Statistics Togo 
Togo in the World
Togo - Introduction 2016
top of pageBackground: French Togoland became Togo in 1960. Gen. Gnassingbe EYADEMA installed as military ruler in 1967 ruled Togo with a heavy hand for almost four decades. Despite the facade of multi-party elections instituted in the early 1990s the government was largely dominated by President EYADEMA whose Rally of the Togolese People (RPT) party has been in power almost continually since 1967 and its successor the Union for the Republic maintains a majority of seats in today's legislature. Upon EYADEMA's death in February 2005 the military installed the president's son Faure GNASSINGBE and then engineered his formal election two months later. Democratic gains since then allowed Togo to hold its first relatively free and fair legislative elections in October 2007. After years of political unrest and condemnation from international organizations for human rights abuses Togo is finally being re-welcomed into the international community.
Area
Total: 56,785 km²
Land: 54,385 km²
Water: 2,400 km²
Rank: 126
Comparative: slightly smaller than West Virginia
Terrain: gently rolling savanna in north; central hills; southern plateau; low coastal plain with extensive lagoons and marshes
Elevation
Mean elevation: 236 m
Elevation extremes: lowest point: Atlantic Ocean 0 m: highest point: Mont Agou 986 m
Land use
Agricultural land: 67.4%
arable land: 45.2%
permanent crops: 3.8%
permanent pasture: 18.4%
permanent crops: 3.8%
permanent pasture: 18.4%
Forest: 4.9%
Other: 27.7%
Natural hazards: hot dry harmattan wind can reduce visibility in north during winter; periodic droughts
Geography
Note: the country's length allows it to stretch through six distinct geographic regions; climate varies from tropical to savanna
Togo - People 2016
top of pagePopulation: 7,756,937
Note: estimates for this country explicitly take into account the effects of excess mortality due to AIDS; this can result in lower life expectancy higher infant mortality higher death rates lower population growth rates and changes in the distribution of population by age and sex than would otherwise be expected
Rank: 100
Growth rate: 2.66% (2016 est.)
Growth rate rank: 15
Below poverty line: 32% (1989 est.)
Ethnic groups: African (37 tribes; largest and most important are Ewe Mina and Kabre) 99% European and Syrian-Lebanese less than 1%
Languages: French (official the language of commerce) Ewe and Mina (the two major African languages in the south) Kabye (sometimes spelled Kabiye) and Dagomba (the two major African languages in the north)
Demographic profile:
Togo’s population is estimated to have grown to four times its size between 1960 and 2010. With nearly 60% of its populace under the age of 25 and a high annual growth rate attributed largely to high fertility Togo’s population is likely to continue to expand for the foreseeable future. Reducing fertility boosting job creation and improving education will be essential to reducing the country’s high poverty rate. In 2008 Togo eliminated primary school enrollment fees leading to higher enrollment but increased pressure on limited classroom space teachers and materials. Togo has a good chance of achieving universal primary education but educational quality the underrepresentation of girls and the low rate of enrollment in secondary and tertiary schools remain concerns.
Togo is both a country of emigration and asylum. In the early 1990s southern Togo suffered from the economic decline of the phosphate sector and ethnic and political repression at the hands of dictator Gnassingbe EYADEMA and his northern Kabye-dominated administration. The turmoil led 300,000 to 350,000 predominantly southern Togolese to flee to Benin and Ghana with most not returning home until relative stability was restored in 1997. In 2005 another outflow of 40,000 Togolese to Benin and Ghana occurred when violence broke out between the opposition and security forces over the disputed election of EYADEMA’s son Faure GNASSINGBE to the presidency. About half of the refugees reluctantly returned home in 2006 many still fearing for their safety. Despite ethnic tensions and periods of political unrest Togo in 2016 was home to more than 18,000 refugees from Ghana.
Togo is both a country of emigration and asylum. In the early 1990s southern Togo suffered from the economic decline of the phosphate sector and ethnic and political repression at the hands of dictator Gnassingbe EYADEMA and his northern Kabye-dominated administration. The turmoil led 300,000 to 350,000 predominantly southern Togolese to flee to Benin and Ghana with most not returning home until relative stability was restored in 1997. In 2005 another outflow of 40,000 Togolese to Benin and Ghana occurred when violence broke out between the opposition and security forces over the disputed election of EYADEMA’s son Faure GNASSINGBE to the presidency. About half of the refugees reluctantly returned home in 2006 many still fearing for their safety. Despite ethnic tensions and periods of political unrest Togo in 2016 was home to more than 18,000 refugees from Ghana.
Age structure
0-14 years: 40.44%
15-24 years: 19.34%
25-54 years: 32.58%
55-64 years: 4.27%
65 years and over: 3.37% (2016 est.)
Dependency ratios
Total dependency ratio: 81.8%
Youth dependency ratio: 76.8%
Elderly dependency ratio: 5%
Potential support ratio: 19.9%
Urbanization
Urban population: 40% of total population
Rate of urbanization: 3.83% annual rate of change
Environment
Current issues: deforestation attributable to slash-and-burn agriculture and the use of wood for fuel; water pollution presents health hazards and hinders the fishing industry; air pollution increasing in urban areas
International agreements party to: Biodiversity Climate Change Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol Desertification Endangered Species Law of the Sea Ozone Layer Protection Ship Pollution Tropical Timber 83 Tropical Timber 94 Wetlands Whaling
International agreements signed but not ratified: none of the selected agreements
Sex ratio
At birth: 1.03 male/female
0-14 years: 1.01 male/female
15-24 years: 1 male/female
25-54 years: 0.99 male/female
55-64 years: 0.89 male/female
65 years and over: 0.76 male/female
Total population: 0.98 male/female
Infant mortality rate
Total: 43.7 deaths/1000 live births
Male: 50.1 deaths/1000 live births
Female: 37 deaths/1000 live births
Rank: 45
Drinking water source:
urban: 91.4% of population
rural: 44.2% of population
total: 63.1% of population
urban: 8.6% of population
rural: 55.8% of population
total: 36.9% of population (2015 est.)
rural: 44.2% of population
total: 63.1% of population
urban: 8.6% of population
rural: 55.8% of population
total: 36.9% of population (2015 est.)
Sanitation facility access:
urban: 24.7% of population
rural: 2.9% of population
total: 11.6% of population
urban: 75.3% of population
rural: 97.1% of population
total: 88.4% of population (2015 est.)
rural: 2.9% of population
total: 11.6% of population
urban: 75.3% of population
rural: 97.1% of population
total: 88.4% of population (2015 est.)
Hivaids
Adult prevalence rate: 2.4% (2015 est.)
Adult prevalence rate rank: 26
People living with hivaids: 106,300 (2015 est.)
People living with hivaids rank: 41
Deaths: 5,100 (2015 est.)
Deaths rank: 35
Major infectious diseases
Degree of risk: very high
Food or waterborne diseases: bacterial and protozoal diarrhea hepatitis A and typhoid fever
Vectorborne diseases: malaria dengue fever and yellow fever
Respiratory disease: meningococcal meningitis
Water contact disease: schistosomiasis
Animal contact disease: rabies
Literacy
Definition: age 15 and over can read and write
Total population: 66.5%
Male: 78.3%
Female: 55.3%
Togo - Government 2016
top of pageCountry name
Conventional long form: Togolese Republic
Conventional short form: Togo
Local long form: Republique Togolaise
Local short form: none
Former: French Togoland
Etymology: derived from the Ewe words 'to' and 'go' (shore) to give the sense of 'by the water'; originally this designation applied to the town of Togo (now Togoville) on the northern shore of Lake Togo but the name was eventually extended to the entire nation
Administrative divisions: 5 regions (regions singular - region); Centrale Kara Maritime Plateaux Savanes
Constitution: several previous; latest adopted 27 September 1992 effective 14 October 1992; amended 2002 2007 (2016)
International law organization participation: accepts compulsory ICJ jurisdiction with reservations; non-party state to the ICCt
Citizenship
Citizenship by birth: no
Citizenship by descent only: at least one parent must be a citizen of Togo
Dual citizenship recognized: yes
Residency requirement for naturalization: 5 years
Executive branch
Chief of state: President Faure GNASSINGBE
Head of government: Prime Minister Komi KLASSOU
Cabinet: Council of Ministers appointed by the president on the advice of the prime minister
Electionsappointments: president directly elected by simple majority popular vote for a 5-year term ; election last held on 25 April 2015 (next to be held in 2020); prime minister appointed by the president
Election results: Faure GNASSINGBE reelected president; percent of vote - Faure GNASSINGBE 58.8% Jean-Pierre FABRE (ANC) 35.2% Tchaboure GOGUE 4% other 2%
Legislative branch
Description: unicameral National Assembly or Assemblee Nationale
Elections: last held on 25 July 2013
Election results: percent of vote by party - UNIR 46.7% CST 28.9% Rainbow Alliance 10.8% UFC 7.7% independent 0.8% other 5.1%; seats by party - UNIR 62 CST 19 Rainbow Alliance 6 UFC 3 independent 1
Judicial branch
Highest court: Supreme Court or Cour Supreme ; Constitutional Court (consists of 9 judges including the court president)
Judge selection and term of office: Supreme Court president appointed by decree of the president of the republic upon the proposal of the Supreme Council of the Magistracy a 9-member judicial advisory and disciplinary body; other judge appointments and judge tenure NA; Constitutional Court judges appointed by the National Assembly; judge tenure NA
Subordinate courts: Court of Assizes ; Appeal Court; tribunals of first instance (divided into civil commercial and correctional chambers; Court of State Security; military tribunal
Political parties and leaders:
Union of Forces for Change or UFC [Gilchrist OLYMPIO]
Union for the Republic or UNIR [Faure GNASSINGBE]
Union for the Republic or UNIR [Faure GNASSINGBE]
International organization participation: ACP AfDB AU ECOWAS EITI (compliant country) Entente FAO FZ G-77 IAEA IBRD ICAO ICRM IDA IDB IFAD IFC IFRCS ILO IMF IMO Interpol IOC IOM IPU ISO (correspondent) ITSO ITU ITUC (NGOs) MIGA MINURSO MINUSMA NAM OIC OIF OPCW PCA UN UNAMID UNCTAD UNESCO UNHCR UNIDO UNMIL UNOCI UNWTO UPU WADB (regional) WAEMU WCO WFTU (NGOs) WHO WIPO WMO WTO
Diplomatic representation
In the us chief of mission: Ambassador ; Charge d'Affaires Yokoudema KADOKALIH (since 26 October 2015)
In the us chancery: 2,208 Massachusetts Avenue NW Washington DC 20,008
In the us telephone: [1] 234-4,212
In the us FAX: [1] 232-3,190
From the us chief of mission: Ambassador David R. GILMORE
From the us embassy: 4,332 Blvd. Gnassingbe Eyadema Cite OUA Lome
From the us mailing address: B.P. 852 Lome; 2,300 Lome Place Washington DC 20,521-2,300
From the us telephone: [228] 2,261-5,470
From the us FAX: [228] 2,261-5,501
Flag description: five equal horizontal bands of green (top and bottom) alternating with yellow; a white five-pointed star on a red square is in the upper hoist-side corner; the five horizontal stripes stand for the five different regions of the country; the red square is meant to express the loyalty and patriotism of the people; green symbolizes hope fertility and agriculture; yellow represents mineral wealth and faith that hard work and strength will bring prosperity; the star symbolizes life purity peace dignity and Togo's independence
Note: uses the popular Pan-African colors of Ethiopia
National anthem
Name: 'Salut a toi pays de nos aieux'
Lyrics and music: Alex CASIMIR-DOSSEH
Note: adopted 1960 restored 1992; this anthem was replaced by another during one-party rule between 1979 and 1992
Togo - Economy 2016
top of pageEconomy overview:
This small sub-Saharan economy depends heavily on both commercial and subsistence agriculture which provides employment for a significant share of the labor force. Some basic foodstuffs must still be imported. Cocoa coffee and cotton generate about 40% of export earnings with cotton being the most important cash crop. Togo is among the world's largest producers of phosphate and seeks to develop its carbonate phosphate reserves.
The government's decade-long effort supported by the World Bank and the IMF to implement economic reform measures encourage foreign investment and bring revenues in line with expenditures has moved slowly. Togo completed its IMF Extended Credit Facility in 2011 and reached a Heavily Indebted Poor Country debt relief completion point in 2010 at which 95% of the country's debt was forgiven. Togo continues to work with the IMF on structural reforms. Progress depends on follow through on privatization increased openness in government financial operations progress toward legislative elections and continued support from foreign donors.
Togo’s 2015 economic growth remained steady at 5.4% largely driven by infusions of foreign aid infrastructure investment in the port and mineral sectors and improvements in the business climate. Foreign direct investment inflows have slowed in recent years.
The government's decade-long effort supported by the World Bank and the IMF to implement economic reform measures encourage foreign investment and bring revenues in line with expenditures has moved slowly. Togo completed its IMF Extended Credit Facility in 2011 and reached a Heavily Indebted Poor Country debt relief completion point in 2010 at which 95% of the country's debt was forgiven. Togo continues to work with the IMF on structural reforms. Progress depends on follow through on privatization increased openness in government financial operations progress toward legislative elections and continued support from foreign donors.
Togo’s 2015 economic growth remained steady at 5.4% largely driven by infusions of foreign aid infrastructure investment in the port and mineral sectors and improvements in the business climate. Foreign direct investment inflows have slowed in recent years.
Real gdp purchasing power parity:
$10.85 billion (2015 est.)
$10.3 billion (2014 est.)
$9.775 billion (2013 est.)
$10.3 billion (2014 est.)
$9.775 billion (2013 est.)
Note: data are in 2015 US dollars
Rank: 156
Real gdp per capita:
$1500 (2015 est.)
$1400 (2014 est.)
$1400 (2013 est.)
$1400 (2014 est.)
$1400 (2013 est.)
Note: data are in 2015 US dollars
Rank: 215
Gross national saving:
15.8% of GDP (2015 est.)
11.2% of GDP (2014 est.)
10% of GDP (2013 est.)
11.2% of GDP (2014 est.)
10% of GDP (2013 est.)
Rank: 99
Gdp composition by end use
Household consumption: 113.2%
Government consumption: 16.7%
Investment in fixed capital: 21.8%
Investment in inventories: 0%
Exports of goods and services: 54.1%
Imports of goods and services: -105.8%
Agriculture products: coffee cocoa cotton yams cassava (manioc tapioca) corn beans rice millet sorghum; livestock; fish
Labor force: 2.595 million (2007 est.)
Rank: 111
By occupation agriculture: 65%
By occupation industry: 5%
By occupation services: 30%
Budget
Revenues: $1.061 billion
Expenditures: $1.3 billion
Surplus or deficit: -5.7% of GDP (2015 est.)
Surplus or deficit rank: 178
Stock of narrow money:
$1.14 billion (31 December 2015 est.)
$1.036 billion (31 December 2014 est.)
$1.036 billion (31 December 2014 est.)
Rank: 149
Stock of broad money:
$2.017 billion (31 December 2015 est.)
$2.025 billion (31 December 2014 est.)
$2.025 billion (31 December 2014 est.)
Rank: 155
Stock of domestic credit:
$1.65 billion (31 December 2015 est.)
$1.642 billion (31 December 2014 est.)
$1.642 billion (31 December 2014 est.)
Rank: 145
Exports:
$1.246 billion (2015 est.)
$1.326 billion (2014 est.)
$1.326 billion (2014 est.)
Rank: 152
Commodities: reexports cotton phosphates coffee cocoa
Partners: India 14.6% Burkina Faso 11.3% China 11.3% Benin 9.6% Ghana 9% Lebanon 8.3% Nigeria 6.1% Niger 5.9% (2015)
Imports:
$1.881 billion (2015 est.)
$2.212 billion (2014 est.)
$2.212 billion (2014 est.)
Rank: 167
Commodities: machinery and equipment foodstuffs petroleum products
Partners: China 22.9% Belgium 20.3% Netherlands 11.9% France 6.6% India 4.8% Singapore 4.4% (2015)
Reserves of foreign exchange and gold:
$574 million (31 December 2015 est.)
$507 million (31 December 2014 est.)
$507 million (31 December 2014 est.)
Rank: 144
Exchange rates:
Communaute Financiere Africaine francs (XOF) per US dollar -
591.45 (2015 est.)
494.42 (2014 est.)
494.42 (2013 est.)
510.53 (2012 est.)
471.87 (2011 est.)
591.45 (2015 est.)
494.42 (2014 est.)
494.42 (2013 est.)
510.53 (2012 est.)
471.87 (2011 est.)
Togo - Energy 2016
top of pageElectricity
Access population without electricity: 5,000,000
Access electrification total population: 27%
Access electrification urban areas: 35%
Access electrification rural areas: 21%
Production: 100 million kWh (2014 est.)
Production rank: 197
Consumption: 1.1 billion kWh (2014 est.)
Consumption rank: 151
Exports: 0 kWh (2013 est.)
Exports rank: 204
Imports: 1.1 billion kWh (2014 est.)
Imports rank: 64
Installed generating capacity: 86,000 kW (2014 est.)
Installed generating capacity rank: 178
Generation sources fossil fuels: 21.7% of total installed capacity (2012 est.)
Generation sources fossil fuels rank: 192
Generation sources nuclear: 0% of total installed capacity (2012 est.)
Generation sources nuclear rank: 191
Generation sources hydroelectricity: 78.3% of total installed capacity (2012 est.)
Generation sources hydroelectricity rank: 17
Generation sources other renewable sources: 0% of total installed capacity (2012 est.)
Generation sources other renewable sources rank: 133
Petroleum
Petroleum total petroleum production: 0 bbl/day (2015 est.)
Petroleum total petroleum production rank: 198
Crude oil exports: 0 bbl/day (2013 est.)
Crude oil exports rank: 197
Crude oil imports: 0 bbl/day (2013 est.)
Crude oil imports rank: 134
Crude oil proven reserves: 0 bbl (1 January 2016 es)
Crude oil proven reserves rank: 199
Refined petroleum
Products production: 0 bbl/day (2013 est.)
Products production rank: 136
Products consumption: 13,000 bbl/day (2014 est.)
Products consumption rank: 146
Products exports: 0 bbl/day (2013 est.)
Products exports rank: 137
Products imports: 12,280 bbl/day (2013 est.)
Products imports rank: 133
Natural gas
Production: 0 m³ (2013 est.)
Production rank: 136
Consumption: 0 m³ (2013 est.)
Consumption rank: 200
Exports: 0 m³ (2013 est.)
Exports rank: 193
Imports: 0 m³ (2013 est.)
Imports rank: 141
Proven reserves: 0 m³ (1 January 2014 es)
Proven reserves rank: 200
Carbon dioxide emissions
From consumption of energy: 1.8 million Mt (2013 est.)
From consumption of energy rank: 156
Togo - Communication 2016
top of pageTelephones
Fixed lines total subscriptions: 52,690
Fixed lines subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 1
Fixed lines rank: 155
Mobile cellular total: 4.657 million
Mobile cellular subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 62
Mobile cellular rank: 121
Telephone system
General assessment: fair system based on a network of microwave radio relay routes supplemented by open-wire lines and a mobile-cellular system
Domestic: microwave radio relay and open-wire lines for conventional system; combined fixed-line and mobile-cellular teledensity roughly 60 telephones per 100 persons with mobile-cellular use predominating
International: country code - 228; satellite earth stations - 1 Intelsat 1 Symphonie (2015)
Broadcast media: 2 state-owned TV stations with multiple transmission sites; 5 private TV stations broadcast locally; cable TV service is available; state-owned radio network with multiple stations; several dozen private radio stations and a few community radio stations; transmissions of multiple international broadcasters available (2007)
Togo - Military 2016
top of pageMilitary service age and obligation: 18 years of age for compulsory and voluntary military service; 2-year service obligation (2012)
Togo - Transportation 2016
top of pageNational air transport system
Number of registered air carriers: 1
Inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers: 8
Annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers: 769,904
Annual freight traffic on registered air carriers: 0 mt-km
Airports: 8 (2013)
Rank: 163
With paved runways total: 2
With paved runways 2438 to 3047 m: 2
With unpaved runways total: 6
With unpaved runways 914 to 1523 m: 4
With unpaved runways under 914 m: 2
Waterways: 50 km (seasonally navigable by small craft on the Mono River depending on rainfall) (2011)
Rank: 102
Merchant marine
Total: 61
By type: bulk carrier 6 cargo 38 carrier 3 chemical tanker 5 container 3 passenger/cargo 1 petroleum tanker 3 refrigerated cargo 1 roll on/roll off 1
Foreign owned: 21 (2010)
Rank: 66
Togo - Transnational issues 2016
top of pageDisputes international: in 2001 Benin claimed Togo moved boundary monuments - joint commission continues to resurvey the boundary; talks continue between Benin and Togo on funding the Adjrala hydroelectric dam on the Mona River
Illicit drugs: transit hub for Nigerian heroin and cocaine traffickers; money laundering not a significant problem
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