Income inequality vs. GDP per capita in Togo
Togo: Income inequality vs. GDP per capita was 0.3786 in 2021. ▼ Falling
Income inequality vs. GDP per capita in Togo, 2006–2021
Source: World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
Analysis
In 2021, income inequality vs. gdp per capita in Togo stood at 0.3786. That is the lowest value across all 5 years on record.
That represents a change of down 11.0% on the previous year and down 17.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, income inequality vs. gdp per capita in Togo peaked at 0.4601 in 2011 and was at its lowest, 0.3786, in 2021.
Togo ranks 37th of 120 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 0.4221 | 0.4221 | 0.4221 | 1 |
| 2010s | 0.4386 | 0.4253 | 0.4601 | 3 |
| 2020s | 0.3786 | 0.3786 | 0.3786 | 1 |
Countries ranked near Togo
More poverty & inequality data for Togo
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via the World Bank 2 surveys (2025)
- Fertility rate vs. share living in extreme poverty 4.19 live births per woman (2023)
- Cereal yield vs. share in extreme poverty 1,173 kg per hectare (2023)
- Tax revenue as share of GDP vs. income inequality 14.9% (2023)
- Gender Inequality Index 0.564 (2023)
- Share of government consumption in GDP vs. share of population living in extreme poverty 15.2% (2023)
- Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient in women 0.1966 (2023)
- Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient by sex 0.1966 (2023)
- Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient in men 0.1944 (2023)
- Income inequality: Atkinson index 0.4408 (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is income inequality vs. gdp per capita in Togo?
- Income inequality vs. gdp per capita in Togo was 0.3786 in 2021, according to World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest income inequality vs. gdp per capita recorded in Togo?
- The highest recorded value was 0.4601 in 2011.
- What is the lowest income inequality vs. gdp per capita recorded in Togo?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.3786 in 2021.
- How does Togo rank for income inequality vs. gdp per capita?
- Togo ranks 37th out of 120 countries with data for 2021.
- Is income inequality vs. gdp per capita rising or falling in Togo?
- Over the last ten years it is down 17.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Togo data come from?
- The figures come from World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Income inequality vs. GDP per capita. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The Gini coefficient measures inequality on a scale from 0 to 1. Higher values indicate higher inequality.