Key Facts

GDP (ppp) per CAPITA

$900 (2008 est.)

Inflation Rate

8.7% (2008 est.)

Population

6,019,877

Country Risk Ratings

C

Ease of Doing Business

163/181

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gE Network

There are 15 members in the
gE Network for this country.

Togo : Introduction

French Togoland became Togo in 1960. Gen. Gnassingbe EYADEMA, installed as military ruler in 1967, ruled Togo with a heavy hand for almost four decades. Despite the facade of multiparty elections instituted in the early 1990s, the government was largely dominated by President EYADEMA, whose Rally of the Togolese People (RPT) party has maintained power almost continually since 1967 and maintains a majority of seats in today's legislature. Upon EYADEMA's death in February 2005, the military installed the president's son, Faure GNASSINGBE, and then engineered his formal election two months later. Democratic gains since then allowed Togo to hold its first relatively free and fair legislative elections in October 2007. After years of political unrest and fire from international organizations for human rights abuses, Togo is finally being re-welcomed into the international community.

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Sources:
CIA World Factbook (September 2009)
U.S. Dept. of State Country Background Notes (May 2009)