People not using safely managed drinking water sources in Togo
Togo: People not using safely managed drinking water sources was 7.56 million people in 2024. ▲ Rising
People not using safely managed 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 7.56 million people for people not using safely managed drinking water sources in 2024. That is the highest value across all 25 years on record.
The figure is up 1.9% on the previous year and up 20.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, people not using safely managed drinking water sources in Togo peaked at 7.56 million people in 2024 and was at its lowest, 4.62 million people, in 2000.
Togo ranks 40th of 163 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 25 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 5.11 million people | 4.62 million people | 5.64 million people | 10 |
| 2010s | 6.32 million people | 5.77 million people | 6.88 million people | 10 |
| 2020s | 7.28 million people | 7.00 million people | 7.56 million people | 5 |
Countries ranked near Togo
- 37 United States 8.40 million people compare
- 38 Sierra Leone 7.70 million people compare
- 39 Morocco 7.62 million people compare
- 41 Uzbekistan 6.57 million people compare
- 42 Dominican Republic 6.25 million people compare
- 43 Ecuador 5.46 million people compare
More environment data for Togo
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF 10.84 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF per capita 1.29 t CO2e/capita (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture 1.99 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Building (Energy) 0.7379 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Fugitive Emissions (Energy) 2.3 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Industrial Combustion (Energy) 0.0012 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF 6.04 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Power Industry (Energy) 0.0004 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Transport (Energy) 0.009 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Waste 1 Mt CO2e (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is people not using safely managed drinking water sources in Togo?
- People not using safely managed drinking water sources in Togo was 7.56 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 not using safely managed drinking water sources recorded in Togo?
- The highest recorded value was 7.56 million people in 2024.
- What is the lowest people not using safely managed drinking water sources recorded in Togo?
- The lowest recorded value was 4.62 million people in 2000.
- How does Togo rank for people not using safely managed drinking water sources?
- Togo ranks 40th out of 163 countries with data for 2024.
- Is people not using safely managed drinking water sources rising or falling in Togo?
- Over the last ten years it is up 20.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- 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 not using safely managed drinking water sources. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
People not using safely managed drinking water sources either use unimproved drinking water sources or the improved sources they use are not located on their premises, not available when needed, or not free of contamination.