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Central African Republic vs Chad

102 shared metrics.

Central African RepublicLeads in 48

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ChadLeads in 54

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Central African Republic

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Identity

Name origin: self-descriptive name specifying the country's location on the continent.

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Geography

Size snapshot: slightly smaller than Texas.

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Chad

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Identity

Formal name: Republic of Chad.

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Identity

Name origin: named for Lake Chad, which lies along the country's western border.

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Analysis

Chad leads in 54 of 102 shared metrics, while Central African Republic leads in 48.

Central African Republic's Forest Coverage (%) is 10.3x that of Chad (35.66% vs 3.2%).

Central African Republic's Youth Unemployment Rate is 5.9x that of Chad (10.09% of youth labor force vs 1.5% of youth labor force).

Central African Republic's Forest Area is 4.6x that of Chad (222.1K km² vs 39.8K km²).

Central African Republic's Unemployment Rate is 4.4x that of Chad (5.9% vs 1.1%).

Central African Republic's Spirits Consumption is 2.6x that of Chad (0.01 L/person/yr vs 0.00 L/person/yr).

Key Comparisons

Forest Coverage (%)Central African Republic leads

Central African Republic

35.66%

Chad

3.2%

Youth Unemployment RateCentral African Republic leads

Central African Republic

10.09% of youth labor force

Chad

1.5% of youth labor force

Forest AreaCentral African Republic leads

Central African Republic

222.1K km²

Chad

39.8K km²

Unemployment RateCentral African Republic leads

Central African Republic

5.9%

Chad

1.1%

Spirits ConsumptionCentral African Republic leads

Central African Republic

0.01 L/person/yr

Chad

0.00 L/person/yr

EV Chargers per 100,000 PeopleSource: © OpenStreetMap contributors - Open Database License (ODbL)Central African Republic leads

Central African Republic

0.02 per 100k people

Chad

0.01 per 100k people

All Metrics

Forest Coverage (%)

Central African Republic

35.66%

Chad

3.2%

1028% higher

Youth Unemployment Rate

Central African Republic

10.09% of youth labor force

Chad

1.5% of youth labor force

592% higher

Forest Area

Central African Republic

222.1K km²

Chad

39.8K km²

458% higher

Unemployment Rate

Central African Republic

5.9%

Chad

1.1%

442% higher

Spirits Consumption

Central African Republic

0.01 L/person/yr

Chad

0.00 L/person/yr

264% higher

EV Chargers per 100,000 People

Central African Republic

0.02 per 100k people

Chad

0.01 per 100k people

240% higher

Source: © OpenStreetMap contributors - Open Database License (ODbL)

Health Spending (% GDP)

Central African Republic

10.0% of GDP

Chad

4.5% of GDP

120% higher

Lowest Elevation

Central African Republic

335 m

Chad

160 m

109% higher

Water Stress (%)

Chad

Central African Republic

0.05%

Chad

5.9%

99% lower

Irrigated Land

Chad

Central African Republic

10 km²

Chad

300 km²

97% lower

Water Withdrawal

Chad

Central African Republic

0.07 B m³

Chad

0.88 B m³

92% lower

Vehicles per 1,000 People

Chad

Central African Republic

8.1 per 1k people

Chad

74.36 per 1k people

89% lower

Total CO2 Emissions

Chad

Central African Republic

0.34 Mt CO2e

Chad

2.9 Mt CO2e

88% lower

Beer Consumption

Central African Republic

0.50 L/person/yr

Chad

0.27 L/person/yr

86% higher

GDP (Nominal)

Chad

Central African Republic

$2,751,494,281.07

Chad

$19,518,819,751.28

86% lower

Inflation Rate

Chad

Central African Republic

1.5%

Chad

8.9%

83% lower

Electricity Carbon Intensity

Chad

Central African Republic

111.11 gCO2/kWh

Chad

621.62 gCO2/kWh

82% lower

Armed Forces Personnel

Chad

Central African Republic

10.0K

Chad

45.0K

78% lower

Agricultural Land (%)

Chad

Central African Republic

9.1%

Chad

39.98%

77% lower

Suicide Rate

Central African Republic

9.2 per 100k

Chad

5.2 per 100k

76% higher

Comparison of Central African Republic and Chad across 102 metrics
				Winner
Forest Coverage (%)	35.66%	3.2%	1028% higher	Central African Republic
Youth Unemployment Rate	10.09% of youth labor force	1.5% of youth labor force	592% higher	Central African Republic
Forest Area	222.1K km²	39.8K km²	458% higher	Central African Republic
Unemployment Rate	5.9%	1.1%	442% higher	Central African Republic
Spirits Consumption	0.01 L/person/yr	0.00 L/person/yr	264% higher	Central African Republic
EV Chargers per 100,000 PeopleSource: © OpenStreetMap contributors - Open Database License (ODbL)	0.02 per 100k people	0.01 per 100k people	240% higher	Central African Republic
Health Spending (% GDP)	10.0% of GDP	4.5% of GDP	120% higher	Central African Republic
Lowest Elevation	335 m	160 m	109% higher	Central African Republic
Water Stress (%)	0.05%	5.9%	99% lower	Chad
Irrigated Land	10 km²	300 km²	97% lower	Chad
Water Withdrawal	0.07 B m³	0.88 B m³	92% lower	Chad
Vehicles per 1,000 People	8.1 per 1k people	74.36 per 1k people	89% lower	Chad
Total CO2 Emissions	0.34 Mt CO2e	2.9 Mt CO2e	88% lower	Chad
Beer Consumption	0.50 L/person/yr	0.27 L/person/yr	86% higher	Central African Republic
GDP (Nominal)	$2,751,494,281.07	$19,518,819,751.28	86% lower	Chad
Inflation Rate	1.5%	8.9%	83% lower	Chad
Electricity Carbon Intensity	111.11 gCO2/kWh	621.62 gCO2/kWh	82% lower	Chad
Armed Forces Personnel	10.0K	45.0K	78% lower	Chad
Agricultural Land (%)	9.1%	39.98%	77% lower	Chad
Suicide Rate	9.2 per 100k	5.2 per 100k	76% higher	Central African Republic
Imports (% GDP)	31.42% of GDP	18.09% of GDP	74% higher	Central African Republic
FDI Inflows (% GDP)	1.5% of GDP	5.2% of GDP	72% lower	Chad
Population	5.75M	19.67M	71% lower	Chad
Can Raise Emergency Money	27.39% of adults	92.24% of adults	70% lower	Chad
Liberal Democracy Index	0.10	0.06	65% higher	Central African Republic
GDP Growth Rate	1.5%	4.2%	64% lower	Chad
Urban Population (%)	44.12%	26.93%	64% higher	Central African Republic
Electricity Generation	0.14 TWh	0.39 TWh	64% lower	Chad
Electric Generating Capacity	63.0K kW	167.0K kW	62% lower	Chad
Highest Elevation	1.4K m	3.4K m	59% lower	Chad
Women in Parliament (%)	11.43%	26.11%	56% lower	Chad
GDP Per Capita (PPP)	$1,263.1	$2,742.66	54% lower	Chad
Land Area	623.0K km²	1.26M km²	51% lower	Chad
Exports (% GDP)	15.01% of GDP	29.77% of GDP	50% lower	Chad
Digital Payments Used	9.3% of adults	18.04% of adults	49% lower	Chad
Electricity Access (%)	17.6%	12%	47% higher	Central African Republic
Mobile Subscriptions (%)	39 per 100 people	73 per 100 people	47% lower	Chad
CO2 Per Capita	0.07 t/person/yr	0.14 t/person/yr	47% lower	Chad
Population Density	8.3 /km²	15.34 /km²	46% lower	Chad
GNI Per Capita	$510	$940	46% lower	Chad
Freedom of Expression Index	0.61	0.43	44% higher	Central African Republic
Education Spending (% GDP)	1.8% of GDP	3.2% of GDP	43% lower	Chad
Firms Making Informal Payments	34.93% of firms	24.81% of firms	41% higher	Central African Republic
Alcohol Consumption	1.8 L/adult/yr	2.9 L/adult/yr	40% lower	Chad
Internet Users (%)	8.0%	13%	38% lower	Chad
Meat Consumption per Person	35.9 kg/person/yr	26.48 kg/person/yr	36% higher	Central African Republic
Obesity Rate	7.7%	5.7%	34% higher	Central African Republic
Milk Consumption per Person	13.53 kg/person/yr	20.63 kg/person/yr	34% lower	Chad
Firms Asked for Bribes	22.64% of firms	34.27% of firms	34% lower	Chad
Scientific Publications	19.82	28.87	31% lower	Chad
Renewable Energy (%)	90.9%	70%	30% higher	Central African Republic
Protected Land (%)	14.8%	21%	30% lower	Chad
Air Pollution (PM2.5)	34.43 µg/m³	49.14 µg/m³	30% lower	Chad
Death Rate	11.04 per 1k	8.8 per 1k	26% higher	Central African Republic
Fertility Rate	3.9 children/woman	5.1 children/woman	24% lower	Chad
Capital Elevation	369 m	298 m	24% higher	Central African Republic
ATMs per 100,000 Adults	1.4 per 100k	1.8 per 100k	22% lower	Chad
Doctors (per 1,000)	0.07 per 1k	0.09 per 1k	22% lower	Chad
Teen Birth Rate	163.09 per 1k	134.74 per 1k	21% higher	Central African Republic
Electoral Democracy Index	0.29	0.24	21% higher	Central African Republic
Firms with Female Top Manager	10.22% of firms	8.5% of firms	20% higher	Central African Republic
Health Spending Per Capita	$47.92	$40.17	19% higher	Central African Republic
Birth Rate	31.49 per 1k	38.62 per 1k	18% lower	Chad
Military Spending	2.5% of GDP	3.0% of GDP	16% lower	Chad
Credit Card Ownership	2.9% of adults	3.5% of adults	16% lower	Chad
Inequality (Gini)	43	37.4	15% higher	Central African Republic
Insufficient Physical Activity	16.53% of adults	19.4% of adults	15% lower	Chad
Dependency Ratio	104.73% of working-age pop.	92.92% of working-age pop.	13% higher	Central African Republic
Women's Political Empowerment	0.56	0.63	11% lower	Chad
Political Corruption Index	0.85	0.95	10% lower	Chad
Corruption Perceptions Index	24 pts	22 pts	9% higher	Central African Republic
Child Mortality	92.2 per 1k births	101.1 per 1k births	9% lower	Chad
Nurses & Midwives	0.19 per 1k	0.21 per 1k	9% lower	Chad
Airports	43	47	9% lower	Chad
Land Border Length	5.9K km	6.4K km	8% lower	Chad
Median Age	14.3 years	15.4 years	7% lower	Chad
Hypertension Prevalence	41.5% of adults	38.9% of adults	7% higher	Central African Republic
Sanitation Access (%)	14.04%	13.14%	7% higher	Central African Republic
Government Debt (% GDP)	56% of GDP	52.4% of GDP	7% higher	Central African Republic
Firms Hit by Power Outages	89.28% of firms	96.17% of firms	7% lower	Chad
Youth Population (%)	49%	46.06%	6% higher	Central African Republic
Life Expectancy	57.4 years	55.1 years	4% higher	Central African Republic
Infant Mortality	60.4 per 1k births	58.7 per 1k births	3% higher	Central African Republic
Seafood Consumption per Person	6.7 kg/person/yr	6.5 kg/person/yr	2% higher	Central African Republic
Safe Drinking Water (%)	6.2%	6.3%	2% lower	Chad
Elderly Population (%)	2.2%	2.1%	2% higher	Central African Republic
Road Traffic Death Rate	25.9 per 100k	26.4 per 100k	2% lower	Chad
Human Development Index	0.41	0.42	equal	Chad
Time Zones Count	2.0 time zones	2.0 time zones	equal	Central African Republic
Minimum Paid Vacation Days	24 days/yr	24 days/yr	equal	Central African Republic
Coastline Length	0 km	0 km	ranked higher	Central African Republic
Coal Electricity Share	0%	0%	ranked higher	Central African Republic
Wind Electricity Share	0%	2.7%	ranked lower	Chad
Solar Electricity Share	0%	0%	ranked higher	Central African Republic
Broadband Access (%)	202 per 100 people	0 per 100 people	ranked higher	Central African Republic
Nobel Laureates Born per Million People	0 per 1M people	0 per 1M people	ranked higher	Central African Republic
Official Languages Count	2.0	2.0	equal	Central African Republic
Current Account Balance (% of GDP)	-3.8% of GDP	0.20% of GDP	ranked lower	Chad
UNESCO World Heritage Sites	2.0 sites	2.0 sites	equal	Central African Republic
McDonald's Outlets per Million PeopleSource: © OpenStreetMap contributors - Open Database License (ODbL)	0 per 1M people	0 per 1M people	ranked higher	Central African Republic
Food Waste per Person	132.83 kg/person/yr	132.79 kg/person/yr	equal	Central African Republic
Border Neighbors	6.0	6.0	equal	Central African Republic

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Analysis

Chad leads in 54 of 102 shared metrics, while Central African Republic leads in 48.

Central African Republic's Forest Coverage (%) is 10.3x that of Chad (35.66% vs 3.2%).

Central African Republic's Youth Unemployment Rate is 5.9x that of Chad (10.09% of youth labor force vs 1.5% of youth labor force).

Central African Republic's Forest Area is 4.6x that of Chad (222.1K km² vs 39.8K km²).

Central African Republic's Unemployment Rate is 4.4x that of Chad (5.9% vs 1.1%).

Central African Republic's Spirits Consumption is 2.6x that of Chad (0.01 L/person/yr vs 0.00 L/person/yr).

Key Comparisons

Forest Coverage (%)Central African Republic leads

Central African Republic

35.66%

Chad

3.2%

Youth Unemployment RateCentral African Republic leads

Central African Republic

10.09% of youth labor force

Chad

1.5% of youth labor force

Forest AreaCentral African Republic leads

Central African Republic

222.1K km²

Chad

39.8K km²

Unemployment RateCentral African Republic leads

Central African Republic

5.9%

Chad

1.1%

Spirits ConsumptionCentral African Republic leads

Central African Republic

0.01 L/person/yr

Chad

0.00 L/person/yr

EV Chargers per 100,000 PeopleSource: © OpenStreetMap contributors - Open Database License (ODbL)Central African Republic leads

Central African Republic

0.02 per 100k people

Chad

0.01 per 100k people

Forest Coverage (%)

35.66%

3.2%

Youth Unemployment Rate

10.09% of youth labor force

1.5% of youth labor force

Forest Area

222.1K km²

39.8K km²

Unemployment Rate

5.9%

1.1%

Spirits Consumption

0.01 L/person/yr

0.00 L/person/yr

0.02 per 100k people

0.01 per 100k people

Health Spending (% GDP)

10.0% of GDP

4.5% of GDP

Lowest Elevation

335 m

160 m

Water Stress (%)

0.05%

5.9%

Irrigated Land

10 km²

300 km²

Water Withdrawal

0.07 B m³

0.88 B m³

Vehicles per 1,000 People

8.1 per 1k people

74.36 per 1k people

Total CO2 Emissions

0.34 Mt CO2e

2.9 Mt CO2e

Beer Consumption

0.50 L/person/yr

0.27 L/person/yr

GDP (Nominal)

$2,751,494,281.07

$19,518,819,751.28

Inflation Rate

1.5%

8.9%

Electricity Carbon Intensity

111.11 gCO2/kWh

621.62 gCO2/kWh

Armed Forces Personnel

10.0K

45.0K

Agricultural Land (%)

9.1%

39.98%

Suicide Rate

9.2 per 100k

5.2 per 100k

Central African Republic vs Chad

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Analysis

Key Comparisons

All Metrics

Forest Coverage (%)

Youth Unemployment Rate

Forest Area

Unemployment Rate

Spirits Consumption

EV Chargers per 100,000 People

Health Spending (% GDP)

Lowest Elevation

Water Stress (%)

Irrigated Land

Water Withdrawal

Vehicles per 1,000 People

Total CO2 Emissions

Beer Consumption

GDP (Nominal)

Inflation Rate

Electricity Carbon Intensity

Armed Forces Personnel

Agricultural Land (%)

Suicide Rate

Imports (% GDP)

FDI Inflows (% GDP)

Population

Can Raise Emergency Money

Liberal Democracy Index

GDP Growth Rate

Urban Population (%)

Electricity Generation

Electric Generating Capacity

Highest Elevation

Women in Parliament (%)

GDP Per Capita (PPP)

Land Area

Exports (% GDP)

Digital Payments Used

Electricity Access (%)

Mobile Subscriptions (%)

CO2 Per Capita

Population Density

GNI Per Capita

Freedom of Expression Index

Education Spending (% GDP)

Firms Making Informal Payments

Alcohol Consumption

Internet Users (%)

Meat Consumption per Person

Obesity Rate

Milk Consumption per Person

Firms Asked for Bribes

Scientific Publications

Renewable Energy (%)

Protected Land (%)

Air Pollution (PM2.5)

Death Rate

Fertility Rate

Capital Elevation

ATMs per 100,000 Adults

Doctors (per 1,000)

Teen Birth Rate

Electoral Democracy Index

Firms with Female Top Manager

Health Spending Per Capita

Birth Rate

Military Spending

Credit Card Ownership

Inequality (Gini)

Insufficient Physical Activity

Dependency Ratio

Women's Political Empowerment

Political Corruption Index

Corruption Perceptions Index

Child Mortality