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Adjusting for its cropland yield, which is lower than the corresponding global average, and its grazing land, forest and fishery yields, which are higher than the global averages, Togo has
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a biocapacity of 6.6 million global hectares (gha). This is more than its total Ecological Footprint of 5.0 million gha. Togo’s average Ecological Footprint per person is 0.8 gha, smaller than both the world average Footprint and the amount of biocapacity available per person on the planet. It is also smaller than the 1.1 gha of biocapacity available per person within Togo. As its population grew from 1.6 million to 6.1 million between 1961 and 2005, biocapacity per person in Togo decreased by 75 percent.
Sources: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). Statistical databases, 2008a,b,c; Global Agro- Ecological Zones, 2008; Global Land Cover, 2000.
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Ecological Footprint
Biocapacity
Ecological Footprint
Total global hectares (thousands)
BENIN
ogo occupies 5.7 million hectares. Of those, 0.4 million hectares are covered by forest, 2.6 million by cropland and 2.2 million by grazing land, with 0.2 million hectares supporting its built infrastructure. Located along the Atlantic Coast in West Africa, Togo borders 62,940 hectares of continental shelf and has 0.2 million hectares of inland water.
Table 22.1. Ecological Footprint, Economy and Human Development (2005)
Togo World
6,145,000 6,475,634,000
5,047 17,443,626
Biocapacity
Global hectares per person
6,648 13,360,955
0.82 2.7
1.08 2.1
Sources: Global Footprint Network, National Footprint Accounts, 2008 Edition; Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO). PopSTAT, 2005.
GDP (USD) ECONOMIC QUINTILE (2001) Percentage share of income
Total (billions) 2.1 Highest –
Per person (PPP) 742 Fourth
Third
–
–
Second –
Lowest –
Sources: UNDP, 2005. Human Development Report, 2007; The World Bank; World Development Indicators database, 2007; United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization. Beyond 20/20 Web Data Server, 2006.
Togo
Female
Human Development Index Value (0=min. 1=max.)
0.512
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Adult Literacy Rate (percent adults over 18) Gross Enrollment Ratio (percent eligible students enrolled)
53.2
Irrigated Cropland (percent of total, 2000) Access to Improved Water (percent of population, 2002)
0.3 52 17 1
38.5 46 –
Domestic Electrification (percent of population, 2000) Undernourishment (percent of population, 2000) Life Expectancy (years)
54.8
57.8
– – – 59.6
Male – 68.7 64 – – – – 56.0
Sources: UNDP, 2005.Human Development Report, 2007; The World Bank. World Development Indicators database, 2007; International Energy Agency (IEA). 2002. World Energy Outlook.