Sub-Saharan Africa · Lower middle income
Togo: the economy in numbers
Per person: $1,384, or $4,079 at purchasing power parity. Population: 8.59 million (2025).
GDP in 2025, current US dollars: #151 of 204 economies. IMF forecast for 2026: +5.0%.
GDP
Adjusted for US inflation, in 2025 dollars: $1.86 billion in 1960, $11.9 billion in 2025.
GDP per capita
In 2025 dollars: $1,114 per person in 1960, $1,384 in 2025.
Real GDP growth
Average over 2016–2025: 5.0% a year. Years of falling GDP since 1961: 14 of 65.
Source: International Monetary Fund, World Economic Outlook (October 2026)
Inflation
Consumer prices rose by 89.6% from 2000 to 2025. Highest annual inflation: 39.2% in 1994.
Source: International Monetary Fund, World Economic Outlook (October 2026)
Government debt, % of GDP
Highest since 2005: 70.5% of GDP in 2007. IMF forecast for 2031: 57.6%.
Population
1960: 1.67 million · 2025: 8.59 million.
Unemployment rate
1991: 4.1% · 2025: 2.0%.
Life expectancy at birth
1960: 43.5 years · 2024: 62.9 years.
Exports of goods and services
1963: 17.0% · 2023: 24.6%.
Data by year
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| Year | GDP | GDP per capita | Per capita, PPP | Real growth | Inflation | Gov. debt, % GDP | Population | Unemployment | Life expectancy | Exports, % GDP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2031 | 5.5%f | 2.0%f | 57.6%f | |||||||
| 2030 | 5.5%f | 2.0%f | 58.9%f | |||||||
| 2029 | 5.5%f | 2.0%f | 60.2%f | |||||||
| 2028 | 5.5%f | 2.0%f | 61.5%f | |||||||
| 2027 | 5.3%f | 2.3%f | 63.0%f | |||||||
| 2026 | 5.0%f | 1.1%f | 64.7%f | |||||||
| 2025 | $11.9B | $1,384 | $4,079 | 6.3% | 0.4% | 64.9% | 8.59M | 2.0% | ||
| 2024 | $10.6B | $1,266 | $3,815 | 6.5% | 2.9% | 66.2% | 8.41M | 1.9% | 62.9 | |
| 2023 | $9.72B | $1,182 | $3,572 | 6.2% | 5.5% | 64.0% | 8.22M | 1.9% | 62.7 | 24.6% |
| 2022 | $8.65B | $1,072 | $3,306 | 6.3% | 8.0% | 63.0% | 8.07M | 2.0% | 62.3 | 25.0% |
| 2021 | $8.54B | $1,076 | $2,952 | 5.1% | 4.2% | 63.3% | 7.94M | 2.3% | 61.3 | 23.1% |
| 2020 | $7.49B | $961 | $2,654 | 2.2% | 1.7% | 61.4% | 7.79M | 2.2% | 61.1 | 23.1% |
| 2019 | $6.99B | $918 | $2,460 | 4.9% | 0.7% | 54.9% | 7.62M | 2.0% | 61.1 | 23.9% |
| 2018 | $7.03B | $942 | $2,289 | 4.8% | 0.9% | 58.0% | 7.46M | 2.9% | 60.6 | 24.3% |
| 2017 | $6.39B | $872 | $2,184 | 4.0% | −1.0% | 57.1% | 7.32M | 3.7% | 60.1 | 25.3% |
| 2016 | $6.07B | $843 | $2,109 | 4.2% | 1.3% | 59.9% | 7.2M | 3.0% | 59.7 | 26.7% |
| 2015 | $5.76B | $814 | $2,037 | 5.5% | 2.6% | 52.7% | 7.07M | 2.2% | 59.2 | 26.7% |
| 2014 | $6.39B | $922 | $1,942 | 5.6% | 0.2% | 45.3% | 6.94M | 2.1% | 58.8 | 29.1% |
| 2013 | $6.02B | $886 | $1,838 | 5.8% | 1.8% | 41.6% | 6.8M | 2.1% | 58.4 | 34.1% |
| 2012 | $5.41B | $814 | $1,756 | 6.3% | 2.6% | 34.3% | 6.65M | 2.0% | 58.0 | 33.0% |
| 2011 | $5.42B | $834 | $1,719 | 5.8% | 3.6% | 37.0% | 6.5M | 2.0% | 57.6 | 31.5% |
| 2010 | $4.75B | $750 | $1,636 | 5.9% | 1.4% | 33.5% | 6.33M | 2.4% | 57.2 | 27.7% |
| 2009 | $4.72B | $770 | $1,575 | 5.5% | 3.7% | 57.6% | 6.13M | 2.8% | 56.9 | 25.9% |
| 2008 | $4.58B | $771 | $1,533 | 4.0% | 8.7% | 67.3% | 5.94M | 3.3% | 56.7 | 25.3% |
| 2007 | $3.76B | $654 | $1,493 | −1.2% | 0.9% | 70.5% | 5.75M | 3.8% | 56.4 | 24.6% |
| 2006 | $3.32B | $596 | $1,518 | 2.7% | 2.2% | 67.7% | 5.57M | 4.2% | 56.2 | 25.0% |
| 2005 | $3.22B | $595 | $1,477 | −4.7% | 6.8% | 63.1% | 5.41M | 4.1% | 55.9 | 25.2% |
| 2004 | $3.19B | $604 | $1,539 | −1.0% | 0.4% | 5.28M | 4.0% | 55.6 | 23.6% | |
| 2003 | $2.99B | $580 | $1,551 | 6.7% | −0.9% | 5.15M | 4.0% | 55.3 | 23.2% | |
| 2002 | $2.41B | $479 | $1,461 | 3.8% | 3.1% | 5.03M | 4.1% | 55.0 | 21.4% | |
| 2001 | $2.09B | $427 | $1,421 | 0.8% | 3.9% | 4.9M | 4.1% | 54.8 | 20.5% | |
| 2000 | $2.11B | $440 | $1,413 | −0.8% | 1.9% | 4.78M | 4.2% | 54.6 | 20.2% | |
| 1999 | $2.23B | $477 | $1,427 | 2.5% | −0.1% | 4.67M | 3.9% | 54.3 | 21.3% | |
| 1998 | $2.24B | $492 | $1,408 | −2.3% | 1.0% | 4.55M | 3.8% | 54.0 | 23.1% | |
| 1997 | $2.12B | $477 | $1,461 | 14.4% | 8.3% | 4.44M | 3.6% | 53.9 | 22.5% | |
| 1996 | $2.07B | $482 | $1,299 | 8.8% | 4.7% | 4.29M | 3.6% | 53.8 | 24.9% | |
| 1995 | $1.85B | $450 | $1,224 | 7.8% | 16.4% | 4.11M | 4.0% | 53.7 | 22.8% | |
| 1994 | $1.39B | $355 | $1,170 | 15.0% | 39.2% | 3.9M | 4.2% | 53.7 | 25.8% | |
| 1993 | $1.74B | $448 | $1,001 | −15.1% | −1.0% | 3.89M | 4.5% | 53.9 | 17.5% | |
| 1992 | $2.39B | $608 | $1,138 | −4.0% | 1.4% | 3.93M | 4.2% | 54.1 | 21.0% | |
| 1991 | $2.26B | $592 | $1,192 | −0.7% | 0.4% | 3.82M | 4.1% | 54.3 | 25.3% | |
| 1990 | $2.3B | $619 | $1,195 | −0.2% | 1.0% | 3.71M | 54.6 | 26.2% | ||
| 1989 | $1.91B | $530 | 4.1% | −0.8% | 3.61M | 54.7 | 39.9% | |||
| 1988 | $1.95B | $556 | 6.6% | −0.2% | 3.5M | 54.9 | 39.1% | |||
| 1987 | $1.76B | $519 | 0.5% | 0.1% | 3.4M | 54.8 | 41.4% | |||
| 1986 | $1.5B | $455 | 1.6% | 4.1% | 3.3M | 54.6 | 43.9% | |||
| 1985 | $1.08B | $337 | 5.6% | −1.8% | 3.19M | 54.4 | 48.4% | |||
| 1984 | $1.01B | $327 | 5.6% | −3.5% | 3.11M | 54.1 | 51.2% | |||
| 1983 | $1.08B | $357 | −5.4% | 9.4% | 3.03M | 53.8 | 44.0% | |||
| 1982 | $1.16B | $392 | −3.6% | 11.1% | 2.96M | 53.3 | 52.8% | |||
| 1981 | $1.36B | $472 | −3.3% | 19.7% | 2.88M | 52.8 | 40.1% | |||
| 1980 | $1.6B | $575 | 14.6% | 12.3% | 2.79M | 52.1 | 48.2% | |||
| 1979 | $1.26B | $464 | −5.2% | 7.5% | 2.71M | 51.5 | 33.6% | |||
| 1978 | $1.16B | $440 | 11.0% | 0.4% | 2.65M | 50.9 | 35.4% | |||
| 1977 | $1.1B | $425 | 7.0% | 22.5% | 2.58M | 50.2 | 26.7% | |||
| 1976 | $875M | $347 | −2.1% | 11.6% | 2.52M | 49.5 | 31.8% | |||
| 1975 | $872M | $354 | 2.4% | 18.0% | 2.46M | 49.0 | 27.7% | |||
| 1974 | $791M | $329 | 4.8% | 12.8% | 2.4M | 48.6 | 42.2% | |||
| 1973 | $574M | $245 | 3.8% | 3.6% | 2.34M | 48.1 | 20.6% | |||
| 1972 | $474M | $208 | 7.6% | 7.7% | 2.28M | 47.7 | 23.5% | |||
| 1971 | $405M | $182 | 0.0% | 6.5% | 2.22M | 47.2 | 27.8% | |||
| 1970 | $359M | $167 | 2.5% | 4.5% | 2.15M | 46.8 | 29.3% | |||
| 1969 | $378M | $185 | 10.8% | 6.0% | 2.04M | 46.4 | 28.4% | |||
| 1968 | $342M | $175 | 5.0% | 0.3% | 1.95M | 46.0 | 26.2% | |||
| 1967 | $327M | $171 | 5.5% | −2.3% | 1.91M | 45.6 | 23.5% | |||
| 1966 | $305M | $163 | 9.4% | 1.87M | 45.2 | 24.1% | ||||
| 1965 | $265M | $144 | 15.5% | 1.84M | 44.9 | 20.9% | ||||
| 1964 | $235M | $130 | 14.3% | 1.8M | 44.6 | 22.9% | ||||
| 1963 | $202M | $115 | 5.0% | 1.77M | 44.3 | 17.0% | ||||
| 1962 | $187M | $108 | 3.8% | 1.73M | 44.0 | |||||
| 1961 | $178M | $105 | 12.2% | 1.7M | 43.7 | |||||
| 1960 | $171M | $102 | 1.67M | 43.5 |
e: IMF estimate; f: IMF forecast.
Nearby economies in Sub-Saharan Africa
Nearest by distance between capitals, with GDP per capita.
Angola · Benin · Botswana · Burkina Faso · Burundi · Cabo Verde · Cameroon · Central African Republic · Chad · Comoros · Côte d’Ivoire · DR Congo · Equatorial Guinea · Eritrea · Eswatini · Ethiopia · Gabon · Gambia · Ghana · Guinea · Guinea-Bissau · Kenya · Lesotho · Liberia · Madagascar · Malawi · Mali · Mauritania · Mauritius · Mozambique · Namibia · Niger · Nigeria · Republic of the Congo · Rwanda · Senegal · Seychelles · Sierra Leone · Somalia · South Africa · South Sudan · Sudan · São Tomé and Príncipe · Tanzania · Togo · Uganda · Zambia · Zimbabwe
Rankings
GDP by country · GDP per capita · Real GDP growth · Inflation by country · Government debt to GDP · Stock market to GDP · Population by country · Unemployment by country
Data and methods
- GDP: gross domestic product in current US dollars, converted from the local currency at market exchange rates (World Bank); not adjusted for inflation.
- Purchasing power parity (PPP): GDP per person in international dollars, which buy the same basket of goods and services in every country. It compares living standards across countries in the same year; it is not adjusted for inflation over time.
- In 2025 dollars: the charts can remove US inflation (US consumer price index, annual average) so that dollar amounts from different years compare in today's money. Exchange rate swings still show.
- Growth and inflation: World Bank data (calendar years). Years the World Bank does not cover yet, and the estimates and forecasts, come from the IMF World Economic Outlook (October 2026): its forecasts start in 2026, and the years after a country's last actual year are IMF estimates.
- Government debt: gross debt of the general government (central, state and local government and social security funds) as a percentage of GDP, IMF. The World Bank's central government debt is narrower and covers fewer countries.
- Stock market capitalization: the end-of-year value of domestic companies listed on the country's exchanges (World Federation of Exchanges via the World Bank; before 2016, Standard & Poor's), as a percentage of GDP: the “Buffett indicator”. Investment funds are excluded, and so are companies listed only abroad; companies from elsewhere that list on an exchange count for its country (Hong Kong lists many mainland Chinese companies).
- Unemployment: ILO modeled estimates (share of the labor force); comparable across countries, but they may differ from national figures.
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators (CC BY 4.0)
Source: International Monetary Fund, World Economic Outlook (October 2026)