Life expectancy in Togo
Togo: Life expectancy was 62.74 years in 2023. ▲ Rising
Life expectancy in Togo, 1950–2023
Source: Riley (2005); Zijdeman et al. (2015); HMD (2025); UN WPP (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in years.
Analysis
In 2023, life expectancy in Togo stood at 62.74 years. That is the highest value across all 74 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.7% on the previous year and up 7.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, life expectancy in Togo peaked at 62.74 years in 2023 and was at its lowest, 41.93 years, in 1950.
Togo ranks 220th of 236 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 74 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 42.58 years | 41.93 years | 43.32 years | 10 |
| 1960s | 44.83 years | 43.54 years | 46.35 years | 10 |
| 1970s | 48.96 years | 46.78 years | 51.52 years | 10 |
| 1980s | 53.95 years | 52.15 years | 54.9 years | 10 |
| 1990s | 54.01 years | 53.69 years | 54.56 years | 10 |
| 2000s | 55.73 years | 54.58 years | 56.93 years | 10 |
| 2010s | 59.06 years | 57.23 years | 61.06 years | 10 |
| 2020s | 61.87 years | 61.12 years | 62.74 years | 4 |
Countries ranked near Togo
- 217 Madagascar 63.63 years compare
- 218 Mozambique 63.61 years compare
- 219 Zimbabwe 62.77 years compare
- 221 Liberia 62.16 years compare
- 222 Nauru 62.11 years compare
- 223 Cote d'Ivoire 61.94 years compare
More health data for Togo
- Age population, age 12, male, interpolated 114,041 (2025)
- Age population, age 15, female, interpolated 100,166 (2025)
- Age population, age 14, male, interpolated 109,040 (2025)
- Age population, age 14, female, interpolated 103,610 (2025)
- Age population, age 13, male, interpolated 111,712 (2025)
- Age population, age 13, female, interpolated 106,438 (2025)
- Age population, age 11, female, interpolated 112,392 (2025)
- Age population, age 10, female, interpolated 114,894 (2025)
- Age population, age 10, male, interpolated 119,487 (2025)
- Age population, age 15, male, interpolated 105,270 (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is life expectancy in Togo?
- Life expectancy in Togo was 62.74 years in 2023, according to Riley (2005); Zijdeman et al. (2015); HMD (2025); UN WPP (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest life expectancy recorded in Togo?
- The highest recorded value was 62.74 years in 2023.
- What is the lowest life expectancy recorded in Togo?
- The lowest recorded value was 41.93 years in 1950.
- How does Togo rank for life expectancy?
- Togo ranks 220th out of 236 countries with data for 2023.
- Is life expectancy rising or falling in Togo?
- Over the last ten years it is up 7.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Togo data come from?
- The figures come from Riley (2005); Zijdeman et al. (2015); HMD (2025); UN WPP (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Life expectancy. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Period life expectancy is the number of years the average person born in a certain year would live if they experienced the same chances of dying at each age as people did that year.