Togo Facts

Population: around 5 million

Urbanisation 31%

Coastline 56km long, but country extends 540km from south to north.

HDI 0.469; 143rd/174. Public debt 81% of GNP. Income/person $300 (1.1% of USA).

The following information is from the US Governmental Factbook

This small sub-Saharan economy is heavily dependent on both commercial and subsistence agriculture, which provides employment for 65% of the labor force. Cocoa, coffee, and cotton together generate about 30% of export earnings. Togo is self-sufficient in basic foodstuffs when harvests are normal, with occasional regional supply difficulties. In the industrial sector, phosphate mining is by far the most important activity, although it has suffered from the collapse of world phosphate prices and increased foreign competition. Togo serves as a regional commercial and trade center.

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