Central Africa
Chad
EU Compliance · Geopolitical Risk · Sourcing Attractiveness
Why these scores
EU Compliance, by dimension
1 = lowest risk · methodology & sources
Geopolitical Risk, by dimension
1 = lowest risk · methodology & sources
Attractiveness, by dimension
9 = most attractive · methodology & sources
Analyst scores, last reviewed June 2026; each dimension's sources and cadence are on its methodology page.
Data layers
Chad and the EU
EU imports from
€1.6bn
0.1% of extra-EU
EU exports to
€263m
0.0% of extra-EU
EU supplier rank
EU's #94 supplier
EU trade balance
one-sided
coverage 0.16
2025 annual totals, Eurostat COMEXT. EU trade board →
Electricity & grid
National sources · carbon from Ember · estimated
Industrial
–
EUR/MWh
Consumer
–
EUR/MWh, all-in
Grid carbon
615
gCO₂e/kWh
Renewables
–
of generation
regulated market
Power market
● Conflict / governance collapseMarket model
State monopoly (SNE)
Direct PPA
None
grid access: closed
Reserve margin
–
Regulator
Not independent
ARSE (Autorite de Regulation du Secteur de l'Electricite)
Extremely low electrification (~11%), concentrated in N'Djamena. SNE (state utility) runs on imported diesel with chronic fuel payment arrears. One of the least electrified countries globally.
Tracked infrastructure
0 solar farms
capacity n/a · 1 building
Operating assets tracked by Global Energy Monitor (CC BY 4.0); counts are tracked facilities, not exhaustive totals. Energy overview →
Metal mining
Tagged mines
24
none in the merged layer
Acid-drainage prone
0
high water-risk ore class
Main commodities
Gold
Mine-water verifiability
Blind spot
no national open water-monitoring portal located
Water risk is inferred from the ore class, not site measurements. Global mines: full layer →
Demographics
UN World Population Prospects 2024 · medium variant
Median age
15.7
→ 19.8 by 2050
Fertility
6.03
above replacement
Working-age
51.8%
aged 15–64
Old-age dep.
4.1
→ 5.5 by 2050
Median age 1990–2050
Population 20.3M · still growing past 2100
By 2050: +92% (38.9M)