180 countries ranked by safety, peace, freedom and LGBT+ equality
Visiting: Recommend CautionLGBT+ visiting: Not Recommended
Togo is small enough to see properly in a week: the mud-tower villages of Koutammakou, UNESCO-listed and still lived in, the coffee hills around Kpalimé, and Lomé's markets — including the famous fetish market, which is exactly as strange as it sounds. Travel carefully; both crime and politics can bite the unwary. Homosexuality is illegal, so it's not one for LGBT+ travellers.
Intentional homicides per 100,000 people — lower is better.
Togo: 8.5
Ranked 44th in the world for the highest homicide rate.
An estimated 8.51 homicides per 100,000 people — an elevated rate by world standards. The 2021 estimate is the freshest figure that exists.
Higher than 75% of the 230 countries and territories measured.
How peaceful the country is — lower is better.
Togo: 2.4
Ranked 38th least peaceful country in the world.
More peaceful than 23% of the 163 countries ranked, scoring 2.381.
Down 7 places since 2024.
Personal and economic freedom — higher is better.
Togo: 6.2
Ranked 66th least free country in the world.
Less free than 67% of the 165 countries measured — 6.25 out of 10.
Day-to-day life (speech, movement, religion) scores 6.38; doing business and owning property, 6.07.
LGBT+ equality in law and daily life — higher is better.
Togo: Illegal
Ranked 55th least equal in the world for LGBT+ people.
Homosexuality is criminalised here, with a maximum penalty of three years imprisonment and a fine of 500,000 West African CFA Francs.
Public attitudes score 12 out of 100 — the law and public opinion are not the same thing.