Togo

Current head of state

Jean-Lucien Savi de Tové President of Togo In office 2025–present · 1.3y PartyPatriotic Pan-African Convergence Born 1939 · took office at 85 Magnussen, Friedrich (1914-1987) · CC BY-SA 3.0 de

Jean-Lucien Savi de Tové

President of Togo

Since 2025 1.3 years in office

Governance indicator

-0.71

−2.50+2.5

World Bank Worldwide Governance Indicators, composite of six dimensions · 2024

Chamber

Member of the National Assembly of Togo

Seats

—

Speaker

—

Active alliances

29

1970 1980 1990 2000 2010 2020

Kléber Dadjo Kléber Dadjo President of Togo In office 1967–1967 · 0.2y Born 1914 · took office at 52 Took power coup 1967-01-13

Étienne Gnassingbé Eyadéma Étienne Gnassingbé Eyadéma President of Togo In office 1967–2005 · 37.8y PartyRally of the Togolese People Born 1935 · took office at 31 Took power coup 1967-04-14 SrA Felicia Wilson · Public domain

Faure Essozimna Gnassingbé Faure Essozimna Gnassingbé President of Togo In office 2005–2005 · 0.1y PartyRally of the Togolese People Born 1966 · took office at 38 Took power coup 2005-02-05 Press Service of the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan · CC BY 4.0

Bonfoh Abass Bonfoh Abass President of Togo In office 2005–2005 · 0.2y PartyRally of the Togolese People Born 1948 · took office at 56

Faure Essozimna Gnassingbé Faure Essozimna Gnassingbé President of Togo In office 2005–2025 · 20y PartyRally of the Togolese People Born 1966 · took office at 38 Press Service of the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan · CC BY 4.0

Jean-Lucien Savi de Tové Jean-Lucien Savi de Tové President of Togo In office 2025–present · 1.3y PartyPatriotic Pan-African Convergence Born 1939 · took office at 85 Magnussen, Friedrich (1914-1987) · CC BY-SA 3.0 de

1963-01-13 1967-01-13 1967-04-14 2005-02-05

Term Began with a realized coup In office Realized coup — dated

The scale spans every dated record held for this country, so it may begin before the first leader on file — a gap at the left means coups are recorded for years where no office-holder is. Coup markers link to the Cline Center source.

1. 2025– Jean-Lucien Savi de Tové President of Togo In office 2025–present · 1.3y PartyPatriotic Pan-African Convergence Born 1939 · took office at 85 Magnussen, Friedrich (1914-1987) · CC BY-SA 3.0 de Jean-Lucien Savi de Tové In office 1.3y
2. 2005–2025 Faure Essozimna Gnassingbé President of Togo In office 2005–2025 · 20y PartyRally of the Togolese People Born 1966 · took office at 38 Press Service of the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan · CC BY 4.0 Faure Essozimna Gnassingbé 20y
3. 2005–2005 BA Bonfoh Abass President of Togo In office 2005–2005 · 0.2y PartyRally of the Togolese People Born 1948 · took office at 56 Bonfoh Abass 0.2y
4. 2005–2005 Faure Essozimna Gnassingbé President of Togo In office 2005–2005 · 0.1y PartyRally of the Togolese People Born 1966 · took office at 38 Took power coup 2005-02-05 Press Service of the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan · CC BY 4.0 Faure Essozimna Gnassingbé Coup 2005 0.1y
5. 1967–2005 Étienne Gnassingbé Eyadéma President of Togo In office 1967–2005 · 37.8y PartyRally of the Togolese People Born 1935 · took office at 31 Took power coup 1967-04-14 SrA Felicia Wilson · Public domain Étienne Gnassingbé Eyadéma Coup 1967 37.8y
6. 1967–1967 KD Kléber Dadjo President of Togo In office 1967–1967 · 0.2y Born 1914 · took office at 52 Took power coup 1967-01-13 Kléber Dadjo Coup 1967 0.2y

• 2005
  2005-02-05 Military
• 1967
  1967-04-14 Palace
• 1967
  1967-01-13 Military
• 1963
  1963-01-13 Military

Source: Cline Center Coup d’État Project — realized events only.

• 2025
  Togo Senate February 2025 Election Union for the Republic (UNIR)3482.9% Independents37.3% BATIR24.9% Alliance of Democrats for Integral Development (ADDI)12.4%

  Seats

  41

  Turnout

  not recorded

  Women

  24.6%

  Parties won

  4

• 2024
  Togo National Assembly April 2024 Election Union for the Republic (UNIR)10895.6% Alliance of Democrats for Integral Development (ADDI)21.8% Democratic Forces for the Republic (FDR)10.9% National Alliance for Change (ANC)10.9%

  Seats

  113

  Turnout

  61%

  Women

  18.6%

  Parties won

  5

• 2018
  Togo National Assembly December 2018 Election Union for the Republic (UNIR)5964.8% Independents1819.8% Union of Forces for Change (UFC)77.7% New Togolese Commitment (NET)33.3%

  Seats

  91

  Turnout

  59.2%

  Women

  16.5%

  Parties won

  6

• 2013
  Togo National Assembly July 2013 Election

  Seats

  91

  Turnout

  66.1%

  Women

  15.4%

  Parties won

  5

• 2007
  Togo National Assembly October 2007 Election

  Seats

  —

  Turnout

  not recorded

  Women

  —

  Parties won

  —

• 2002
  Togo National Assembly October 2002 Election

  Seats

  —

  Turnout

  not recorded

  Women

  —

  Parties won

  —

• 1999
  Togo National Assembly March 1999 Election

  Seats

  —

  Turnout

  not recorded

  Women

  —

  Parties won

  —

• 1994
  Togo National Assembly February 1994 Election

  Seats

  —

  Turnout

  not recorded

  Women

  —

  Parties won

  —

• 1990
  Togo National Assembly March 1990 Election

  Seats

  —

  Turnout

  not recorded

  Women

  —

  Parties won

  —

• 1985
  Togo National Assembly March 1985 Election

  Seats

  —

  Turnout

  not recorded

  Women

  —

  Parties won

  —

• 1979
  Togo National Assembly December 1979 Election

  Seats

  —

  Turnout

  not recorded

  Women

  —

  Parties won

  —

Source: ipu_parline.

Fertility rate

4.1 2024

Life expectancy at birth

62.9 2024

Population growth

2.2 2024

Total population

9.5M 2024

Urban population percent

43.8 2024

Adult literacy rate

72.6 2022

Government expenditure on education percent of GDP

4.1 2023

Primary net enrollment ratio

90.7 2018

Secondary net enrollment ratio

41.0 2017

Ethnic groups

Religion

Languages

• French
• Ewe and Mina
• Kabye and Dagomba

Composition: CIA World Factbook, 2013 estimate. Shares are reproduced as published and are not renormalised, so a country may total slightly under or over 100%.

Regional & continental

• AfCFTA
• African Union
• AFRISTAT 1993
• Conseil de l'Entente
• ECOWAS
• OHADA
• La Francophonie 1970
• OIC 1997

Global bodies & treaties

• African Development Bank
• Commonwealth of Nations
• International Bank for Reconstruction and Development
• International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes
• International Civil Defence Organisation
• International Development Association
• International Finance Corporation
• International Telecommunication Union
• Interpol
• Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency
• Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons
• Organisation of African, Caribbean and Pacific States
• Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons
• UNESCO
• United Nations
• United Nations–African Union Hybrid Operation in Darfur
• Universal Postal Union
• World Customs Organization
• World Health Organization
• World Meteorological Organization
• World Trade Organization

Register

Every party the observatory holds for this country, historical and current — the register is not filtered to parties currently holding seats.

• Action Committee for Renewal
• Alliance of Democrats for Integral Development
• Believers' Movement for Equality and Peace
• Citizens' Movement for Democracy and Development
• Communist Party of Togo communism
• Coordination of New Forces
• Democratic Alliance for the Fatherland
• Democratic Convention of African Peoples CDPA democratic socialism
• Democratic Pan-African Party
• Democratic Union of the Togolese People
• Juvento
• Movement of Centrist Republicans Abass Kaboua
• National Alliance for Change social democracy Jean-Pierre Fabre
• New Popular Dynamic
• New Togolese Commitment
• Organisation to Build a United Togo
• Pan-African Socialist Party
• Parti libéral togolais
• Parti national panafricain
• Party for Democracy and Renewal RDP Zarifou Ayéva
• Party for Renewal and Redemption
• Party of Action for Change in Togo
• Party of the Union for Renovation and Development
• Party of Togolese Unity CUT
• Patriotic Movement for Democracy and Development MPDD Kodjo Agbéyomé
• Patriotic Pan-African Convergence CPP Pan-Africanism
• Popular Union for the Republic
• Rally for the Support of Democracy and Development
• Rally of the Togolese People African nationalism; authoritarianism
• Regrouping of the Live Forces of Youth for Change
• Santé du Peuple Georges William Kouessan
• Socialist Pact for Renewal PSR Tchessa Abi
• The Nest
• Togolese Alliance of Democrats
• Togolese Party of Progress Christian democracy Nicolas Grunitzky
• Togolese People's Movement
• Togolese Union for Democracy UTD
• Union for Democracy and Social Progress
• Union for the Republic UNIR African nationalism; authoritarianism Faure Essozimna Gnassingbé
• Union of Forces for Change Gilchrist Olympio
• Union of Socialist Democrats of Togo
• Workers' Party

Census, population and demographic documents the observatory has located for this country. These are links to the publishers’ own files — the library does not rehost them.

• Togo - National Demographic and Health Data — DHS Quickstats Data for Togo hdx csv
• Togo - National Demographic and Health Data — DHS Mobile Data for Togo hdx csv
• Togo - National Demographic and Health Data — Anthropometry Data for Togo hdx csv
• Togo - National Demographic and Health Data — Anemia Data for Togo hdx csv
• Togo - National Demographic and Health Data — FP2020 Data for Togo hdx csv
• Togo - National Demographic and Health Data — PMI/RBM Data for Togo hdx csv
• Togo - National Demographic and Health Data — Access to Health Care Data for Togo hdx csv
• Togo - National Demographic and Health Data — MDGs Data for Togo hdx csv
• Togo - National Demographic and Health Data — IYCF Data for Togo hdx csv
• Togo - National Demographic and Health Data — Adult Mortality Data for Togo hdx csv
• Togo - National Demographic and Health Data — MICS indicators Data for Togo hdx csv
• Togo - National Demographic and Health Data — SDGs Data for Togo hdx csv
• Togo - Demographic, Health, Education and Transport indicators — Indicators_data_TG hdx csv
• Togo - Data on forcibly displaced populations and stateless persons — Solutions for refugees and IDPs residing in Togo hdx csv
• Togo - Data on forcibly displaced populations and stateless persons — End-year stock population figures for forcibly displaced persons originating from Togo hdx csv
• Togo - Data on forcibly displaced populations and stateless persons — Demographics and locations of forcibly displaced people originating from Togo hdx csv
• Togo - Data on forcibly displaced populations and stateless persons — Asylum decisions taken on asylum claims of asylum seekers residing in Togo hdx csv
• Togo - Data on forcibly displaced populations and stateless persons — End-year stock population figures for forcibly displaced and stateless persons residing in Togo hdx csv
• Togo - Data on forcibly displaced populations and stateless persons — Asylum applications by asylum seekers originating from Togo hdx csv
• Togo - Data on forcibly displaced populations and stateless persons — Asylum applications by asylum seekers residing in Togo hdx csv
• Togo - Data on forcibly displaced populations and stateless persons — Solutions for refugees and IDPs originating from Togo hdx csv
• Togo - Data on forcibly displaced populations and stateless persons — Asylum decisions taken on asylum claims of asylum seekers originating from Togo hdx csv
• Togo - Data on forcibly displaced populations and stateless persons — Demographics and locations of forcibly displaced and stateless people residing in Togo hdx csv
• Togo - Subnational Demographic and Health Data — DHS Mobile Data for Togo hdx csv