Madagascar or Togo
Two countries side by side across the same rows as the full comparison. A dash means the value is missing: fields are not filled with guesses. about the data
| Madagascar | Togo | |
|---|---|---|
| Salary in IT | — | — |
| Citizenship | 5 years | — |
| Partner can work | no | yes |
| Parents | — | — |
| Pets | no trouble | no trouble |
| Pet limit | no limit | no limit |
| Quarantine | no | — |
| Residence permit fee | — | — |
| Rent, 2 bedrooms | $ 419 · estimate | $ 283 · estimate |
| Basket | $ 22,5 | $ 30,6 |
| Life expectancy | 63.84 | 62.94 |
| Homicides/100k | — | — |
| Natural hazards, 0–10 | 5.6 | 2.4 |
How the two sets of routes differ
Long-stay routes in this reference: Madagascar — 21, Togo — 12. Types present in both: work, study and family. Madagascar adds: investment, talent, repatriation and retirement.
Fees, thresholds and deadlines
Madagascar: the fee is 39 EUR wherever it is published. Routes with a published decision deadline: 19; the shortest is 5 days. Togo: fees range from 5,000 to 800,000 XOF. Routes with a published decision deadline: 12; the shortest is 5 days.
Beyond the first permit
Citizenship: Madagascar after 5 years; the other country publishes no term. A spouse’s right to work: Togo — yes, Madagascar — no.
Madagascar in brief
Madagascar is an island nation off the southeast coast of Africa with two official languages, French and Malagasy. Long-term stay is arranged through the Ministère de l'Intérieur (long-stay visa and resident card) under categories such as "investor", "employee", "family reunification", "retiree", "student" and others; employees require a separate work permit from the labour ministry. Nationality under the Nationality Code (Ordonnance No. 60-064 of 1960, as amended) does not permit dual nationality and calls for 5 years of residence for ordinary naturalisation. The country remains one of the poorest in the world according to official 2018 census statistics and is subject to seasonal tropical cyclones (November–April) and endemic malaria; at the same time, its unique endemic flora and fauna (baobabs, lemurs) form the basis of inbound tourism, and importing pets is not complicated by quarantine.
Togo in brief
Togo is a country with weak institutions and moderate natural risks: political stability −0.81, government effectiveness −0.80, control of corruption −0.66 and rule of law −0.63 on the World Bank scale from −2.5 to +2.5. Life expectancy is 62.94 years, health spending 59.6 dollars per person a year, basic water access reaches 64.8 per cent of the population, and mean PM2.5 stands at 34.33 micrograms per cubic metre. Road deaths run at 22.7 per 100,000. Natural risk is 2.4 out of 10 on INFORM overall, with flooding at 3.0. The immigration framework, by contrast, is transparent and published in full by the authority itself: law No. 2022-005 and its implementing decree sit in the “Lois & Règlements” section of the Directorate General of National Documentation, and the law appears as an issue of the Official Gazette. The residence card becomes compulsory after six months and, by the law's own definition, itself confers the right to paid or unpaid employment: the country has no separate work permit as a document. The spouses and descendants of a card holder live on the same conditions as the holder. A visa decision comes within five days at most, a residence card in 30–45 days. What to watch for: penalties for missing deadlines are published and high by local standards — a million CFA francs for staying more than six months in a year without applying for a card, half a million for working without a card or an entry authorisation. Neither the law nor the decree names any condition for the five-year privileged card, so the period to permanent status is empty in the data.
Other comparisons
Madagascar or… Nigeria · Rwanda · Tunisia · Algeria · Tanzania · Kenya · South Africa · Angola
Togo or… Gabon · Sierra Leone · Uganda · Zambia · Eswatini · Lesotho · Mozambique · Republic of the Congo
More on each: Madagascar · Togo. Build your own comparison — up to four countries
This material is for reference and is not legal, tax or immigration advice. Visa rules, tax thresholds and prices change. Before deciding anything, check the official sources and consult a licensed professional in the relevant country.