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Chad

WatchScore 3Open the map

Level, last 60 days

  • Deaths 30 d

    16

    UCDP up to 2026-08-31

  • Per million 90 d

    0.8

    last 90 days

  • Civilians

    0%

    last 90 days

  • Incidents 30 d

    2

  • Population

    21.0 M

    World Bank

  • Plants near violence

    0 / 0

    near violence / total; 0 nuclear

Why this level2

  • +2UK FCDO advises against all travel to parts of the countryUK FCDO travel advice
  • +12.8 million people in crisis-level food insecurity or worse (IPC 3+)FEWS NET

Source: ARMSMA situation watch

Every monitored signal

The last 60 days, each on its own scale.

  • Travel advice level (FCDO)

    3

  • People in food crisis (IPC 3+)

    2 750 000

  • Refugees who fled

    32 392

Source: ARMSMA situation watch

Deaths in organised violence, per week

Chad, UCDP best estimates. The red bar is the latest week.

The latest week may be incomplete.

Source: UCDP GED Candidate, Uppsala University (CC BY 4.0), data up to 2026-08-31

Who the violence is between

Deaths by kind of violence, last 90 days of data.

  • State-based conflict · 0%
  • Non-state conflict · 100%
  • Against civilians · 0%

Source: UCDP GED Candidate (CC BY 4.0)

Food, displacement, sanctions

People in food crisis (IPC 3+)
2.8 M
2026-08
Share in food crisis
13%
2026-08
Undernourishment
32.0%
2023
Refugees who fled
32,392
2025
Refugees hosted
1,511,634
2025
Internally displaced
219,595
2025
Sanctions designations
5
2026-09-29
GDP per person
$1,022
2025

FEWS NET · World Bank / FAO · UNHCR · OpenSanctions

People in crisis-level food insecurity

IPC Phase 3 or worse, month by month (FEWS NET current-situation estimates, midpoint of the published range).

FEWS NET — IPC-compatible analysis

Latest incidents of organised violence2

DatePlaceSidesDeathsCiviliansReported by
2026-08-21about 20 kilometers east of Oum-Hadjer, in the Massalat cantonUnidentified armed group (Chad) — Unidentified armed group (Chad)100Xinhua, Tchadinfos, newsaf.cgtn.com
2026-08-20Alkhaba, a locality located about 17 km from Oum-Hadjer in Batha Est Department --- Rebmbara and Alkhaba areasUnidentified armed group (Chad) — Unidentified armed group (Chad)60Xinhua, Tchadinfos, newsaf.cgtn.com

Source: UCDP GED Candidate, Uppsala University (CC BY 4.0), data up to 2026-08-31

Conflicts, 90 days1

  • Unidentified armed groups (Chad)16

Source: UCDP GED Candidate (CC BY 4.0)

Natural hazards, 30 days0

None in the last 30 days.

GDACS · USGS · NASA EONET

Warnings and notices

UK FCDO: Chad: Avoid all travel to parts

No severe weather warning in force.

UK FCDO · WMO · WHO · Copernicus EMS

Next 7 days in N'Djamena

Day°CRainGustsWatch
Tue, Sep 2924…3118.5 mm36 km/h
Wed, Sep 3025…310.0 mm30 km/h
Thu, Oct 125…340.0 mm31 km/h
Fri, Oct 225…330.5 mm26 km/h
Sat, Oct 324…321.2 mm24 km/hthunderstorm
Sun, Oct 425…330.0 mm19 km/h
Mon, Oct 525…312.4 mm28 km/h

Forecast for the capital only; marks: heat ≥38 °C, frost ≤−20 °C, rain ≥50 mm, gusts ≥75 km/h, thunderstorms. Official warnings are above.

Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)

Food prices in markets14

ItemPriceUSDYear
Rice (imported) / KG606.17 XAF1.05+1%
Sorghum / KG170.51 XAF0.30—
Millet / KG211.6 XAF0.36-17%
Wheat flour / KG775.15 XAF1.35-5%
Pasta / KG1,100.84 XAF1.91-23%
Salt / KG589 XAF1.02-15%
Sugar / KG845.75 XAF1.47-17%
Oil (groundnut) / L1,241.63 XAF2.16-33%
Dates / KG1,145.1 XAF1.98-17%
Garlic / KG2,972.35 XAF5.16+0%
Okra (dry) / KG1,569.32 XAF2.73-58%
Onions (red) / KG545.2 XAF0.95-37%
Tomatoes (dried) / KG1,345.3 XAF2.33-38%
Beans (niebe) / KG327.78 XAF0.57-39%

Median retail price across markets in the latest month reported (2026-06); change against the same month a year before.

WFP · HDX (CC BY-IGO)

Disasters since 20001

012000: 020002001: 02002: 02003: 02004: 02005: 020052006: 02007: 02008: 02009: 02010: 020102011: 02012: 02013: 02014: 02015: 020152016: 02017: 02018: 02019: 02020: 020202021: 02022: 02023: 02024: Floods 12025: 020252026: 02026

Floods

  • Flood in Chad · Sep 1, 2024 · Magnitude 0

GDACS (orange and red alerts since 2000)