Employment-to-population ratio in Chad

The ILO estimates that 58.8% of people aged 15 and over in Chad were employed in 2025.

Measure: Employment-to-population ratio (ILO modelled estimates) Unit: % of population aged 15 and over Data: 1991 to 2025 Source: ILOSTAT
Chad, 2025 58.8% % of population aged 15 and over
Change from 2024 −0.2percentage points 2024: 59.0%
World, 2025 57.9% Official aggregate
Position in 2025 82nd of 181 See the full ranking

Employment-to-population ratio in Chad over time

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% of population aged 15 and over. Source: ILO, ILOSTAT (ILO Modelled Estimates). Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years. Dashed lines are projections.

Employment-to-population ratio (ILO modelled estimates) (% of population aged 15 and over), 2003 to 2027 – the last ten estimates and projections every five years; the CSV has every year
Period ChadWorld
2025 58.8% 57.9%
2024 59.0% 58.0%
2023 59.1% 58.1%
2022 59.1% 57.5%
2021 58.4% 56.7%
2020 58.4% 55.7%
2019 59.3% 57.6%
2018 59.3% 57.7%
2017 59.8% 57.7%
2016 60.4% 57.8%

Flags: f Projection . A dash means no value was published.

In short

  • That is a change of −0.2 percentage points from 59.0% in 2024.
  • Since 2015, when it was 60.9%, the figure has changed by −2.1 percentage points.
  • Among the 181 countries with data for 2025, Chad has the 82nd highest value.
  • The figure for the world in 2025 was 57.9%.

Source and dates

Original producer
International Labour Organization, ILO Modelled Estimates
Distributed by
International Labour Organization, ILOSTAT
Dataset or series code
ILO,DF_EMP_2WAP_SEX_AGE_RT,1.0 · dataset details · view at source
Selection
.A..SEX_T.AGE_YTHADULT_YGE15
Observation period
1991 to 2025 for Chad
Provider update
Not stated by the provider
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
CC BY 4.0
Attribution
Source: ILO, ILOSTAT (ILO Modelled Estimates), original data: International Labour Organization, ILO Modelled Estimates