🇹🇬 Togo Politics - Governance, Freedom & Democracy

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🇹🇬 Togo TG / TGO #123

Nomad Score 47.0

Cities 6

Region African Union, Francophone, Africa, Africa, Western Africa, Least Developed Countries

Currency XOF

📊 GOVERNANCE AT A GLANCE

Government Unitary parliamentary republic

UN Member Yes

Independent Yes

CPI Score (2026) 32/100

Press Freedom (2025) 48.0/100 #121

Electoral Democracy (2025) 0.351

HDI 0.571

Regional Blocs AU

🏛 WORLD GOVERNANCE INDICATORS

Political Stability (2023) 14th pct

Rule of Law (2023) 32th pct

Corruption Control (2023) 29th pct

Govt Effectiveness (2023) 30th pct

Regulatory Quality (2023) 34th pct

Voice & Accountability (2023) 26th pct

Source: World Bank Worldwide Governance Indicators (WGI). Percentile rank among all countries (0=lowest, 100=highest).

🛡 SAFETY & SECURITY

Traffic Deaths (2019) 28.7/100k

Military Spending (2024) 2.0% of GDP

🏛 GOVERNMENT & LEADERS

Government Type Unitary parliamentary republic

Title	Name
President of Togo	Jean-Lucien Savi de Tové
Prime Minister of Togo	Faure Gnassingbé

💰 CORRUPTION PERCEPTIONS INDEX

CPI Score (2026) 32 / 100

Interpretation Significant corruption

Source: Transparency International / Corruption Insights API. Higher scores = less corruption.

📰 PRESS FREEDOM INDEX

Overall Score (2025) 48.0 / 100

Global Rank #121 / 180

Rank Change -8 vs previous year

RSF Zone Afrique

Political #121 38.2

Economic #119 36.0

Legal #130 46.9

Social #96 58.3

Safety #113 60.9

Source: Reporters Without Borders (RSF). Higher scores = better press freedom.

📊 PRESS FREEDOM DIMENSIONS

Five dimensions of press freedom tracked over time. Higher = better.

🗳 DEMOCRACY INDEX

Electoral (2025) 0.351

Liberal 0.157

Participatory 0.233

Deliberative 0.288

Egalitarian 0.241

Source: V-Dem (Varieties of Democracy), CC-BY-SA. Scale: 0 (least democratic) to 1 (most democratic).

📋 PRESS FREEDOM HISTORICAL DATA

Year	Score	Rank	Political	Economic	Legal	Social	Safety
2025	48.0	121	38.2	36.0	46.9	58.3	60.9
2024	50.9	113	44.4	42.3	51.2	59.8	56.8
2023	63.1	70	54.5	46.9	60.2	69.3	84.5
2022	57.2	100	57.5	41.7	61.9	69.5	55.2
2021	70.4	74	-	-	-	-	100.0
2020	70.7	71	-	-	-	-	100.0
2019	70.3	76	-	-	-	-	100.0
2018	69.8	86	-	-	-	-	86.1
2017	69.3	86	-	-	-	-	100.0
2016	69.7	88	-	-	-	-	42.4
2015	71.5	80	-	-	-	-	82.1
2014	71.0	76	-	-	-	-	-
2013	71.6	83	-	-	-	-	-
2012	28.5	79	-	-	-	-	-
2010	17.0	60	-	-	-	-	-
2009	15.5	62	-	-	-	-	-
2008	10.0	53	-	-	-	-	-
2007	15.2	49	-	-	-	-	-
2006	15.0	67	-	-	-	-	-
2005	23.8	95	-	-	-	-	-

Source: Reporters Without Borders (RSF) Press Freedom Index

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