🇹🇬 Togolese Republic
Visiting: High Risk
Approach Togo with caution. Same-sex relationships are criminalised, which places it 122nd for LGBT rights, so LGBT travellers should weigh this carefully. Nothing ranks highly here: there is some exposure to conflict and freedom is only partly protected, both ranking 111th. Its weak spot is the roads, which are hazardous, placed 154th.
Homicide
Intentional homicides per 100,000 people — lower is better.
Togo: 8.5
Ranked 43rd in the world for the highest homicide rate.
Why this rank?
Eight and a half killings per 100,000 people a year is well above the world average of about six, where the risky tier begins.
Is it safe to visit?
Take it seriously. Half as high again as the world average, and Togo reports no count — we used the WHO's estimate.
Road Fatalities
Road-traffic deaths per 100,000 people per year — lower is better.
Togo: 22.7
Ranked 27th in the world for the deadliest roads.
Why this rank?
Nearly twenty-three deaths per 100,000 people a year is well above the world average of fifteen but short of double it.
Is it safe to visit?
Not safe on a motorbike. Six in ten deaths are riders, so away from motorbikes the risk is far smaller.
Conflict
Conflict deaths inside the country in the last twelve months, as recorded by the Uppsala conflict database, civilians killed on purpose, and any UN sanctions or court order over a war. The worst of those sets the colour. Lower is better.
Togo: 2.14
Ranked 70th most conflict-affected country in the world.
Why this rank?
Two people died in fighting inside Togo in the year to July 2026, none of them civilians killed on purpose. The last was in January 2026, and none since.
Is it safe to visit?
Two people died in fighting in the far north near Burkina Faso in the year to July 2026. The coast, where visitors go, is a world away from it.
Freedom
Six freedoms rated 0–4 by Freedom House — protest, speech, press, religion, movement and due process. The weakest rating sets the colour, and the total places the country inside it — higher is better.
Togo: 5.62
Ranked 70th least free country in the world.
Why this rank?
In Togo the lowest are protest, speech and due process at 1. Total 10 of 24.
Is it safe to visit?
One family has controlled politics since 1963 and opposition calls for reform are harshly repressed. Protest, speech and the courts are the low ratings. Keep out of politics.
LGBT Rights
LGBT equality in law and daily life — higher is better.
Togo: Illegal
Ranked 59th least equal in the world for LGBT people.
Why this rank?
Same-sex acts carry up to three years plus fines. Any criminal law is red.
Is it safe to visit?
Not safe to be open. Rarely enforced, but the legal risk and family pressure keep everything hidden.
Women's Safety
Women's safety — feeling safe out at night, political violence against women, a fair hearing in court, and how normal violence at home is, with the night figure setting a floor on the colour — higher is better.
Togo: 6.07
Ranked 32nd least safe country in the world for women.
Why this rank?
Only 43 percent of women feel safe out alone at night and the courts are rated near the bottom for women. Partner violence is thirteen percent, and a few attacks on women were recorded.
Is it safe to visit?
Take care as a woman travelling alone in Togo.