Total shortfall from extreme poverty in Togo
Togo: Total shortfall from extreme poverty was 1.02 billion international-$ in 2021 prices in 2021. ▼ Falling
Total shortfall from extreme poverty in Togo, 2006–2021
Source: World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in international-$ in 2021 prices.
Analysis
Togo recorded 1.02 billion international-$ in 2021 prices for total shortfall from extreme poverty in 2021. That is the lowest value across all 5 years on record.
That represents a change of down 4.4% on the previous year and down 57.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, total shortfall from extreme poverty in Togo peaked at 2.39 billion international-$ in 2021 prices in 2011 and was at its lowest, 1.02 billion international-$ in 2021 prices, in 2021.
Togo ranks 29th of 120 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 2.00 billion international-$ in 2021 prices | 2.00 billion international-$ in 2021 prices | 2.00 billion international-$ in 2021 prices | 1 |
| 2010s | 1.95 billion international-$ in 2021 prices | 1.07 billion international-$ in 2021 prices | 2.39 billion international-$ in 2021 prices | 3 |
| 2020s | 1.02 billion international-$ in 2021 prices | 1.02 billion international-$ in 2021 prices | 1.02 billion international-$ in 2021 prices | 1 |
Countries ranked near Togo
- 26 Cote d'Ivoire 1.55 billion international-$ in 2021 prices compare
- 27 Venezuela 1.37 billion international-$ in 2021 prices compare
- 28 Benin 1.06 billion international-$ in 2021 prices compare
- 30 Syria 1.01 billion international-$ in 2021 prices compare
- 31 Senegal 806.77 million international-$ in 2021 prices compare
- 32 Japan 758.66 million international-$ in 2021 prices compare
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)
- 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)
- Share of government consumption in GDP vs. share of population living in extreme poverty 15.2% (2023)
- Income inequality: Atkinson index 0.4408 (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is total shortfall from extreme poverty in Togo?
- Total shortfall from extreme poverty in Togo was 1.02 billion international-$ in 2021 prices in 2021, according to World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest total shortfall from extreme poverty recorded in Togo?
- The highest recorded value was 2.39 billion international-$ in 2021 prices in 2011.
- What is the lowest total shortfall from extreme poverty recorded in Togo?
- The lowest recorded value was 1.02 billion international-$ in 2021 prices in 2021.
- How does Togo rank for total shortfall from extreme poverty?
- Togo ranks 29th out of 120 countries with data for 2021.
- Is total shortfall from extreme poverty rising or falling in Togo?
- Over the last ten years it is down 57.1%. 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 Total shortfall from extreme poverty. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
This is the amount of money that would be theoretically needed to lift the income or consumption of all people in poverty up to $3 per day. However, this is not a measure of the actual cost of eliminating poverty, since it does not take into account the costs involved in making the necessary transfers nor any changes in behavior they would bring about.