Poverty rate at $8.30 a day (2021 PPP) in Togo

87.0% of people in Togo lived on less than $8.30 a day in 2021.

Measure: Poverty rate at $8.30 a day (2021 PPP) Unit: % of population Data: 2006 to 2021 Source: World Bank
Togo, 2021 87.0% % of population
Change from 2018 +2.9percentage points 2018: 84.1%
World, 2021 48.7% Official aggregate
Position in 2021 9th of 81 See the full ranking

Poverty rate at $8.30 a day (2021 PPP) in Togo over time

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

Poverty rate at $8.30 a day (2021 PPP) (% of population), 2001 to 2024
Period TogoWorld
2024 – 46.2%
2023 – 47.1%
2022 – 48.3%
2021 87.0% 48.7%
2020 – 50.4%
2018 84.1% 50.4%
2017 – 51.5%
2016 – 52.4%
2015 94.3% 53.5%
2014 – 54.7%
2013 – 55.8%
2012 – 57.5%
2011 93.6% 58.8%
2010 – 60.2%
2009 – 61.7%
2008 – 62.5%
2007 – 63.6%
2006 94.8% 65.0%
2005 – 66.2%
2004 – 67.4%
2003 – 68.7%
2002 – 69.3%
2001 – 70.0%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • The previous available figure was 84.1% in 2018, a change of +2.9 percentage points.
  • Since 2006, when it was 94.8%, the figure has changed by −7.8 percentage points.
  • Among the 81 countries with data for 2021, Togo has the 9th highest value.
  • The figure for the world in 2021 was 48.7%.

Source and dates

Original producer
World Bank, Poverty and Inequality Platform
Distributed by
World Bank, World Development Indicators
Dataset or series code
SI.POV.UMIC · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
2006 to 2021 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: World Bank, Poverty and Inequality Platform