Political Rights Score in Togo
Togo: Political Rights Score was 11 in 2025. ▲ Rising
Political Rights Score in Togo, 2002–2025
Source: Freedom House (2026) – processed by Our World in Data.
Analysis
The most recent figure for political rights score in Togo is 11, measured in 2025.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 21.4% on the previous year and down 38.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, political rights score in Togo peaked at 18 in 2013 and was at its lowest, 7, in 2005.
Togo ranks 136th of 197 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 24 years of available data.
Political Rights Score in Togo, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2002 | 9 | — |
| 2003 | 8 | -11.1% |
| 2004 | 8 | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 7 | -12.5% |
| 2006 | 8 | +14.3% |
| 2007 | 14 | +75.0% |
| 2008 | 14 | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 16 | +14.3% |
| 2010 | 16 | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 17 | +6.2% |
| 2012 | 16 | -5.9% |
| 2013 | 18 | +12.5% |
| 2014 | 18 | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 18 | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 18 | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 18 | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 15 | -16.7% |
| 2019 | 16 | +6.7% |
| 2020 | 15 | -6.2% |
| 2021 | 15 | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 15 | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 15 | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 14 | -6.7% |
| 2025 | 11 | -21.4% |
Togo compared with similar countries
- Togo's 11 is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 15, 73% of the median. (46 countries reporting)
- Togo's 11 is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 10.5, 1.0× the median. (48 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Political Rights 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 | +75.0% | 8 | 14 |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 10.5 | 7 | 16 | 8 |
| 2010s | 17 | 15 | 18 | 10 |
| 2020s | 14.17 | 11 | 15 | 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 political rights score in Togo?
- Political rights score in Togo was 11 in 2025, according to Freedom House (2026) – processed by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest political rights score recorded in Togo?
- The highest recorded value was 18 in 2013.
- What is the lowest political rights score recorded in Togo?
- The lowest recorded value was 7 in 2005.
- How does Togo rank for political rights score?
- Togo ranks 136th out of 197 countries with data for 2025.
- Is political rights score rising or falling in Togo?
- Over the last ten years it is down 38.9%. 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 Political Rights Score. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Identifies the fine-grained extent of free and fair elections, political pluralism and participation, and a functioning government. Higher scores indicate more rights.