Togo flag (Wikipedia)

A West African nation located between Ghana and Benin on Africa’s mid-western coast, Togo shipped US$1.7 billion worth of exported products around the world in 2025.

That dollar amount results from a 58.7% boost compared to $1.1 billion 5 years earlier in 2021.

Year over year, the overall value of products exported from Togo accelerated by 19.8% versus $1.42 billion starting from 2024.

Based on the average exchange rate for 2025, Togo uses the West African CFA franc which appreciated by 4.4% against the US dollar since 2021 but declined by -4.5% from 2024 to 2025. Togo’s weaker local currency compared to 2024 makes its exports paid for in stronger US dollars relatively less expensive for international buyers starting with American currency.

The latest available country-specific data shows that 83.4% of products exported from Togo was bought by importers in: India (19.4% of the Togalese total), Ivory Coast (12%), Burkina Faso (10.5%), Benin (7.4%), Ghana (6.1%), France (5.9%), Mali (5.3%), Niger (4.4%), Senegal (4.3%), United States of America (4.1%), Netherlands (2.1%) and Spain (1.9%).

From a continental perspective, 55.8% of Togo’s exports by value was delivered to fellow African countries while 22.1% was sold to importers in Asia.

Togo shipped another 15.5% worth of goods to buyers in Europe.

Smaller percentages went to customers in North America (4.4%), Oceania (2.2%) mostly Australia and New Zealand, then Latin America (0.02%) excluding Mexico but including the Caribbean.

Given Togo’s population of 9.5 million people, its total US$1.7 billion in 2025 exports translates to roughly $180 for every resident in the West African country. That per-capita dollar amount exceeds the average $150 for 2024.

Togo’s top 10 exports accounted for 74.2% of the overall value of its global shipments.

Oil seeds represent the fastest grower among the top 10 export categories, up by 70.4% from 2024 to 2025.

In second place for improving export sales were animal or vegetable fats, oils and waxes via a 40.1% advance.

Togo’s shipments of exported vehicles posted the third-fastest gain in value, up by 39.3%.

The leading decliner among Togo’s top 10 export categories was cocoa thanks to a -25.8% year-over-year drop.

At the more granular four-digit Harmonized Tariff System code level, natural calcium or aluminum phosphates represent Togo’s most valuable exported product at 17.5% of the country’s total. In second place were plastic packing goods including lids or caps (6.7%), refined petroleum oils (6.5%), soya-bean oil cake plus other residues (5.6%), motorcycles (5.3%), palm oil (4.7%), beauty, makeup or skincare preparations (4.4%), hydraulic cements (4.3%), cocoa beans (3.9%), then human or animal hair wigs, beards, eyebrows and eyelashes (2.8%).

The following types of Togolese product shipments represent positive net exports or a trade balance surplus. Investopedia defines net exports as the value of a country’s total exports minus the value of its total imports.

In a nutshell, net exports represent the amount by which foreign spending on a home country’s goods or services exceeds or lags the home country’s spending on foreign goods or services.

Togo racked up an overall estimated -US$1.66 billion trade deficit for 2025, flatlining by a tepid 0.5% gain from -$1.65 billion in red ink one year earlier in 2024.

Below are exports from Togo that result in negative net exports or product trade balance deficits. These negative net exports reveal product categories where foreign spending on home country Togo’s goods trail Togolese importer spending on foreign products.

One Togolese corporation ranks among the largest businesses on the Forbes Global 2000, namely the regional bank Ecobank Transnational Incorporated.

Wikipedia lists companies from Togo that participate in international trade transactions. Selected examples are shown below.

 
In macroeconomic terms, Togo’s total exported goods represent 5.1% of its overall Gross Domestic Product for 2025 ($33 billion valued in Purchasing Power Parity US dollars). That 5.1% for exports to overall GDP in PPP for 2025 compares to 4.5% for 2024. Those percentages suggest a relatively increasing reliance on products sold on international markets for Togo’s total economic performance, albeit based on a short timeframe.

Another key indicator of a country’s economic performance is its unemployment rate. Togo’s unemployment rate averaged 2% for 2025, up from an average 1.9% in 2024 according to Trading Economics statistics.

Togo’s capital city is Lomé.

See also South Sudan’s Top 10 Exports, Somalia’s Top 10 Exports, Nigeria’s Top 10 Exports and Top African Export Countries

Research Sources:
Central Intelligence Agency, The World Factbook Africa: Togo. Accessed on November 7, 2026

EXCHANGE-RATES.org CFA BCEAO Franc (XOF) To US Dollar (USD), Exchange Rate History. Accessed on November 7, 2026

Forbes 2021 Global 2000 rankings, The World’s Biggest Public Companies. Accessed on November 7, 2026

International Monetary Fund, Exchange Rates selected indicators (Domestic Currency per U.S. dollar, period average). Accessed on November 7, 2026

International Monetary Fund, World Economic Outlook Database (GDP based on Purchasing Power Parity). Accessed on November 7, 2026

International Trade Centre, Trade Map. Accessed on November 7, 2026

Investopedia, Net Exports Definition. Accessed on November 7, 2026

Wikipedia, Flag of Togo. Accessed on November 7, 2026

Wikipedia, Gross domestic product. Accessed on November 7, 2026

Wikipedia, List of Companies of Togo. Accessed on November 7, 2026

Wikipedia, Purchasing power parity. Accessed on November 7, 2026

Wikipedia, Togo. Accessed on November 7, 2026