Drinking water services in Togo

Togo: Drinking water services was 567,645 people in 2024. ▼ Falling

Latest (2024)
567,645 people
Change on year
down 7.9%
World rank
39th
of 231 countries
All-time high
1.25 million people
in 2000
All-time low
567,645 people
in 2024
Years of data
25
2000–2024

Drinking water services in Togo, 2000–2024

0500.0k1.0M1.5M2000201220242000: 1.3M people2001: 1.2M people2002: 1.2M people2003: 1.2M people2004: 1.2M people2005: 1.2M people2006: 1.2M people2007: 1.1M people2008: 1.1M people2009: 1.1M people2010: 1.1M people2011: 1.1M people2012: 1.0M people2013: 1.0M people2014: 973.2k people2015: 940.6k people2016: 906.4k people2017: 870.4k people2018: 832.6k people2019: 793.0k people2020: 751.5k people2021: 708.2k people2022: 663.2k people2023: 616.5k people2024: 567.6k people

Source: WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme for Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene (2025) – processed by Our World in Data. Measured in people.

Analysis

The most recent figure for drinking water services in Togo is 567,645 people, measured in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 25 years on record.

That represents a change of down 7.9% on the previous year and down 41.7% over ten years.

Over the whole period, drinking water services in Togo peaked at 1.25 million people in 2000 and was at its lowest, 567,645 people, in 2024.

Togo ranks 39th of 231 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.

The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 25 years of available data.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
2000s 1.18 million people 1.11 million people 1.25 million people 10
2010s 949,913 people 793,012 people 1.09 million people 10
2020s 661,416 people 567,645 people 751,546 people 5

Countries ranked near Togo

  1. 36 Somalia 650,397 people compare
  2. 37 Tajikistan 644,341 people compare
  3. 38 Bolivia 580,324 people compare
  4. 40 Eritrea 534,414 people compare
  5. 41 Niger 488,250 people compare
  6. 42 Burundi 485,989 people compare

See the full ranking of 231 places →

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Frequently asked questions

What is drinking water services in Togo?
Drinking water services in Togo was 567,645 people in 2024, according to WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme for Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene (2025) – processed by Our World in Data.
What is the highest drinking water services recorded in Togo?
The highest recorded value was 1.25 million people in 2000.
What is the lowest drinking water services recorded in Togo?
The lowest recorded value was 567,645 people in 2024.
How does Togo rank for drinking water services?
Togo ranks 39th out of 231 countries with data for 2024.
Is drinking water services rising or falling in Togo?
Over the last ten years it is down 41.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
Where does this Togo data come from?
The figures come from WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme for Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene (2025) – processed by Our World in Data, published as part of Drinking water services. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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About this data

Indicator
Drinking water services
Unit
people
Source
WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme for Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene (2025) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
231 places, 5,429 data points, 2000–2024
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Number of people using drinking water directly collected from surface waters.