Central government expense in Togo

Central government expense in Togo was equal to 16.0% of GDP in 2023. The value for 2023 is the highest in the series, which starts in 2004.

Measure: Central government expense as a share of GDP Unit: % of GDP Data: 2004 to 2023 Source: World Bank
Togo, 2023 16.0% % of GDP
Change from 2022 +0.8percentage points 2022: 15.3%
World, 2022 28.5% Official aggregate Not the same period as Togo (2023).

Central government expense in Togo over time

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% of GDP. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

Central government expense as a share of GDP (% of GDP), 2000 to 2023
Period TogoWorld
2023 16.0% –
2022 15.3% 28.5%
2021 13.2% 31.7%
2020 14.2% 33.4%
2019 13.4% 26.7%
2018 13.6% 26.1%
2017 11.5% 26.3%
2016 13.6% 26.6%
2015 12.9% 26.8%
2014 11.6% 26.8%
2013 12.8% 27.1%
2012 12.5% 27.4%
2011 10.8% 27.5%
2010 10.2% 28.4%
2009 10.5% 28.4%
2008 9.6% 25.9%
2007 11.6% 24.8%
2006 11.5% 24.9%
2005 10.5% 25.1%
2004 9.3% 24.8%
2003 – 25.2%
2002 – 24.9%
2001 – 24.7%
2000 – 23.6%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of +0.8 percentage points from 15.3% in 2022.
  • Since 2013, when it was 12.8%, the figure has changed by +3.2 percentage points.

Source and dates

Original producer
International Monetary Fund, Government Finance Statistics
Distributed by
World Bank, World Development Indicators
Dataset or series code
GC.XPN.TOTL.GD.ZS · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
2004 to 2023 for Togo
Provider update
8 October 2026
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (per series metadata)
Attribution
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators, original data: International Monetary Fund, Government Finance Statistics