If you lived in Togo instead of Zimbabwe, you would:

Health

be 83.7% less likely to be living with HIV/AIDS

In Zimbabwe, 9.8% of people are living with AIDS/HIV as of 2024. In Togo, that number is 1.6% of people as of 2024.

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see 80.1% more spent on your healthcare

Zimbabwe spends $103 per person on healthcare as of 2023 (international dollars, adjusted for prices). Togo spends $186 as of 2023.

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be 46.1% less likely to die by suicide

Zimbabwe has a suicide rate of 17.3 per 100,000 people as of 2021. In Togo, it is 9.3 per 100,000 as of 2021.

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have 41.2% fewer doctors per person

Zimbabwe has 1.4 doctors per 10,000 people as of 2023. Togo has 0.8 as of 2022.

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have 20.0% less access to essential health services

Zimbabwe scores 55 out of 100 on the universal health coverage index as of 2021. Togo scores 44 as of 2021.

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Economy

be 78.5% less likely to be unemployed

In Zimbabwe, 9.3% of the labor force is unemployed as of 2025. In Togo, that number is 2.0% as of 2025.

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be 14.4% more likely to live below the poverty line

In Zimbabwe, 38.3% live below the poverty line as of 2019. In Togo, however, that number is 43.8% as of 2021.

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make 54.2% less money

Zimbabwe has a GDP per capita of $3,021 as of 2025, while in Togo, the GDP per capita is $1,384 as of 2025.

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Life

be 44.2% less likely to die during infancy

In Zimbabwe, approximately 62.4 children (per 1,000 live births) die before they reach the age of one as of 2024. In Togo, on the other hand, 34.8 children do as of 2024.

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be 19.1% less likely to be literate

In Zimbabwe, the literacy rate is 89.7% as of 2021. In Togo, it is 72.6% as of 2022.

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Expenditures

spend 10.9 times more on education

Zimbabwe spends 0.4% of its total GDP on education as of 2023. Togo spends 4.1% of total GDP on education as of 2023.

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spend 2.1 times more on healthcare

Zimbabwe spends 2.9% of its total GDP on healthcare as of 2023. In Togo, that number is 6.1% of GDP as of 2023.

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Safety

be 24.1% less likely to die in a road accident

In Zimbabwe, road accidents kill 29.9 people per 100,000 as of 2021. In Togo, they kill 22.7 per 100,000 as of 2021.

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Infrastructure

live with 92.6% less strain on fresh water

Zimbabwe withdraws 46% of its available fresh water each year as of 2022. Togo withdraws 3% as of 2022.

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find 26.8% less home broadband

Zimbabwe has 1.9 fixed broadband subscriptions per 100 people as of 2024. Togo has 1.4 as of 2024.

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use 51.2% less electricity

Zimbabwe uses 504 kWh of electricity per person each year as of 2023. Togo uses 246 kWh as of 2023.

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Environment

emit 59.7% less CO2

Zimbabwe emits 0.8 tonnes of CO2 per person each year as of 2024. Togo emits 0.3 tonnes as of 2024.

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be 62.5% more likely to die from air pollution

In Zimbabwe, air pollution causes 56.0 deaths per 100,000 people as of 2019. In Togo, it causes 91.0 as of 2019.

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Sources: World Bank (2019–2025), United Nations SDG Indicators (2019–2021), The World Factbook (2021). How we calculate this

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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