Poverty rate at national poverty lines in Togo

43.8% of people in Togo lived below the national poverty line in 2021.

Measure: Poverty rate at national poverty lines Unit: % of population Data: 2018 to 2021 Source: World Bank
Togo, 2021 43.8% % of population
Change from 2018 −1.7percentage points 2018: 45.5%
Position in 2021 6th of 72 See the full ranking

Poverty rate at national poverty lines 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 national poverty lines (% of population), 2018 to 2021
Period Togo
2021 43.8%
2018 45.5%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • The previous available figure was 45.5% in 2018, a change of −1.7 percentage points.
  • Among the 72 countries with data for 2021, Togo has the 6th highest value.

Source and dates

Original producer
World Bank, Poverty and Inequality Platform, from national sources
Distributed by
World Bank, World Development Indicators
Dataset or series code
SI.POV.NAHC · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
2018 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, from national sources