Togo
- Official Name:
- Togolese Republic (Togo)
- Area:
- 56.785 km 2
- Population (2007):
- 5.701.579 inhabitants
- Coastline:
- 56 km
- Capital:
- Lome
- Maritime Ports and terminals:
- Kpeme, Lome
- Maritime claims:
-
- Territorial sea: 12 nm
- Exclusive economic zone: 200 nm
- Political divisions:
- 5 regions (regions, singular - region); Centrale, Kara, Maritime, Plateaux, Savanes
- Language(s):
- French (official and the language of commerce), Ewe and Mina (the two major African languages in the south), Kabye (sometimes spelled Kabiye) and Dagomba (the two major African languages in the north)
- National holiday:
- Independence Day, 27 April (1960)
- Nationality:
- Togolese (singular and plural)
- Official time:
- UTC 0.
- Member of:
- ABEDA, ACCT, ACP, AfDB, AU, ECOWAS, Entente, FAO, FZ, G-77, IBRD, ICAO, ICC, ICRM, IDA, IDB, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, ILO, IMF, IMO, Interpol, IOC, IOM, IPU, ISO (correspondent), ITU, ITUC, MIGA, MONUC, NAM, OIC, OIF, ONUB, OPCW, PCA, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNIDO, UNMIL, UNOCI, UNWTO, UPU, WADB (regional), WAEMU, WCL, WCO, WFTU, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO
- Internet country code:
- .tg
Economic Profile
- Currency:
-
Communaute Financiere Africaine franc (XOF) - GDP - per capita (PPP):
- USD1.700 (2006 est.)
- GDP (official exchange rate):
- (2006 est.) USD 2.089.000.000
- PIB (Real growth rate:
- 2% (2006 est.)
- GDP (Composition by sector): (2003 est.)
-
- Agriculture: 39,5%
- Industry: 20,4%
- Services: 40,1%
- Labor force:
- 1.302.000 (1998 est.)
- Labor force - by occupation (1998):
-
- Agriculture 65%
- Industry: 5%
- Services 30%
- Unemployment rate:
- ND
- Inflation rate (Consumer prices):
- 2,8% (2006 est)
- Investment (Gross Fixed):
- 22,4% del PIB (2006 est.)
- Budget:
-
- Revenues: USD260.200.000
- Expenditures: USD311.000.000
- Public debt:
- ND
- Current account balance:
- USD -261.900.000 (2006 est.)
- Exports:
- USD 868.400.000 FOB (2006 est.)
- Exports - Commodities:
- Reexports, cotton, phosphates, coffee, cocoa
- Exports - Partners:
- Ghana 21,1%, Burkina Faso 18,2%, Benin 11,5%, Mali 7,3%, India 5,8%, Nigeria 4% (2005)
- Imports:
- USD 1.208.000.000 FOB (2006 est.)
- Imports - Commodities:
- Machinery and equipment, foodstuffs, petroleum products
- Imports - partners:
- France 17,8%, China 13,3%, Cote d'Ivoire 6,5%, Italy 4,5%, Spain 4,3% (2005)
- Reserves of foreign exchange and gold:
- USD 333.900.000 (2006 est.)
- Debt - external:
- USD 2.000.000.000 (2005)
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