Poverty: Share of population living on less than $30 a day … 2011 in Togo
Togo: Poverty: Share of population living on less than $30 a day … 2011 was 99.8% in 2021. ▬ Flat
Poverty: Share of population living on less than $30 a day (2011 prices) in Togo, 2006–2021
Source: World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
The most recent figure for poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day (2011 prices) in Togo is 99.8%, measured in 2021.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.2% on the previous year and down 0.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day (2011 prices) in Togo peaked at 100.0% in 2006 and was at its lowest, 99.6%, in 2018.
That places Togo 22nd out of 119 countries with data for 2021, putting it in the top quarter.
Poverty: Share of population living on less than $30 a day … 2011 in Togo, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2006 | 100.0% | — |
| 2011 | 99.9% | -0.1% |
| 2015 | 99.9% | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 99.6% | -0.4% |
| 2021 | 99.8% | +0.2% |
Togo compared with similar countries
- Togo's 99.8% is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 99.6%, 1.0× the median. (29 countries reporting)
- Togo's 99.8% is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 99.8%, 100% of the median. (26 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% | 1 |
| 2010s | 99.8% | 99.6% | 99.9% | 3 |
| 2020s | 99.8% | 99.8% | 99.8% | 1 |
Countries ranked near Togo
More poverty & inequality data for Togo
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via the World Bank 2 surveys (2025)
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per person (2025)
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per US$ of GDP (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)
- Cereal yield vs extreme poverty, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2023)
- Cereal yield vs extreme poverty, annual growth rate 0.4538 % change on previous year (2023)
- Tax revenues vs income inequality, gaps filled 14.91 (2023)
- Tax revenue as share of GDP vs. income inequality 14.9% (2023)
- Tax revenues vs income inequality, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day (2011 prices) in Togo?
- Poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day (2011 prices) in Togo was 99.8% in 2021, according to World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day (2011 prices) recorded in Togo?
- The highest recorded value was 100.0% in 2006.
- What is the lowest poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day (2011 prices) recorded in Togo?
- The lowest recorded value was 99.6% in 2018.
- How does Togo rank for poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day (2011 prices)?
- Togo ranks 22nd out of 119 countries with data for 2021.
- Is poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day (2011 prices) rising or falling in Togo?
- Over the last ten years it is down 0.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Togo data come from?
- The figures come from World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Poverty: Share of population living on less than $30 a day (2011 prices). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Percentage of population living in households with an income or consumption below $30 per day.