Togo: crime and justice
4 answers, 3 from Togo's own official bodies, with a link to each figure.
How much crime is recorded in Togo?
33,404 offences were recorded in Togo in 2024, and 23,866 were solved, according to the National Statistical Yearbook 2024 published by INSEED, using figures from the Ministry of Security and Civil Protection. That compared with 22,503 recorded in 2023.
Offences against property were the largest group, at 20,279, followed by offences against persons at 10,729. Recorded offences count what is reported to or found by the security forces, so changes can reflect reporting and recording as well as crime itself.
How crowded are Togo's prisons?
Togo's prisons held 6,197 detainees at the end of 2022, against a capacity of 3,094, an occupancy rate of 200.3%, according to Ministry of Justice figures in INSEED's National Statistical Yearbook 2024. 64.7% of detainees were awaiting trial.
Lomé civil prison held 2,518 people in space for 666, an occupancy rate of 378%. Occupancy was 185.0% at the end of 2019. 36 deaths were recorded in prisons in 2022, after 43 in 2021 and 46 in 2020. The 2022 figures are the latest prison data in the yearbook.
How many people die on Togo's roads?
597 people were killed in 6,529 road accidents recorded by the police and gendarmerie in Togo in 2024, according to Ministry of Security figures in INSEED's National Statistical Yearbook 2024. 9,079 people were injured.
Deaths rose from 546 in 2023 but were below the 683 recorded in 2022. The number of recorded accidents has fallen each year since 2022, when it was 7,507. The figures count accidents reported to the security forces, so they may not include all crashes.
International comparisons
The figures below use one definition for every country, so they can differ from national figures.
How many people have died in armed conflict in Togo?
46: that is battle-related deaths in Togo for 2024, according to the Uppsala Conflict Data Program. Across Sub-Saharan Africa the middle value was 164, and Togo placed 15th highest of 20. Of 41 countries with 2024 data, 31st highest.
Official bodies in Togo
- Official Journal of the Togolese Republic
- National Institute of Statistics and Economic and Demographic Studies (INSEED)Publishes the monthly harmonised consumer price index, the national statistical yearbook, census results and household surveys.
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