s toward
legislative elections, and continued support from foreign donors.
Togo is working with donors to write a Poverty Reduction and Growth
Facility (PRGF) that could eventually lead to a debt reduction plan.
Economic growth remains marginal due to declining cotton production,
underinvestment in phosphate mining, and strained relations with
donors.
GDP (purchasing power parity):
$5.042 billion (2007 est.)
GDP (official exchange rate):
$2.497 billion (2007 est.)
GDP - real growth rate:
2.1% (2007 est.)
GDP - per capita (PPP):
$900 (2007 est.)
GDP - composition by sector:
agriculture: 40%
industry: 25%
services: 35% (2003 est.)
Labor force:
1.302 million (1998)
Labor force - by occupation:
agriculture: 65%
industry: 5%
services: 30% (1998 est.)
Unemployment rate:
NA%
Population below poverty line:
32% (1989 est.)
Household income or consumption by percentage share:
lowest 10%: NA%
highest 10%: NA%
Investment (gross fixed):
24.2% of GDP (2007 est.)
Budget:
revenues: $466.8 million
expenditures: $514.7 million (2007 est.)
Fiscal year:
calendar year
Inflation rate (consumer prices):
1% (2007 est.)
Central bank discount rate:
4.25% (31 December 2007)
Commercial bank prime lending rate:
NA (31 December 2007)
Stock of money:
$624.9 million (31 December 2007)
Stock of quasi money:
$383.9 million (31 December 2007)
Stock of domestic credit:
$590.7 million (31 December 2007)
Agriculture - products:
coffee, cocoa, cotton, yams, cassava (tapioca), corn, beans, rice,
millet, sorghum; livestock; fish
Industries:
phosphate mining, agricultural processing, cement, handicrafts,
textiles, beverages
Industrial production growth rate:
1% (2007 est.)
Electricity - production:
203 million kWh (2006 est.)
Electricity - consumption:
607 million kWh (2006 est.)
Electricity - exports:
0 kWh (2007 est.)
Electricity - imports:
505 million kWh; note - electricity supplied by Ghana (2006 est.)
Electricity - production by source:
fossil fuel: 98.7%
hydro: 1.3%
nuclear: 0%
other: 0% (2001)
Oil - production:
0 bbl/day (2007 est.)
Oil - consumption:
17,770 bbl/day (2006 est.)
Oil - exports:
1,547 bbl/day (2005)
Oil - imports:
16,650 bbl/day (2005)
Oil - proved reserves:
0 bbl (1 January 2006 est.)
Natural gas - pro
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