Quality of life comparison

compared to

If you lived in Togo instead of Burkina Faso, you would:

Health

live 7.9 years longer

In Burkina Faso, the average life expectancy is 63 years (62 years for men, 65 years for women) as of 2022. In Togo, that number is 71 years (69 years for men, 74 years for women) as of 2022.

be 2.9 times more likely to be living with HIV/AIDS

In Burkina Faso, 0.7% of people are living with AIDS/HIV as of 2020. In Togo, that number is 2.0% of people as of 2020.

be 50.0% more likely to be obese

In Burkina Faso, 5.6% of adults are obese as of 2016. In Togo, that number is 8.4% of people as of 2016.

Economy

be 91.0% less likely to be unemployed

In Burkina Faso, 77.0% of adults are unemployed as of 2004. In Togo, that number is 6.9% as of 2016.

be 33.1% more likely to live below the poverty line

In Burkina Faso, 41.4% live below the poverty line as of 2018. In Togo, however, that number is 55.1% as of 2015.

Life

be 69.2% more likely to be literate

In Burkina Faso, the literacy rate is 39.3% as of 2018. In Togo, it is 66.5% as of 2019.

be 16.7% less likely to die during infancy

In Burkina Faso, approximately 49.4 children (per 1,000 live births) die before they reach the age of one as of 2022. In Togo, on the other hand, 41.2 children do as of 2022.

be 23.8% more likely to die during childbirth

In Burkina Faso, approximately 320.0 women per 100,000 births die during labor as of 2017. In Togo, 396.0 women do as of 2017.

Basic Needs

be 95.5% more likely to have access to electricity

In Burkina Faso, approximately 22% of people have electricity access (69% in urban areas, and 2% in rural areas) as of 2019. In Togo, that number is 43% of people on average (77% in urban areas, and 19% in rural areas) as of 2019.

Expenditures

spend 13.8% less on education

Burkina Faso spends 5.8% of its total GDP on education as of 2019. Togo spends 5.0% of total GDP on education as of 2019.

The statistics above were calculated using the following data sources: The World Factbook.

Togo: At a glance

Togo is a sovereign country in Africa, with a total land area of approximately 54,385 sq km. French Togoland became Togo in 1960. Gen. Gnassingbe EYADEMA, installed as military ruler in 1967, ruled Togo with a heavy hand for almost four decades. Despite the facade of multi-party elections instituted in the early 1990s, the government was largely dominated by President EYADEMA, whose Rally of the Togolese People (RPT) party has maintained power almost continually since 1967 and maintains a majority of seats in today's legislature. Upon EYADEMA's death in February 2005, the military installed the president's son, Faure GNASSINGBE, and then engineered his formal election two months later. Democratic gains since then allowed Togo to hold its first relatively free and fair legislative elections in October 2007. After years of political unrest and condemnation from international organizations for human rights abuses, Togo is finally being re-welcomed into the international community.
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