Share of urban population using at least basic water services in Togo
Togo: Share of urban population using at least basic water services was 73.6% in 2024. ▼ Falling
Share of urban population using at least basic water services 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 %.
Analysis
In 2024, share of urban population using at least basic water services in Togo stood at 73.6%.
The figure is up 0.3% on the previous year and down 6.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of urban population using at least basic water services in Togo peaked at 85.4% in 2003 and was at its lowest, 73.2%, in 2022.
Togo ranks 184th of 188 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 25 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 84.2% | 82.1% | 85.4% | 10 |
| 2010s | 78.4% | 75.3% | 81.4% | 10 |
| 2020s | 73.7% | 73.2% | 74.6% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Togo
- 181 Chad 77.9% compare
- 182 Benin 75.9% compare
- 183 Sudan 73.9% compare
- 185 Guinea-Bissau 72.7% compare
- 186 South Sudan 66.1% compare
- 187 Democratic Republic of Congo 59.3% 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 share of urban population using at least basic water services in Togo?
- Share of urban population using at least basic water services in Togo was 73.6% 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 share of urban population using at least basic water services recorded in Togo?
- The highest recorded value was 85.4% in 2003.
- What is the lowest share of urban population using at least basic water services recorded in Togo?
- The lowest recorded value was 73.2% in 2022.
- How does Togo rank for share of urban population using at least basic water services?
- Togo ranks 184th out of 188 countries with data for 2024.
- Is share of urban population using at least basic water services rising or falling in Togo?
- Over the last ten years it is down 6.5%. 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 Share of urban population using at least basic water services. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Proportion of people who use an improved drinking water source, which is either located on their premises, or at a collection point, which takes no more than 30 minutes for a roundtrip.