Togo (Lomé)
Official title
Indice des prix à la consommation (Consumer Price Index).
Scope
The index is compiled monthly and relates to private African
households in Lomé.
Official base
1963 = 100.
Source of weights
The weights and selected items were derived from a household expenditure
survey conducted from June 1964 to June 1965 among private African
households in Lomé.
Weights and composition
| Major groups
| Number of items
| Weights
| Approximate number of price quotations
|
| Food
| 53 | 47.9 | ...
|
| Alcoholic drinks, tobacco and cola
| 12 | 10.6 | ...
|
| Fuel, light and water
| 6 | 5.3 | ...
|
| Household equipment and cleaning materials
| 13 | 2.8 | ...
|
| Housing:
|
| Rent
| 1 | 2.9 | ...
|
| Repairs
| 7 | 3.9 | ...
|
| Clothing and footwear
| 16 | 7.7 | ...
|
| Transport
| 4 | 3.5 | ...
|
| Services
| 9 | 3.1 | ...
|
| Miscellaneous
| 30 | 12.3 | ...
|
| Total
| 151 | 100.0 | ...
|
Household consumption expenditure
Not available.
Method of data collection
Prices for all items are collected by agents, from the local
market, main stores and service establishments. Prices for local
food items are ascertained twice a week; those for all other
items are obtained once a month.
Housing
Rent quotations are obtained from tax returns.
Specification of varieties
Not available.
Substitution, quality change, etc.
Not available.
Seasonal items
Not available.
Computation
The index is computed according to the Laspeyres formula as a
weighted arithmetic average with fixed base, using weights
corresponding to June 1964-June 1965.
Organisation and publication
Ministère du Plan, Direction de la statistique: Bulletin
mensuel de statistique
(Lomé).
Ministère des Finances, de l'Economie et du Plan, Direction de
la statistique: Prix-indices des prix et coût de la vie à
Lomé. Indice des prix à la consommation familiale à Lomé, Base
100 en 1963
.