Togo – Fact Sheet Official Name Republic of Togo Capital Lome 56.790sq.kms Area Currency CFA Franc (Community Financial African Franc) US1D 1=CFA 545 ;INR 1=7.4011 CFA(October 2020) GDP USD 5.46 billion(2020-WTO) GDP Growth Rate 2.1%(Marc 2020) Composition of GDP agriculture: 28.8% (2017 est.) industry: 21.8% (2017 est.) services: 49.8% (2017 est.) GDP Per Capita USD 695.90(Nominal)(2019-World Bank) Togo recorded a government debt equivalent to 29.50 Debt to GDP percent of the country's Gross Domestic Product in 2019.(according to Tradingeconomics.com/BCEAO) Inflation 2.9%(sep-2020) Unemployment 1.7%(Dec 2019) Forest Cover just 7% of total land area in 2010) CO2 emisions 0.40 mtpc(2016) Togo carbon (co2) emissions for 2016 was 2,999.61, a 13.77% increase from 2015. Tourist Arrivals International tourism, number of arrivals in Togo was reported at 573000 in 2018, according to the World Bank Population 7.80 million (Male-3.89 mn ;Female-3.91, mn-2017- UN) Life expectancy 60 years(2016) Languages French ;Major local dialects-Ewe,Mina,Kabye and Dagomba Native Africans constitute 99% of Togo's total Ethnic group population. Some 37 tribal groups comprise a mosaic of peoples possessing neither language nor history in common. The main ethnic group consists of the Ewe and such related peoples as the Ouatchi, Fon, and Adja; they live in the south and constitute at least 40% of the population. Next in size are the Kabrè and related Losso living in the north. As elsewhere in Africa, political and ethnic boundaries do not coincide. Thus, the Ewe are divided by the Togo- Ghana boundary, and large numbers of Ouatchi, Adja, Kabrè, and Losso live in adjacent Benin. Other significant groups are the Mina, Cotocoli, Moba, Gourma, Akposso, Ana, Lamba, Ehoué, and Bassari. Despite Togo's complex ethnic, linguistic, and racial makeup, a major distinction can be made between the tribes of Sudanic origin that inhabit the northern regions and those of the true Negroid Bantu type found in the south. The remaining 1% of Togo's populace is non-African, mostly European and Syrian-Lebanese. https://www.nationsencyclopedia.com/Africa/Togo- ETHNIC-GROUPS.html#ixzz6c5hPI15u Despite the fact that the Kabye are only about 12% of the total population The Ewe make up between 20% and 30% of the population, Religion Christianity(29%),Islam(20%),Animists(51%) Internet Penetration 800.000,11.3% Mobile phone 74.9% Urbanisation In 2019, 42.25 percent of Togo's total population lived in urban areas and cities. Exports USD 1.14 billion (2017-WTO) Imports USD 107 (OECD.Stat) Main Trade Partners China,India,Belgium,Fance,Burkina Faso,Benin ,Mali,the Netherland,Japan,Niger(29% of all imports from China) FDI inflows 2.4416 % in 2019, Net ODA received 5.514 % in 2018, Political Togo has long been mired in political crisis Political Structure Unitary Republic National Alliance for Change or ANC (Jean Pierre Major Political Parties FABRE) Pan-African Patriotic Convergence or CPP(Edem KODJO) Rainbow Alliance (a coalition including ANC and PSR) Union for the Republic or UNIR (Faure GNASSINGBE) Union of force for change UFC Head of State President Faure Essozimna GNASSINGBE(Fourth term from May 2020 Head of Government Prime Minister Ms. Victoire Tomegah Dogbe (October 2020) USD 688.42 mn (2014-2015) ;USD 532.19 (2015- India’s Exports 16)mn USD 315.70 mn (2016-2017) ;USD 382.72(April2017-2018) Source= http//commerce.gov.in/EIDB.aspx USD 195.65 mn (2014-15) ;USD 225.09(2015-16) India’s Imports mn USD 138.42 mn (2016-2017) ;USD 153.52 (April 2017-2018) Petroleum oils ; woven India Exports fabrics ;ethyl alcohol ;pharmaceuticals ;flat rolled iron/steel ;cold rolled iron ; rice,sugar confectionnaries,bakery products ,mineral fuels mineral oils and products of their distillation cereals and prepation of cereals cotton ;articles man-made staple fibers Coconut natural calcium phosphates wood and India Imports articles of wood ;ferrous ;cotton,copper waste aluminium waste,other metal scrap oil seeds brazil nut etc. No data is available. However,West African Cement India Investment in Togo (WACEM produces limestone, manufacture and market cement) Boncomm(clothing manufacturer) & Ramco (retail chain) are listed as Indian investments. Togolese Investments in NA India There are around 400+ Indians living in Togo ;only 5 India Community of them hold foreign nationalities.Majority of them are businessmen,engaged in trading, assembling,running super market,hotels ;etc .