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

  • Primary 64%

    (2019)

  • 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

  • Female 17%

  • Male 20%

Female: UIS, 2014

Male: UIS, 2014

Completion rate

Primary school age

  • Female 76%

  • Male 83%

Female: UIS, 2017

Male: UIS, 2017

Lower secondary school age

  • 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

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