Female researchers as a percentage of total researchers (HC) in Togo
Togo: Female researchers as a percentage of total researchers (HC) was 9.1% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Female researchers as a percentage of total researchers (HC) in Togo, 2010–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
Analysis
The most recent figure for female researchers as a percentage of total researchers (hc) in Togo is 9.1%, measured in 2024.
The figure is down 23.1% on the previous year and up 100.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, female researchers as a percentage of total researchers (hc) in Togo peaked at 11.8% in 2023 and was at its lowest, 4.3%, in 2010.
Togo ranks 91st of 92 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 13 years of available data.
Female researchers as a percentage of total researchers (HC) in Togo, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 4.3% | — |
| 2012 | 4.5% | +4.5% |
| 2014 | 4.5% | +1.5% |
| 2015 | 4.8% | +4.8% |
| 2016 | 8.2% | +72.6% |
| 2017 | 8.2% | +0.3% |
| 2018 | 10.4% | +26.5% |
| 2019 | 9.7% | -6.7% |
| 2020 | 9.7% | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 10.9% | +12.2% |
| 2022 | 11.5% | +5.0% |
| 2023 | 11.8% | +3.1% |
| 2024 | 9.1% | -23.1% |
Togo compared with similar countries
- Togo's 9.1% is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 45.2%, 20% of the median. (12 countries reporting)
- Togo's 9.1% is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 37.5%, 24% of the median. (9 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Female researchers as a percentage of total researchers (HC) in Togo changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | +72.6% | 4.8% | 8.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 6.8% | 4.3% | 10.4% | 8 |
| 2020s | 10.6% | 9.1% | 11.8% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Togo
More science & technology data for Togo
- Mobile landline subscriptions, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Mobile landline subscriptions, gaps filled 80.8 (2024)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions by country, per capita 0.9146 units per person (2024)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions by country, per unit of GDP 0.0007 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions by country, gaps filled 7.69 million (2024)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions by country, per square kilometre 129.65 units per square kilometre (2023)
- Mobile landline subscriptions, annual growth rate 6.61 % change on previous year (2024)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions by country, annual growth rate 9.03 % change on previous year (2024)
- Scientific and technical journal articles 135.94 (2023)
- Scientific and technical journal articles, per capita 0 units per person (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is female researchers as a percentage of total researchers (hc) in Togo?
- Female researchers as a percentage of total researchers (hc) in Togo was 9.1% in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest female researchers as a percentage of total researchers (hc) recorded in Togo?
- The highest recorded value was 11.8% in 2023.
- What is the lowest female researchers as a percentage of total researchers (hc) recorded in Togo?
- The lowest recorded value was 4.3% in 2010.
- How does Togo rank for female researchers as a percentage of total researchers (hc)?
- Togo ranks 91st out of 92 countries with data for 2024.
- Is female researchers as a percentage of total researchers (hc) rising or falling in Togo?
- Over the last ten years it is up 100.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Togo data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of Female researchers as a percentage of total researchers (HC) - Government. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release