Intensive Margin, Theil index in Chad
Chad: Intensive Margin, Theil index was 5.94 in 2014. ▲ Rising
Intensive Margin, Theil index in Chad, 1962–2014
Source: International Monetary Fund.
Analysis
Chad recorded 5.94 for intensive margin, theil index in 2014.
That represents a change of up 1.3% on the previous year and up 4.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, intensive margin, theil index in Chad peaked at 5.96 in 2008 and was at its lowest, 2.81, in 1972.
That places Chad 1st out of 189 countries with data for 2014, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 53 years of available data.
Intensive Margin, Theil index in Chad, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1962 | 2.92 | — |
| 1963 | 3.13 | +7.5% |
| 1964 | 3.03 | -3.3% |
| 1965 | 3.2 | +5.5% |
| 1966 | 3.16 | -1.0% |
| 1967 | 3.08 | -2.7% |
| 1968 | 3.32 | +7.7% |
| 1969 | 3.27 | -1.2% |
| 1970 | 3.31 | +1.2% |
| 1971 | 3.17 | -4.5% |
| 1972 | 2.81 | -11.3% |
| 1973 | 2.96 | +5.4% |
| 1974 | 3.18 | +7.6% |
| 1975 | 3.17 | -0.4% |
| 1976 | 3.51 | +10.6% |
| 1977 | 3.43 | -2.3% |
| 1978 | 3.3 | -3.9% |
| 1979 | 3.26 | -1.2% |
| 1980 | 3.45 | +6.0% |
| 1981 | 3.57 | +3.4% |
| 1982 | 3.52 | -1.5% |
| 1983 | 4.94 | +40.6% |
| 1984 | 3.57 | -27.9% |
| 1985 | 3.39 | -4.9% |
| 1986 | 3.35 | -1.1% |
| 1987 | 3.05 | -9.1% |
| 1988 | 3.29 | +7.8% |
| 1989 | 3.2 | -2.6% |
| 1990 | 3.61 | +12.8% |
| 1991 | 3.45 | -4.4% |
| 1992 | 3.3 | -4.4% |
| 1993 | 3.06 | -7.2% |
| 1994 | 3.12 | +1.8% |
| 1995 | 3.21 | +2.8% |
| 1996 | 3.28 | +2.2% |
| 1997 | 3.39 | +3.5% |
| 1998 | 3.31 | -2.6% |
| 1999 | 3.36 | +1.6% |
| 2000 | 3.09 | -8.1% |
| 2001 | 3.12 | +1.0% |
| 2002 | 3.14 | +0.5% |
| 2003 | 3.56 | +13.7% |
| 2004 | 5.68 | +59.4% |
| 2005 | 5.73 | +0.9% |
| 2006 | 5.82 | +1.6% |
| 2007 | 5.89 | +1.2% |
| 2008 | 5.96 | +1.2% |
| 2009 | 5.86 | -1.7% |
| 2010 | 5.52 | -5.8% |
| 2011 | 5.95 | +7.9% |
| 2012 | 5.89 | -1.2% |
| 2013 | 5.86 | -0.4% |
| 2014 | 5.94 | +1.3% |
Chad compared with similar countries
- Chad's 5.94 is above the median for low income countries, which is 3.63, 1.6× the median. (24 countries reporting)
- Chad's 5.94 is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 3.84, 1.5× the median. (48 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Intensive Margin, Theil index in Chad changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | +59.4% | 3.56 | 5.68 |
| 1983 | +40.6% | 3.52 | 4.94 |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 3.14 | 2.92 | 3.32 | 8 |
| 1970s | 3.21 | 2.81 | 3.51 | 10 |
| 1980s | 3.53 | 3.05 | 4.94 | 10 |
| 1990s | 3.31 | 3.06 | 3.61 | 10 |
| 2000s | 4.79 | 3.09 | 5.96 | 10 |
| 2010s | 5.83 | 5.52 | 5.95 | 5 |
Countries ranked near Chad
More trade data for Chad
- Commodity Net Export Price Index, Individual Commodities Weighted by 80.57 (2025)
- Commodity Net Export Price Index, Individual Commodities Weighted by 96.49 (2025)
- Commodity Export Price Index, Individual Commodites Weighted by Ratio 96.23 (2025)
- Commodity Export Price Index, Individual Commodites Weighted by Ratio 74.76 (2025)
- Commodity Import Price Index, Individual Commodites Weighted by Ratio 99.73 (2025)
- Commodity Import Price Index, Individual Commodites Weighted by Ratio 70.38 (2025)
- Extensive Margin, Theil index 0.0584 (2014)
- Export Diversification, Theil index 6 (2014)
- Import quality, Mean, US dollar 0.9382 (2014)
- Import unit values, Mean, US dollar 0.8766 (2014)
Frequently asked questions
- What is intensive margin, theil index in Chad?
- Intensive margin, theil index in Chad was 5.94 in 2014, according to International Monetary Fund.
- What is the highest intensive margin, theil index recorded in Chad?
- The highest recorded value was 5.96 in 2008.
- What is the lowest intensive margin, theil index recorded in Chad?
- The lowest recorded value was 2.81 in 1972.
- How does Chad rank for intensive margin, theil index?
- Chad ranks 1st out of 189 countries with data for 2014.
- Is intensive margin, theil index rising or falling in Chad?
- Over the last ten years it is up 4.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Chad data come from?
- The figures come from International Monetary Fund, published as part of Intensive Margin, Theil index. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Covers 200 countries with data from 1962 to 2014. It has three main indicators: the Export Diversification Index, which can be disaggregated into sub-indices covering the Extensive Margin and the Intensive Margin. As these are Theil indices, higher values for all three correspond to lower export diversification.