Poverty & Inequality in Togo

91 indicators covering poverty & inequality for Togo.

IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank
Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via the World Bank 2 surveys 2025 down 33.3% 76th
Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per person 2025 down 45.1% 75th
Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per US$ of GDP 2025 down 67.7% 33rd
Fertility rate vs. share living in extreme poverty 4.19 live births per woman 2023 down 11.8% 22nd
Cereal yield vs. share in extreme poverty 1,173 kg per hectare 2023 up 15.9% 155th
Cereal yield vs extreme poverty, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP 2023 down 28.3% 49th
Cereal yield vs extreme poverty, annual growth rate 0.4538 % change on previous year 2023 up 105.1% 90th
Tax revenues vs income inequality, gaps filled 14.91 2023 up 23.2% 126th
Tax revenue as share of GDP vs. income inequality 14.9% 2023 up 23.2% 126th
Tax revenues vs income inequality, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP 2023 down 23.7% 49th
Tax revenues vs income inequality, annual growth rate 4.53 % change on previous year 2023 down 30.3% 61st
Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via -33.33 % change on previous year 2025 down 166.7% 130th
Gender Inequality Index 0.564 2023 down 7.1% 21st
Share of government consumption in GDP vs. share of population living in extreme poverty 15.2% 2023 up 11.5% 137th
Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient in women 0.1966 2023 down 15.9% 14th
Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient by sex 0.1966 2023 down 15.9% 14th
Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient in men 0.1944 2023 down 16.9% 32nd
Poverty headcount ratio at $3.00 a day (2021 PPP) 34.7% 2021 down 47.0% 17th
Poverty gap at $3.00 a day (2021 PPP) 10.4% 2021 down 67.1% 15th
Poverty headcount ratio at $4.20 a day (2021 PPP) 55.6% 2021 down 28.4% 17th
Poverty headcount ratio at $8.30 a day (2021 PPP) 87.0% 2021 down 7.1% 18th
Prosperity gap 8.6 average shortfall from a prosperity standard of $28/day 2021 down 49.7% 16th
Income inequality: Atkinson index 0.4408 2023 down 9.9% 25th
Poverty gap at $4.20 a day (2021 PPP) 20.4% 2021 down 52.8% 17th
Poverty headcount ratio at societal poverty line 38.9% 2021 down 40.6% 17th
Poverty gap at $8.30 a day (2021 PPP) 47.5% 2021 down 27.0% 17th
Population living in slums 38.5% 2022 down 22.8% 58th
Inequality-adjusted Human Development Index 0.363 2023 up 20.2% 137th
Inequality-adjusted Human Development Index vs. Human Development Index 0.363 2023 up 20.2% 137th
Inequality-adjusted Human Development Index vs. GDP per capita 0.363 2023 up 20.2% 137th
Proportion of population below international poverty line 34.7% 2021 down 47.0% 18th
Three metrics of inequality 57.61 2021 down 9.1% 44th
Gini coefficient (before tax) 0.5761 2021 down 9.1% 44th
Out-of-pocket expenditure (OOP) per capita in US$ 43.39 2023 up 76.9% 130th
Income share held by second 20% 11.0% 2021 up 26.4% 85th
Income share held by third 20% 15.4% 2021 up 14.9% 81st
Income share held by fourth 20% 21.6% 2021 up 0.9% 85th
Income share held by highest 20% 45.2% 2021 down 12.4% 41st
Income share held by highest 10% 29.6% 2021 down 14.2% 40th
Income share held by lowest 10% 2.8% 2021 up 47.4% 66th
Income share held by lowest 20% 6.8% 2021 up 41.7% 79th
Gini index 37.9 2021 down 17.6% 42nd
Proportion of people living below 50 percent of median income 13.2% 2021 down 33.3% 47th
Total shortfall from extreme poverty 1.02 billion international-$ in 2021 prices 2021 down 57.1% 29th
Poverty gap index at $3 a day 10.4% 2021 down 67.1% 15th
Official development assistance grants for poverty reduction, by 1.12 2024 up 83.6% 33rd
Gini coefficient: World Inequality Database vs. World Bank 0.5666 2021 down 8.9% 32nd
Income inequality: Gini coefficient before and after tax 0.5666 2021 down 8.9% 32nd
Share of gross national income from poverty reduction grants 1.1% 2024 up 83.6% 30th
Use of interpolation and extrapolation on original Gini coefficient data 1,418 2017 up 26.6% 152nd
Income share of the richest 10% vs. Gini coefficient (before tax) 46.5% 2021 down 9.5% 42nd
Income share of the richest 1% vs. Gini coefficient (before tax) 14.1% 2021 down 9.1% 62nd
Share of population living in extreme poverty vs. GDP per capita 34.7% 2021 down 47.1% 17th
Income inequality vs. GDP per capita 0.3786 2021 down 17.7% 37th
Total population living in extreme poverty by world region 3.12 million people 2021 down 31.0% 30th
Share of population living with less than $3 and $4.20 per day 34.7% 2021 down 47.1% 17th
How does extreme monetary poverty compare to multidimensional poverty? 34.7% 2021 down 47.1% 17th
Share in extreme poverty vs. poverty gap index 34.7% 2021 down 47.1% 17th
Distribution of population between different poverty lines 789,699 people 2021 up 187.3% 108th
Share of population living in extreme poverty vs. mean income or consumption per day 34.7% 2021 down 47.1% 17th