Freedom Score in Togo
Togo: Freedom Score was 37 in 2025. ▲ Rising
Freedom Score in Togo, 2002–2025
Source: Freedom House (2026) – processed by Our World in Data.
Analysis
The most recent figure for freedom score in Togo is 37, measured in 2025.
That represents a change of down 9.8% on the previous year and down 22.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, freedom score in Togo peaked at 48 in 2015 and was at its lowest, 25, in 2005.
That places Togo 133rd out of 197 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 24 years of available data.
Freedom Score in Togo, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2002 | 33 | — |
| 2003 | 32 | -3.0% |
| 2004 | 33 | +3.1% |
| 2005 | 25 | -24.2% |
| 2006 | 29 | +16.0% |
| 2007 | 38 | +31.0% |
| 2008 | 39 | +2.6% |
| 2009 | 43 | +10.3% |
| 2010 | 42 | -2.3% |
| 2011 | 44 | +4.8% |
| 2012 | 43 | -2.3% |
| 2013 | 47 | +9.3% |
| 2014 | 47 | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 48 | +2.1% |
| 2016 | 48 | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 47 | -2.1% |
| 2018 | 43 | -8.5% |
| 2019 | 44 | +2.3% |
| 2020 | 43 | -2.3% |
| 2021 | 42 | -2.3% |
| 2022 | 42 | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 42 | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 41 | -2.4% |
| 2025 | 37 | -9.8% |
Togo compared with similar countries
- Togo's 37 is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 41, 90% of the median. (46 countries reporting)
- Togo's 37 is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 35, 1.1× the median. (48 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Freedom Score in Togo changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | +31.0% | 29 | 38 |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 34 | 25 | 43 | 8 |
| 2010s | 45.3 | 42 | 48 | 10 |
| 2020s | 41.17 | 37 | 43 | 6 |
Countries ranked near Togo
More social development data for Togo
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 54,167 (2025)
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 12,661 (2025)
- Political Rights Rating 6 (2025)
- Electoral democracy 0 (2025)
- Political rights rating fh, annual growth rate 20 % change on previous year (2025)
- Political rights rating fh, gaps filled 6 (2025)
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 0.0015 units per person (2025)
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 12,661 (2025)
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 0.0063 units per person (2025)
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is freedom score in Togo?
- Freedom score in Togo was 37 in 2025, according to Freedom House (2026) – processed by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest freedom score recorded in Togo?
- The highest recorded value was 48 in 2015.
- What is the lowest freedom score recorded in Togo?
- The lowest recorded value was 25 in 2005.
- How does Togo rank for freedom score?
- Togo ranks 133rd out of 197 countries with data for 2025.
- Is freedom score rising or falling in Togo?
- Over the last ten years it is down 22.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Togo data come from?
- The figures come from Freedom House (2026) – processed by Our World in Data, published as part of Freedom Score. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Freedom House's total democracy score is a 0-to-100 aggregate that adds up a country's points on 25 indicators of political rights (max 40) and civil liberties (max 60), creating a single snapshot of the freedoms people actually enjoy.