
Telecommunication in Togo
Compared to the European Union, Togo is massively lagging behind in the development of telecommunications. Under the country code +228, there were a total of 6.56 million connections in 2020. Among them were 6.52 million mobile phones, which corresponds to an average of 0.79 per person. In the EU, this figure is 1.2 mobile phones per person.With about 1,168 webhosts, Togo is below the world's average by population. At the end of 2020, 219 million of these, or about 19 percent, were secured with SSL or comparable encryption.
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Development of telephone and internet connections
With an average download speed of 16.35 Mbit/second for fixed-network broadband internet, Togo ranked 125th in an international comparison. The upload rate of only 2.9 Mbit/second was significantly lower (165th place). The quality of the Internet, consisting of signal fluctuations (jitter) and latency, is very far ahead at 44th place.In mobile internet, i.e. on tablets and smartphones, Togo comes th with a download speed of 0 Mbit/second. The upload speed of around 0 Mbit was enough for th place.
The Speedtest Global Index published regularly by Ookla is based on several million individual measurements in February 2022 from 180 countries.
The following diagrams show the development of the various telephone and Internet connections as a percentage of the country's population. Values above 100% mean that, on average, every inhabitant has more than one connection.
Access to the Internet in Togo from 1990 - 2020
Broadband internet in Togo 2007 - 2020

Landlines 1990 - 2020
Mobile phones 1990 - 2020
Distribution in 2020 | Togo Total | Togo percent | EU Total | EU percent |
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Internet users | 1.99 m | 24.00 % | 379.48 m | 84.74 % |
Broadband users | 52,706.00 | 0.64 % | 163.72 m | 36.56 % |
Landlines | 46,499.00 | 0.56 % | 160.15 m | 35.76 % |
Mobile cellulars | 6.52 m | 78.71 % | 540.56 m | 120.71 % |