Chad

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Chad
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Population (In Millions)	11.53
Human Development Index	183/169
Gross Domestic Product (In USD Billions - World Bank)	10.58
Global Peace Index	141/153
Happy Planet Index	109/143
Social Institutions and Gender Index	80/86
Environmental Performance Index	151/163
Child Mortality Rate	97.1
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Geography

Chad is situated in landlocked country in Central Africa. It is bordered by Libya to the north, Sudan to the east, the Central African Republic to the south, Cameroon and Nigeria to the southwest, and Niger to the west. Due to its distance from the sea and its largely desert climate ^[1] with a population of 11,227,208, according to the World Bank database ^[2]

Quality of Life

Multidimensional Poverty Index

The Multidimensional Poverty Index (MPI) for Chad is 0.344. The MPI is an international measure of acute poverty covering 109 countries. The MPI reflects the multiple deprivations that poor people face at the same time in three dimensions: health, education and living standards. The MPI reflects both the incidence or headcount ratio (H) of poverty – the proportion of the population that is multidimensionally poor – and the average intensity (A) of their poverty – the average proportion of indicators in which poor people are deprived. More information on the MPI in Chad is available here.

UNDP Human Development Report Trends - 2010

According to the UNDP's 2011 International Human Development Reports, Chad's HDI is 0.328, which gives the country a rank of 183 out of 187 countries with comparable data. The HDI of Sub-Saharan Africa as a region increased from 0.365 in 1980 to 0.463 today, placing Chad below the regional average. The HDI trends tell an important story both at the national and regional level and highlight the very large gaps in well-being and life chances that continue to divide our interconnected world ^[3]

Chad's HDI breaks down as follow: