Proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments in Togo
Togo: Proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments was 15.0% in 2025. ▲ Rising
Proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments in Togo, 1997–2025
Source: Monthly ranking of women in national parliaments, Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU). Measured in %.
Analysis
Togo recorded 15.0% for proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments in 2025.
That represents a change of down 19.0% on the previous year and down 14.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments in Togo peaked at 19.8% in 2023 and was at its lowest, 1.2%, in 1997.
That places Togo 149th out of 193 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 28 years of available data.
Proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments in Togo, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1997 | 1.2% | — |
| 1998 | 1.2% | +0.0% |
| 2000 | 4.9% | +300.0% |
| 2001 | 4.9% | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 4.9% | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 7.4% | +50.0% |
| 2004 | 6.2% | -16.7% |
| 2005 | 7.4% | +20.0% |
| 2006 | 8.6% | +16.7% |
| 2007 | 11.1% | +28.6% |
| 2008 | 11.1% | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 11.1% | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 11.1% | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 11.1% | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 11.1% | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 15.4% | +38.5% |
| 2014 | 17.6% | +14.3% |
| 2015 | 17.6% | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 17.6% | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 17.6% | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 17.6% | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 16.5% | -6.3% |
| 2020 | 18.7% | +13.3% |
| 2021 | 18.7% | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 18.7% | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 19.8% | +5.9% |
| 2024 | 18.6% | -6.0% |
| 2025 | 15.0% | -19.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 1.2% | 1.2% | 1.2% | 2 |
| 2000s | 7.8% | 4.9% | 11.1% | 10 |
| 2010s | 15.3% | 11.1% | 17.6% | 10 |
| 2020s | 18.2% | 15.0% | 19.8% | 6 |
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More public sector data for Togo
- Arms imports 2.00 million SIPRI trend indicator values (2023)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), per capita 0.2432 SIPRI trend indicator values per person (2023)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), per unit of GDP 0.0002 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP (2023)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), annual growth rate -96.61 % change on previous year (2023)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), gaps filled 2.00 million SIPRI trend indicator values (2023)
- Military expenditure (current USD), per capita 23.24 current USD per person (2024)
- Military expenditure (current USD), per unit of GDP 0.0184 current USD per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Military expenditure (current USD), annual growth rate -29.31 % change on previous year (2024)
- Military expenditure (current USD), gaps filled 195.35 million current USD (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), per square kilometre 36.77 SIPRI trend indicator values per square kilometre (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments in Togo?
- Proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments in Togo was 15.0% in 2025, according to Monthly ranking of women in national parliaments, Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU).
- What is the highest proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments recorded in Togo?
- The highest recorded value was 19.8% in 2023.
- What is the lowest proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments recorded in Togo?
- The lowest recorded value was 1.2% in 1997.
- How does Togo rank for proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments?
- Togo ranks 149th out of 193 countries with data for 2025.
- Is proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments rising or falling in Togo?
- Over the last ten years it is down 14.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Togo data come from?
- The figures come from Monthly ranking of women in national parliaments, Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU), published as part of Proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Women in parliaments are the percentage of parliamentary seats in a single or lower chamber held by women.