Togo became a parliamentary republic in 2025, with a largely ceremonial president and a President of the Council of Ministers who heads the government. Faure Gnassingbé holds that post, which has no term limit.
In the 12 Axes register, Togo leans hardest on Democratic – Autocratic: Autocratic 83%; the register median is balanced 50%.
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Where Togo sits on each of the twelve axes, in four categories. The label is our estimate; the line under it says why.
Centralized
Centralised unitary state
Oligarchy
Council president without term limit since 2025
Statist
UN condemned 2017 protest crackdown
Non-Interventionist
ECOWAS member, Sahel diplomacy
Neutral
Small armed forces with army, navy and gendarmerie
Centrist
Many ethnic groups, French official language
Mixed Economic
Phosphates, port of Lomé, mixed economy
Balanced
State role in ports and phosphates
Free Trade
Regional trade hub in West Africa
Spiritual
Christian, Muslim, secular state
Traditionalist
Same-sex acts criminalised
Neutral
No distinct state stance
Set against the median of all 195 countries in the register.
Democratic – Autocratic
On Democratic – Autocratic, Togo is at Autocratic 83%. The register median is balanced 50%.
Internationalism – Nationalism
On Internationalism – Nationalism, Togo is at balanced 50%, almost the register median of balanced 50%.
Closeness is 100 minus the root-mean-square distance on all twelve axes.
Sources: en.wikipedia.org · freedomhouse.org
Map: M.Bitton, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons, cropped and resized.
Last updated: 2026-10-15
The tiers on this page are our estimates from public positions and policies. They are not an official statement by the person or the government concerned. Two independent passes scored every axis and a third settled the differences. How the register works. Found a mistake? Write to [email protected].
