Togo
Background Information
Region
Sub-Saharan Africa
World Bank income group
Low income
Percent of population aged 10-24
32% (UNFPA, 2020)
Total primary school age population (both sexes)
1,294,371 (UIS, 2020)
Total secondary school age population (both sexes)
1,289,420 (UIS, 2020)
Proportion of women aged 20-24 years who were married or in a union before age 18 (% of women aged 20-24)
22%
Source: UNSDG, 2014
Adolescent birth rate (per 1,000 women ages 15-19)
89
Source: UN Human Development Reports, 2018
Percentage of women who ever experienced physical violence since age 15 (% of women 15-49)
29%
Source: DHS, 2014
Percentage of married women employed in the last 12 months (% of married or in-union women 15-49)
85%
Source: DHS, 2014
Education Snapshot Back to Top
Number of years of free primary and secondary education guaranteed in legal frameworks (Years)
5
Source: UIS, 2019
Expenditure on education as a percentage of total government expenditure % GDP spent on education
Source: UIS, 2018
Proportion of schools with access to single-sex basic sanitation facilities
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Primary 64%
(2019)
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Lower secondary 63%
(2019)
-
Upper secondary 69%
(2019)
Source: UIS
Proportion of students at the end of primary education achieving at least a minimum proficiency level in reading
-
Female 16%
-
Male 14%
Female: UIS, 2014
Male: UIS, 2014
Proportion of students at the end of primary education achieving at least a minimum proficiency level in mathematics
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Female 17%
-
Male 20%
Female: UIS, 2014
Male: UIS, 2014
Completion rate
Primary school age
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Female 76%
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Male 83%
Female: UIS, 2017
Male: UIS, 2017
Lower secondary school age
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Female 39%
-
Male 55%
Female: UIS, 2017
Male: UIS, 2017
Upper secondary school age
-
Female 12%
-
Male 31%
Female: UIS, 2017
Male: UIS, 2017
Out-of-school rate
Primary school
-
Female 9%
-
Male 8%
Female: UIS, 2017
Male: UIS, 2017
Lower secondary school
-
Female 14%
-
Male 10%
Female: UIS, 2017
Male: UIS, 2017
Upper secondary school
-
Female 40%
-
Male 20%
Female: UIS, 2017
Male: UIS, 2017
Programs Back to Top
Project/Program
Comprehensive scholarship programme
Project/Program
Girls’ Empowerment Program (GEP)
Research Project/Report/Study
Tackling School-Related Gender-Based Violence
Research Project/Report/Study
The Effect of COVID-19 on Education in Africa and its Implications for the Use of Technology: A Survey of the Experiences and Opinions of Educators and Technology Specialists