Chad is a unitary presidential republic led by Mahamat Déby, who won the 2024 election. In 2025 parliament abolished presidential term limits and extended terms to seven years, and the government relies on oil exports and a large army.
In the 12 Axes register, Chad leans hardest on Democratic – Autocratic: Autocratic 95%; the register median is balanced 50%.
Take the test and this line shows how close your twelve scores are to Chad, and the axis where you differ most.
Where Chad sits on each of the twelve axes, in four categories. The label is our estimate; the line under it says why.
Centralized
Unitary state with provinces
Autocracy
Term limits scrapped in 2025, seven-year terms
Authoritarian
Opposition jailed, protests banned
Anti-Interventionist
Withdrew French troops, Sahel diplomacy
Military-Focused
Army fighting Boko Haram, Sudan border
Centrist
Arabic and French official languages
Mixed Economic
Oil revenue state economy
Balanced
Oil exports under state control
Moderate
CEMAC member, landlocked
Spiritual
Secular state, Muslim majority
Traditionalist
Same-sex acts criminalised by the 2017 penal code
Neutral
No distinct state stance
Set against the median of all 195 countries in the register.
Democratic – Autocratic
On Democratic – Autocratic, Chad is at Autocratic 95%. The register median is balanced 50%.
Collectivize – Privatize
On Collectivize – Privatize, Chad is at balanced 50%, almost the register median of balanced 50%.
Closeness is 100 minus the root-mean-square distance on all twelve axes.
Sources: en.wikipedia.org · freedomhouse.org
Map: Everest700, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, cropped and resized.
Last updated: 2026-10-15
The tiers on this page are our estimates from public positions and policies. They are not an official statement by the person or the government concerned. Two independent passes scored every axis and a third settled the differences. How the register works. Found a mistake? Write to [email protected].
