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Key facts

  • Currency: West African CFA franc
  • Capital city: Lomé
  • Region: Western Africa
  • Continent: Africa
  • Land area: 54,390 km²
  • Population: 8,848,699
  • Political Leader: Faure Gnassingbé (President)

Latest news (see all)

Togo opposition denounces presidential 'power grab'

Read: BBC

2024-04-16

'Don't touch my constitution!' Togolese resist reforms ahead of election

Read: Al Jazeera

2024-04-11

Togo bans protests over a canceled presidential election as tensions rise

Read: ABC News

2024-04-10

Togo bans protests over a canceled presidential election as tensions rise

Read: The Star

2024-04-10

Togo announces new date for delayed legislative elections

Read: France 24

2024-04-10

Togo opposition calls for mass protest over legislative elections delay

Read: France 24

2024-04-05

Togo postpones elections after new constitution row

Read: BBC

2024-04-04

Metrics

Business

Expense 13.40 % of GDP
GDP 8,341,230,000.00 current US$
Inflation 7.97 annual %
Self-employed 75.03 % of total employment
Tax revenue 13.58 % of GDP
Unemployment 3.72 % of total labor force
Vulnerable employment 70.72 % of total employment


Environment

Agricultural land 38,200.00 km²
Alternative and nuclear energy 2.41 % of total energy use
Carbon Dioxide Emissions (CO2) 2,415.10 kt
Electricity production from coal sources 0.00 % of total
Electricity production from natural gas sources 0.00 % of total
Electricity production from hydroelectric sources 69.14 % of total
Electricity production from nuclear sources 0.00 % of total
Electricity production from oil sources 24.69 % of total
Electricity production from renewable sources, excluding hydroelectric 6.17 % of total
Net energy imports 19.97 % of energy use
Fertility rate 4.26 births per woman
Forest area 12,063 km²
Fossil fuel energy consumption 17.80 % of total
Other greenhouse gas emissions, HFC, PFC and SF6 688.45 thousand metric tons of CO2 equivalent
Median age 14.80 years
Methane emissions 3,039.88 kt of CO2 equivalent
Nitrous oxide emissions 1,943.65 thousand metric tons of CO2 equivalent
Female Population 4,400,474
Male Population 4,448,225
Renewable energy consumption 76.62 % of total final energy consumption
Rural land area 56,198.50 km²
Rural population 4,962,262
Urban land area 895.22 km²
Urban population 3,886,437
Urban population living in areas where elevation is below 5 meters 0.98 % of total population


Health

Birth rate 31.86 per 1,000 people
Death rate 8.17 per 1,000 people
Health expenditure per capita 53.50 current US$
Health expenditure 5.96 % of GDP
Incidence of HIV 0.38 per 1,000 uninfected population
Hospital beds 0.70 per 1,000 people
Life expectancy at birth 62 years
Suicide mortality rate 8.80 per 100,000 population


Other

Access to electricity 55.74 % of population
Internally displaced persons, by conflict and violence 2,300
Individuals using the Internet 34.98 % of population
Net migration -2,000
Press freedom 2.63


Politics

Armed forces personnel 10,000
Democracy score 3.10
Democracy type Authoritarian
Military expenditure 5.44 % of GDP
Proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments 18.68 %


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Source

SIPRI, World Bank, Reporters Without Borders

Updated: 1 day ago

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