Poverty at $6.85 a day — all countries

Poverty at $6.85 a day — Togo

Poverty at $6.85 a day in Togo in 2021 — 87%. Ranked 73 in the world out of 81. Since 2006, the indicator has fallen by 7.8 pp.

2021 87% +2.9 pp vs 2018
World rank 73of 81
Period maximum 94.8%2006
Period minimum 84.1%2018

Trend over time

2006–2021 · % of population

Poverty at $6.85 a day — Togo, 2006–2021808590952006200820102012201420162018202020212006: 94.8%2011: 93.6%2015: 94.3%2018: 84.1%2021: 87%
Change over the period: −7.8 pp Annual average: -0.52 pp

Comparison, 2021

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Togo

Togo 87%
World 48.7%
Poverty at $6.85 a day — Togo, by year Togo All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2021 87
2018 84.1
2015 94.3
2011 93.6
2006 94.8

Western Africa, 2021

The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages

About the indicator

The share of the population whose consumption falls below $6.85 a day at 2017 purchasing power parity — the highest of the three international lines of the World Bank. It is this line that shows how much more modest the fall in world poverty looks than the extreme line suggests: nearly half the population of the planet lives below this level, and over recent decades that share has been falling more slowly than the share of the destitute.

Important: It matches the typical national poverty lines of upper-middle-income countries. For rich countries even this line is low — there poverty is measured relative to median income rather than by an absolute amount.

Source: World Development Indicators (World Bank), license CC BY 4.0.