The Togolese Republic
The World Resource Institute’s 2002-2004 “Decisions for Earth” lists Togo as a partially free nation with relatively scarce civil liberties (5 out of 7, 7 being least free) and 2.5% of their gross domestic product going towards military spending. Social stratification of wealth information is not available. The Togolese Republic scored a 46.66 out of 100, ranking them 117th on the 2015 social progress index. This illustrates that there is still substantial room for improvement in basic human needs, opportunity, and the foundations of wellbeing. The country received its lowest of the 3 categorical scores in opportunity (35.46/100), which includes areas like personal rights (32.16/100), personal freedom and choice (49.08/100), and tolerance
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For instance, the official language of commerce remains French rather than a native African language such as Ewe, Mina, Kabye, or Dagomba. Conversely, more than half of all religious people in Togo still follow indigenous beliefs (51%), while Christianity (29%), and Muslim (20%) make up the other 49%. Additionally, only around 1% of the total population is considered European or Syrian-Lebanese with about 99% of the Togolese Republic consisting of native Africans. The nation continues to recognizes 37 different tribes with Ewe, Mina, and Kabre being the most prominent. This seems to adequately reflect the religious and ethnic composition of …show more content…
Yet, Togo’s production of food per capita in 2003 recorded a score of 96.2 implying declines in food production per capita between 1999-2001 and 2003 as listed by the World Resources Institute Earth Trends website. From 1988-1990, roughly 99% of the average daily caloric supply was available to the population of Togo. However, 20% of all births from 1990-1994 were considered to be low birth weights and the country witnessed 24% of their children less than five years old being underweight, with 5% suffering from acute malnutrition, and 30% suffering from chronic malnutrition that leads to stunted growth from 1990-1996. The total percentage of the population that was malnourished was listed at 33% by the United Nations Human Development Report and the country’s adult prevalence obesity rate as of 2014 was documented at 6.4% by The CIA World Fact Book. As of 2010, the percentage of children under the age of five that were considered to be underweight has dropped down to
For instance, the official language of commerce remains French rather than a native African language such as Ewe, Mina, Kabye, or Dagomba. Conversely, more than half of all religious people in Togo still follow indigenous beliefs (51%), while Christianity (29%), and Muslim (20%) make up the other 49%. Additionally, only around 1% of the total population is considered European or Syrian-Lebanese with about 99% of the Togolese Republic consisting of native Africans. The nation continues to recognizes 37 different tribes with Ewe, Mina, and Kabre being the most prominent. This seems to adequately reflect the religious and ethnic composition of …show more content…
Yet, Togo’s production of food per capita in 2003 recorded a score of 96.2 implying declines in food production per capita between 1999-2001 and 2003 as listed by the World Resources Institute Earth Trends website. From 1988-1990, roughly 99% of the average daily caloric supply was available to the population of Togo. However, 20% of all births from 1990-1994 were considered to be low birth weights and the country witnessed 24% of their children less than five years old being underweight, with 5% suffering from acute malnutrition, and 30% suffering from chronic malnutrition that leads to stunted growth from 1990-1996. The total percentage of the population that was malnourished was listed at 33% by the United Nations Human Development Report and the country’s adult prevalence obesity rate as of 2014 was documented at 6.4% by The CIA World Fact Book. As of 2010, the percentage of children under the age of five that were considered to be underweight has dropped down to