Togo’s real GDP rose 6.8% in the second quarter of 2026 compared with the same period in 2025, according to new quarterly national accounts listed by the National Institute of Statistics and Economic and Demographic Studies (INSEED) in November 2026. Within that total, information and communication value added grew 26.1%, while construction rose just 0.3%.
The year-on-year GDP growth rate had been 3.8% in the first quarter of 2026. The second-quarter rate is therefore 3.0 percentage points higher, but this difference between annual growth rates is not a quarter-on-quarter change in economic output. Real GDP growth had also been 6.8% year on year in the second quarter of 2025.
In %, year-on-year growth
Source: INSEED, Q2 2026 quarterly national accounts. Year-on-year growth in volume terms.
| Year-on-year growth | |
|---|---|
| Q2 2025 | 6.8 |
| Q3 2025 | 6.2 |
| Q4 2025 | 8 |
| Q1 2026 | 3.8 |
| Q2 2026 | 6.8 |
Each rate compares with the corresponding quarter of the preceding year
Information and communication speeds up sharply
Real value added in information and communication rose 26.1% year on year, after a 7.3% annual increase in the corresponding quarter of 2025. The quarterly accounts table shows chain-volume value added rising from CFAF64,017 million to CFAF80,752 million between the two second quarters, an increase of 26.1% on the published figures.
In %, year-on-year change
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Source: INSEED, Q2 2026 quarterly national accounts. Year-on-year growth in volume terms.
| Category | %, year-on-year change |
|---|---|
| Information and communication | 26.1 |
| Mining and quarrying | 20.9 |
| Finance and insurance | 11.5 |
| Construction | 0.3 |
Financial and insurance activities expanded 11.5%, following a 16.7% contraction in the second quarter of 2025. Their real value added rose from CFAF43,227 million to CFAF48,178 million. Real estate activities increased by 3.4%.
Mining expands as construction almost stalls
The secondary sector’s real value added grew 7.5% year on year. Mining and quarrying expanded by 20.9%, after a 0.8% decline a year earlier. Food manufacturing increased by 14.4%, but the manufacture of construction materials fell 5.0% after growing 6.5% in the year-earlier comparison.
Construction value added increased just 0.3%, from CFAF37,889 million in the second quarter of 2025 to CFAF37,991 million in the second quarter of 2026. Dividing the rounded values gives about 0.27%, which rounds to 0.3%.
Annual change in real value added
All three broad sectors record growth
In the second quarter of 2026, primary-sector real value added grew 4.4% from a year earlier, the secondary sector 7.5% and the tertiary sector 7.4%. Each rate compares with the equivalent quarter of 2025 and uses national accounts volume measures.
For full calendar years, INSEED separately reports real GDP growth of 6.2% in 2023, 6.5% in 2024 and 6.3% in 2025. Those annual rates should not be treated as quarterly growth readings or combined with the year-on-year quarterly rates in the chart.
2016 reference year and future revisions
INSEED’s quarterly accounts are presented in chain-volume measures with a 2016 reference year. Sector changes describe real value added, not nominal turnover or physical production volumes. Quarterly estimates are subject to updates as new data arrive and are aligned with annual national accounts.