People using improved drinking water sources in Togo
Togo: People using improved drinking water sources was 1.12 million people in 2024. ▼ Falling
People using improved drinking water sources in Togo, 2000–2024
Source: WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme for Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene (2025) – processed by Our World in Data. Measured in people.
Analysis
Togo recorded 1.12 million people for people using improved drinking water sources in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 25 years on record.
The figure is down 2.8% on the previous year and down 17.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, people using improved drinking water sources in Togo peaked at 1.44 million people in 2000 and was at its lowest, 1.12 million people, in 2024.
That places Togo 46th out of 231 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 25 years of available data.
People using improved drinking water sources in Togo, year by year
| Year | people | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 1.44 million people | — |
| 2001 | 1.44 million people | -0.0% |
| 2002 | 1.44 million people | -0.2% |
| 2003 | 1.44 million people | -0.2% |
| 2004 | 1.43 million people | -0.3% |
| 2005 | 1.43 million people | -0.3% |
| 2006 | 1.42 million people | -0.2% |
| 2007 | 1.42 million people | -0.1% |
| 2008 | 1.42 million people | -0.2% |
| 2009 | 1.42 million people | -0.3% |
| 2010 | 1.41 million people | -0.5% |
| 2011 | 1.40 million people | -0.6% |
| 2012 | 1.39 million people | -0.8% |
| 2013 | 1.37 million people | -1.0% |
| 2014 | 1.36 million people | -1.1% |
| 2015 | 1.34 million people | -1.2% |
| 2016 | 1.32 million people | -1.3% |
| 2017 | 1.31 million people | -1.5% |
| 2018 | 1.28 million people | -1.6% |
| 2019 | 1.26 million people | -1.8% |
| 2020 | 1.24 million people | -1.9% |
| 2021 | 1.21 million people | -2.1% |
| 2022 | 1.18 million people | -2.3% |
| 2023 | 1.15 million people | -2.5% |
| 2024 | 1.12 million people | -2.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 1.43 million people | 1.42 million people | 1.44 million people | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.34 million people | 1.26 million people | 1.41 million people | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.18 million people | 1.12 million people | 1.24 million people | 5 |
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- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -11.71 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -12.32 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.255 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.35 °C (2025)
- Sawnwood — Export quantity, per unit of GDP 0 m3 per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Sawnwood — Export quantity, per capita 0.0004 m3 per person (2024)
- Sawnwood — Export value, annual growth rate 44.24 % change on previous year (2024)
- Sawnwood — Export value, per unit of GDP 0 1000 USD per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Sawnwood — Export value, per capita 0.0001 1000 USD per person (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is people using improved drinking water sources in Togo?
- People using improved drinking water sources in Togo was 1.12 million 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 people using improved drinking water sources recorded in Togo?
- The highest recorded value was 1.44 million people in 2000.
- What is the lowest people using improved drinking water sources recorded in Togo?
- The lowest recorded value was 1.12 million people in 2024.
- How does Togo rank for people using improved drinking water sources?
- Togo ranks 46th out of 231 countries with data for 2024.
- Is people using improved drinking water sources rising or falling in Togo?
- Over the last ten years it is down 17.5%. 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 People using improved drinking water sources. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Number of people using only unimproved drinking water sources.