municipal councils

We supported national and local institutions in promoting the rights of persons with disabilities.

In Hadjer Lamis, 100 persons with disabilities received mobility aids, including wheelchairs and walking canes, helping them regain mobility, independence and dignity.

Mobile court hearings reduced prison overcrowding by 10 % and enabled 956 detainees – including women and minors – to receive legal aid. Four correctional facilities were equipped with new water infrastructure, improving hygiene, health and overall detention conditions.

Helping communities withstand crises

Across the Lake Chad Basin and eastern Chad, we helped communities strengthen resilience by improving security, restoring essential services and preventing conflict.

Restoring hope around Lake Chad Basin

Community members in ceremonial dress gather around a canton banner at a local event.

Supporting refugees and host communities

3,000 people now have access to safe drinking water in Iriba.

Communities in Adré have improved access to education and essential community services through new public facilities.

More than 1,000 women strengthened their livelihoods through targeted income-generating support.

Two women stand on sacks of grain at a distribution point in a desert landscape.

Preventing conflict before it escalates

  • 40+ Peace Committees established
  • 500+ conflicts prevented or resolved locally

Advancing climate resilience and clean energy

From flood protection to renewable energy, we helped communities adapt to climate change while creating new opportunities for livelihoods.

Aerial view of a health centre in Koumra with solar panels installed in its yard.
Pupils gather in the courtyard of a school building flying the Chadian flag.

Better protected against floods

Turning clean energy into opportunity

  • 1200 people, including 500 women, gained access to electricity through a solar mini-grid
  • 30 women's groups increased agricultural productivity using solar-powered equipment
A woman irrigates a vegetable field with water from a pump.
Rows of solar panels installed in an arid landscape.

Expanding access to quality health services

A health worker wearing a face mask reads a card in Bol.

We supported stronger health systems by improving disease prevention, modernizing health facilities and accelerating digital innovation.

Protecting children against malaria

  • 96 % of children aged 3–59 months in targeted districts protected
  • 350000 children monitored digitally through the DHIS2 platform during the SMC campaign
A health worker attends to a mother and her child in a clinic consultation room.

Health facilities better equipped to deliver care

  • 100 health centres and 11 hospitals equipped with medical equipment and cold chain systems
  • Solar energy helps ensure continuity of essential health services

Health facilities better equipped to deliver care

Health facilities were strengthened through the provision of medical equipment, cold chain systems and solar energy solutions, helping improve the quality and continuity of essential health services, particularly in underserved areas.

More than 500 biomedical technicians were also trained to operate and maintain the equipment, strengthening local capacity, promoting long-term sustainability and fostering national ownership.

Officials inspect cold chain freezers for health facilities.

Smarter medicine supply systems

  • Pharmaceutical supply chain fully digitalized
  • Digital tools improved stock management and medicine distribution
A health worker manages medicine stock on a laptop beside boxes of supplies.

Empowering young people to lead change

A participant waves a flag as the audience cheers at YouthConnekt Sahel 2025.

We worked with young people to strengthen their digital skills, shape public dialogue and contribute to the future of the Sahel.

Young people shaping regional dialogue

  • 1000+young people gathered in N'Djamena for the second YouthConnekt Sahel Forum
  • Direct dialoguebetween young people and national and regional decision-makers
  • 2025–2030 Sahel Youth Pact adopted
A young woman holds a YouthConnekt Sahel photo frame reading “J’y étais”.

Building digital skills for tomorrow

  • 7 young Chadian innovators trained in practical AI applications in Guinea
  • 5 young Chadians earned cybersecurity certification through the Tech4Peace initiative in Senegal

Building digital skills for tomorrow

Through an intensive one-month AI bootcamp in Guinea and a specialized cybersecurity programme in Senegal, young Chadians strengthened practical digital skills alongside peers from across Francophone Africa, helping prepare a new generation of digital innovators.

Young women and men hold up the flag of Chad in front of a building.

Building on these results, we are ready to scale up impact

Women in brightly coloured dress gather at a community event in the Lac province.

This is what lasting transformation looks like: working alongside the Government, local governments, development partners, civil society and the private sector. Together.

So that women, men and communities can shape their own future.

This is what lasting transformation looks like: working alongside the Government, local governments, development partners, civil society and the private sector. Together. So that women, men and communities can shape their own future.

Behind every result in this report are strong partnerships, shared commitment and collective action. Working hand in hand with the Government and a wide range of bilateral and multilateral partners, UNDP is helping expand opportunities, reach the most vulnerable communities and advance sustainable development across Chad.

Our partners include: the African Development Bank, the European Union, France, the Global Environment Facility, the Global Fund, Germany, the Islamic Development Bank, Japan, the Netherlands, Slovenia, Sweden, Switzerland, the United Kingdom, the UN Peacebuilding Fund, the UNDP Funding Windows and the World Bank.

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