Togo
Capital: Lome · Low income · Pop. 9.5 million
Source: World Bank Open Data (WHO/UNICEF JMP & FAO AQUASTAT) · drinking water 2024
In Togo, 20.52% of the population uses safely managed drinking water — an improved source, located on premises, available when needed, and free from contamination (2024 estimate). That leaves roughly 7.6 million people without safely managed drinking water at home.
Sanitation tracks closely: 13.02% use safely managed sanitation services and 25.17% have at least a basic service (2024).
Togo has about 1,265 cubic meters of renewable internal freshwater per person each year. It withdraws the equivalent of 2% of those internal resources annually (low water stress).
Agriculture accounts for about 34% of Togo's water withdrawals, the rest going to households and industry.
Common questions
How many people in Togo have safe drinking water?
20.52% of Togo's population uses safely managed drinking water (2024), per WHO/UNICEF data; about 7.6 million people do not.
Does Togo have enough freshwater?
Togo has roughly 1,265 m³ of renewable internal freshwater per person per year, and uses about 2% of it annually (low stress).