Democratic Republic of Congo vs Togo: Share of the population with at least some formal education

Democratic Republic of Congo

69.3%

in 2020

Togo

78.0%

in 2020

Democratic Republic of Congo rank

99th

Togo rank

96th

Share of the population with at least some formal education over time

Togo currently reports 78.0% against 69.3% in Democratic Republic of Congo, a difference of 8.7%.

That makes Togo's figure about 1.1 times Democratic Republic of Congo's.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 31 shared years of data; in 1870 it was Togo ahead.

Democratic Republic of Congo ranks 99th and Togo ranks 96th of 111 countries.

Indicator: Share of the population with at least some formal education
Unit: %
Source: Barro and Lee (2015); Lee and Lee (2016) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 111 places, 3,441 data points, 1870–2020
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

Based on the population aged 15 years and older.