Chad recorded a current account deficit of 2.5% of GDP in 2025, according to the African Development Bank (AfDB). Current Account to GDP in Chad averaged -8.05 percent of GDP from 1977 until 2025, reaching an all time high of 7.10 percent of GDP in 2008 and a record low of -123.60 percent of GDP in 2002. source: Bank of Central African States
Current Account to GDP in Chad is expected to reach -3.50 percent of GDP by the end of 2026, according to Trading Economics global macro models and analysts expectations. In the long-term, the Chad Current Account to GDP is projected to trend around -3.80 percent of GDP in 2027 and -4.00 percent of GDP in 2028, according to our econometric models.