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Central Africa

Chad

EU Compliance · Geopolitical Risk · Sourcing Attractiveness

EU Compliance

lower score = lower risk

6.4

Geopolitical Risk

lower score = lower risk

5.0

Sourcing Attractiveness

higher score = more attractive

2.7

Why these scores

EU Compliance, by dimension

Forced & child labour7
Worker rights & FOA7
OHS & audit transparency7
Food & product safety6
Environmental & regulatory5
Governance & anti-corruption9
Tariff & preferential access3
Non-tariff barriers6
Supply chain traceability8

1 = lowest risk · methodology & sources

Geopolitical Risk, by dimension

Geopolitical conflict6
Supplier concentration5
Climate & physical risk6
Sanctions exposure1
Policy continuity & property rights7

1 = lowest risk · methodology & sources

Attractiveness, by dimension

Labour cost competitiveness8
Supply base depth2
Logistics & infrastructure2
Workforce skills2
Scalability4
Ease of doing business2
Trade access & tariffs2
Sustainability baseline2
Innovation & IP1
Quality standards2

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

Electricity costs →

Industrial

EUR/MWh

Consumer

EUR/MWh, all-in

Grid carbon

615

gCO₂e/kWh

Renewables

of generation

regulated market

Power market

Conflict / governance collapse

Market 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.

Power markets: full layer →

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

ASEAN demographics →

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)