Lomé
2 km around Lomé
Air quality now
AQI 50
10.6%
tree cover
48.3K more trees would reach 30% tree cover
Africa · air quality report · 5 cities
Togo air quality today The AQI right now, city by city
Right now the 5 cities Airleaf measures in Togo average AQI 56 (moderate). The worst air is in Kpalimé, at AQI 58, and the cleanest in Lomé, at AQI 50.
None of the 5 measured cities is over AQI 100 today, and 20% have Good air.
Average right now
AQI 56
Moderate
US EPA index, across 5 cities
- cities measured
- 5
- worst air: Kpalimé
- 58
- cleanest air: Lomé
- 50
- average tree cover
- 26.3%
Updated . Lower is better on the US EPA index: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous. Measured by Airleaf.
Togo · average AQI 56
Air quality right now in all 5 cities in Togo
Good
Sokodé
2 km around Sokode
Air quality now
AQI 56
22.8%
tree cover
22.6K more trees would reach 30% tree cover
Kara
2 km around Kara
Air quality now
AQI 57
16.7%
tree cover
41.8K more trees would reach 30% tree cover
Atakpamé
2 km around Atakpame
Air quality now
AQI 57
36.7%
tree cover
Healthy tree cover
Kpalimé
2 km around Kpalime
Air quality now
AQI 58
44.9%
tree cover
Healthy tree cover
Across the country
How clean is the air across Togo today?
None of the 5 measured cities is over AQI 100 today, and 20% have Good air. Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.
5 measured cities
- Good1 (20%)
- Moderate4 (80%)
Every measured city, including model estimates where no ground station is near.
Against everywhere else
How does Togo compare with other countries?
Right now the cities of Togo average cleaner air than 45% of the 171 countries Airleaf has enough cities to average, and more tree cover than 56%.
Cleaner air than…
- Togo
- Beats 45%
More tree cover than…
- Togo
- Beats 56%
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Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Togo lost?
Since 2001, Togo has lost about 89,600 hectares of forest (about 130,000 football pitches): 15% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (71%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for farms, pasture and plantations.
- Forest lost since 2001
- 89,600 haabout 130,000 football pitches
- Share of its forest
- 15%of what there was in 2000
- Cleared for good
- 63,900 hadeforestation: turned into farms, mines or towns
Hectares of forest lost each year
Show the figures as a table
| Year | Cleared for good | Can grow back | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 2,610 ha | 175 ha | 2,780 ha |
| 2002 | 1,870 ha | 132 ha | 2,010 ha |
| 2003 | 1,820 ha | 176 ha | 2,000 ha |
| 2004 | 2,530 ha | 270 ha | 2,800 ha |
| 2005 | 1,900 ha | 126 ha | 2,030 ha |
| 2006 | 1,510 ha | 145 ha | 1,650 ha |
| 2007 | 2,800 ha | 414 ha | 3,210 ha |
| 2008 | 1,110 ha | 91 ha | 1,200 ha |
| 2009 | 5,320 ha | 195 ha | 5,520 ha |
| 2010 | 469 ha | 56 ha | 525 ha |
| 2011 | 1,080 ha | 245 ha | 1,330 ha |
| 2012 | 1,650 ha | 133 ha | 1,790 ha |
| 2013 | 2,150 ha | 940 ha | 3,090 ha |
| 2014 | 1,780 ha | 744 ha | 2,530 ha |
| 2015 | 650 ha | 295 ha | 945 ha |
| 2016 | 2,390 ha | 1,150 ha | 3,550 ha |
| 2017 | 4,180 ha | 3,240 ha | 7,410 ha |
| 2018 | 4,290 ha | 2,630 ha | 6,920 ha |
| 2019 | 3,170 ha | 2,210 ha | 5,380 ha |
| 2020 | 3,620 ha | 1,980 ha | 5,600 ha |
| 2021 | 3,550 ha | 2,500 ha | 6,050 ha |
| 2022 | 3,000 ha | 2,130 ha | 5,130 ha |
| 2023 | 2,840 ha | 1,650 ha | 4,490 ha |
| 2024 | 4,080 ha | 1,810 ha | 5,890 ha |
| 2025 | 3,520 ha | 2,260 ha | 5,780 ha |
Forest loss has stayed about the same: about 5,470 hectares a year in 2021–2025, against 5,770 hectares a year in 2016–2020. The worst year was 2017, when about 7,410 hectares of forest were lost.
What is causing deforestation in Togo?
- Farms, pasture and plantationscleared for good71% · 63,400 ha
- Shifting farmingcan grow back28% · 25,400 ha
Also: towns and roads, logging, storms, floods and other natural causes, mining and energy, wildfires, unknown causes.
Causes for 2025 are estimates, based on what caused forest loss in the same places up to 2024.
Source: Hansen/UMD/Google/USGS/NASA, Global Forest Change (GFC-2025-v1.13); causes: WRI/Google DeepMind drivers of forest loss; both CC BY 4.0, summed by Airleaf for each area. How it's measured
Togo as a whole
22.5% of Togo was forested as of 2024, against a 30% benchmark. Closing that gap nationally would take roughly 410.3M trees across 410K hectares. Source: World Bank (FAO).
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Frequently asked
Air quality in Togo: your questions answered
What is the air quality in Togo today?
Right now the 5 cities Airleaf measures in Togo average AQI 56 (moderate). The worst air is in Kpalimé, at AQI 58, and the cleanest in Lomé, at AQI 50. None of the 5 measured cities is over AQI 100 today, and 20% have Good air.
Which city in Togo has the worst air right now?
Kpalimé, at AQI 58 (Moderate) on the US EPA index. Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.
Which city in Togo has the cleanest air right now?
Lomé, at AQI 50 (Good). Both lists rank current readings, from ground stations wherever Togo has at least three cities with one.
Is the air in Togo safe to breathe today?
It depends on the city. 1 city is Good, 4 cities are Moderate. At the national average of AQI 56: Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.
How much forest has Togo lost since 2001?
About 89,600 ha from 2001 to 2025, 15% of the forest it had in 2000, from the University of Maryland's yearly satellite maps of forest loss. 63,900 ha of it was cleared for good, for farms, mines or towns.
How does Airleaf measure air quality in Togo?
Each city's reading is the US EPA air quality index, from ground monitoring stations where one has reported recently nearby, and from the CAMS atmospheric model elsewhere; each city's report says which. Tree cover is measured over the same 2 km radius in every city, so the cities compare like for like.
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