Plateaux: population, poverty, health, schools, electricity and water
Plateaux is a region of Togo, number 2 of 6 by population. Plateaux had 1,635,946 residents at the fifth General Population and Housing Census (RGPH-5, November 2022), 20.2% of Togo's 8,095,498; 2nd most populous of Togo's 6 regions, counting Grand Lomé.
In depth
- Economy, jobs and prices in Plateaux: The electricity access rate in Plateaux was 42.1% in 2024 according to the national power distributor CEET, 2nd lowest of Togo's 6 regions, counting Grand Lomé (Togo: 67.1%; Plateaux in 2023: 40%). CEET had 94,401 low-voltage customers there.
- Health in Plateaux: 48.7% of children aged 6 to 59 months tested in Plateaux carried the malaria parasite (by microscopy) in the 2020 Malaria Indicator Survey, the highest of Togo's 6 regions, counting Grand Lomé (Togo: 35.5%).
- Poverty and living standards in Plateaux: 46.4% of people in Plateaux lived below the national poverty line in 2021-2022, according to INSEED's harmonised household living-conditions survey (EHCVM), 2nd lowest of Togo's 6 regions, counting Grand Lomé (Togo: 43.8%).
How big are households in Plateaux?
The 2022 census counted 368,811 households in Plateaux, an average of 4.4 people per household, 3rd smallest of Togo's 6 regions, counting Grand Lomé (Togo: 4.6).
Source: Institut National de la Statistique et des Etudes Economiques et Démographiques (INSEED) · saved copyHow many children in Plateaux go to primary school?
For schools, Plateaux is split into two education regions. In 2023-24 the net primary enrolment rate was 97.9% in Plateaux-Est and 97.5% in Plateaux-Ouest (Togo: 97.9%), and 11.2% and 6.9% of primary pupils dropped out during the year (Togo: 7.8%).
Source: Institut National de la Statistique et des Etudes Economiques et Démographiques (INSEED) · saved copyHow many children in Plateaux finish primary school?
The primary completion rate in 2023-24 was 90% in Plateaux-Est and 114% in Plateaux-Ouest (Togo: 95%); the rate compares new entrants to the last primary grade with the population of that age, so it can exceed 100%.
Source: Institut National de la Statistique et des Etudes Economiques et Démographiques (INSEED) · saved copyHow many young people in Plateaux go to secondary school?
The gross enrolment rate in lower secondary school (collège) was 71.5% in Plateaux-Est and 92.2% in Plateaux-Ouest in 2023-24 (Togo: 80.4%); 15.3% and 11.0% of collège pupils dropped out (Togo: 10.7%).
Source: Institut National de la Statistique et des Etudes Economiques et Démographiques (INSEED) · saved copyHow many pupils are there per teacher in Plateaux?
Plateaux had 354,193 primary pupils and 7,852 primary teachers in 2023-24, 45 pupils per teacher, 3rd least crowded of Togo's 6 regions, counting Grand Lomé (Togo: 45).
Source: Institut National de la Statistique et des Etudes Economiques et Démographiques (INSEED) · saved copyMore figures
- Women made up 50.7% of the population of Plateaux in 2022 (829,792 women and 806,154 men; Togo: 51.3%). Source: Institut National de la Statistique et des Etudes Economiques et Démographiques (INSEED), Ministry of Planning · saved copy
How regions are governed in Togo
Regions (5). Regional council elected (first in April 2024, 179 councillors); council elects its president. Regional development and planning.
Every tier of government in Togo
Other regions of Togo
- Grand Lomé 2,188,376
- Maritime 1,346,615
- Savanes 1,143,520
- Kara 985,512
- Centrale 795,529
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Sources
- Institut National de la Statistique et des Etudes Economiques et Démographiques (INSEED): Annuaire Statistique National 2024: Tables 4.1 (RGPH-5 housing), 10.4, 10.7, 10.11, 10.18, 10.19, 11.1, 11.6 (education ministry MEPSTA/DPSSE), 15.3-15.5, 15.16, 15.23 (health ministry DSNISI/PNLP, DHIS2), 19.6 (agriculture ministry), 25.9 (CEET) and 27.3 (TdE), read 27 October 2026 · saved copy (SHA-256 198d9891c0ef…)
- Institut National de la Statistique et des Etudes Economiques et Démographiques (INSEED) with the Programme National de Lutte contre le Paludisme (Ministry of Health): Enquête sur les Indicateurs du Paludisme au Togo (EIPT) 2020, final report: Tables 3.8, 3.11, 3.12 and 4.5.1, read 27 October 2026 · saved copy (SHA-256 982644b1674f…)
- Institut National de la Statistique et des Etudes Economiques et Démographiques (INSEED), Ministry of Planning: Résultats définitifs du RGPH-5 de novembre 2022 (leaflet, April 2023): population by region, prefecture and sex, read 27 October 2026 · saved copy (SHA-256 40d4a5be0bd1…)
- Institut National de la Statistique et des Etudes Economiques et Démographiques (INSEED): Pauvreté multidimensionnelle au Togo 2018-2019 et 2021-2022 (EHCVM): Tables 3.7, 3.16 and 4.4, read 27 October 2026 · saved copy (SHA-256 9fdc946bfdce…)
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