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Per capita GDP in Togo, 1960–2008 (constant 2000 US$) and share of GDP from agriculture (percent)
400 300 200 100
GDP per capita Share in agriculture
0 1960 1970 1980
Source: World Development Indicators (World Bank 2009). Notes: GDP = gross domestic product; US$ = US dollars.
of around US$200, due to structural adjustments imposed by the World Bank. GDP per capita then increased sharply and peaked at the level of the 1980s, followed by a more moderate decline and stabilizing at just below US$250 in the mid-2000s. The reduction in donor funding as a consequence of bad gov- ernance largely accounted for the stagnation of the economy after 2000. The agricultural sector occupies a prominent place in Togo’s economy,
accounting for 38 percent or more of GDP in recent years and providing over 20 percent of export earnings. During the past 10 years, while GDP per capita has been stagnant, the contribution of agricultural gross domestic product has been increasing.
Vulnerability to Climate Change Table 13.2 provides some data on Togo’s performance on several indicators of a population’s vulnerability and resiliency to economic shocks: level of education, literacy, and concentration of labor in poorer or less dynamic sectors. School enrollment is 97.1 percent in primary school but only 39.3 percent in secondary