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Basic Information
Government Type: Presidential republic
Capital City: Yamoussoukro (legislative capital), Abidjan (administrative capital); note – although Yamoussoukro has been the official capital since 1983, Abidjan remains the administrative capital as well as the officially designated economic capital; the US, like oth
GDP & Economic Information
Macroeconomy & Sovereign Data
Central Bank | Central Bank of West African States (BCEAO) |
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Currency | Communaute Financiere Africaine francs (XOF) |
International Reserves | N/A |
Gross Domestic Product – GDP | USD 43.0 billion (2018, estimate) |
GDP (Purchasing Power Parity) | Intl$ 107.0 billion (2018, estimate) |
GDP Data
Real GDP growth |
2007: 1.8% 2008: 2.5% 2009: 3.3% 2010: 2% 2011: -4.9% 2012: 10.9% 2013: 9.3% 2014: 8.8% 2015: 8.8% 2016*: 8% 2017*: 7.7% 2018*: 7.4% *Estimate |
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GDP per capita – current prices | USD 1,680.4 (2018, estimate) |
GDP per capita – PPP | Intl$ 4,177.6 (2018, estimate) |
GDP (PPP) – share of world total | 0.08% (2019, estimate) |
GDP – composition by sector |
agriculture: 19.8% industry: 25.2% services: 32.6% (2018 estimate) |
Gross domestic expenditure on R&D; (% of GDP) | N/A |
Inflation |
2015: 1.2% 2016: 0.7% 2017*: 0.7% 2018*: 0.4% 2019*: 1% *Estimate |
Cote d'Ivoire
Inflation & Debt
Inflation |
2015: 1.2% 2016: 0.7% 2017*: 0.7% 2018*: 0.4% 2019*: 1% *Estimate |
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Government Bond Ratings |
Standard & Poor’s: N/A Moody’s: Ba3 Standard & Poor’s / Moody’s |
Unemployment rate | N/A |
Household saving rates | N/A |
Public debt (General government gross debt as a % of GDP) |
2015: 47.3% 2016: 48.4% 2017: 49.8% 2018*: 53.2% 2019*: 52.7% *Estimate |
Public deficit (General government net lending/borrowing as a % of GDP) |
2015: -2.8% 2016: -4% 2017: -4.5% 2018*: -4% 2019*: -3% *Estimate |
Market value of publicly traded shares | N/A |
Largest Companies | N/A |
Import/Export
Exports as percent of GDP (Exports of goods and services) | 29.8% (2018) |
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Shares in world total merchandising export | 0.06% (2018) |
Shares in world total commercial services export | 0.02% (2018) |
Total exports |
USD 13.3 billion (2018 estimate) |
Export commodities |
Cocoa, coffee, timber, petroleum, cotton, bananas, pineapples, palm oil, fish |
Total imports | USD 12.4 billion (2018 estimate) |
Import commodities | Fuel, capital equipment, foodstuffs |
Exports – major partners | Netherlands 11.8%, US 7.9%, France 6.4%, Belgium 6.4%, Germany 5.8%, Burkina Faso 4.5%, India 4.4%, Mali 4.2% (2017) |
Imports – major partners | Nigeria 15%, France 13.4%, China 11.3%, US 4.3% (2017) |
Competitiveness & Trade
Current account balance | USD -2.0 billion (2018 estimate) |
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Current account balance by percentage of GDP | -4.7 % (2018 estimate) |
FDI inflows |
2016: USD 577 million 2017: USD 973 million 2018: USD 913 million |
FDI Outflows |
2016: USD 29 million 2017: USD 674 million 2018: USD 318 million |
Value of cross-border M&A, by country of purchaser |
N/A United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) – World Investment Report |
Cross-border M&A deals worth over $3 billion completed in 2014 | N/A |
Cross-border M&A deals worth over $3 billion completed in 2015 | N/A |
Best countries for doing business |
Economies are ranked on their ease of doing business. A high ease of doing business ranking means the regulatory environment is more conducive to the starting and operation of a local firm. Overall ranking: 110 out of 190 countries Subcategories: Starting a Business: 29 out of 190 countries Dealing with Construction Permits: 152 out of 190 countries Getting Electricity: 141 out of 190 countries Registering Property: 112 out of 190 countries Getting Credit: 48 out of 190 countries Protecting Minority Investors: 120 out of 190 countries Paying Taxes: 114 out of 190 countries Trading across Borders: 163 out of 190 countries Enforcing Contracts: 94 out of 190 countries Resolving Insolvency: 85 out of 190 countries World Bank – Doing Business 2019 |
Global competitiveness ranking | 118 out of 141 countries (2019) |
Index of Economic Freedom |
Ranking: 78 / Score: 62.4 (Moderately free) (2019) (100=totally free 0=totally repressed) |
Population & Geographic Data
Time Zone |
UTC 0 |
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Total Area | 322,463 sq km |
Total Population |
1990: 11.25 million 2000: 16.13 million 2010: 20.86 million 2015*: 23.71 million 2020*: 26.96 million *Estimate |
Urban population as % of total population |
1960: 17.7% 1980: 36.8% 2000: 43.2% 2018: 50.8% |
Population median age | 19.9 years |
Population growth rate | 2.3% (2018 estimate) |
Life expectancy | 60.1 years (2018 estimate) |
% of population living on less than $3.10 a day | 57.4% (last available estimate, 2015) |
Inequality of wealth distribution (Gini index) | 41.5 (last available estimate, 2015) |
Freedom House rating |
Partly Free Political Rights: 4 Civil Liberties: 4 (2019) (1 represents the most free, 7 the least free rating) |
Total telephone subscribers as % of population |
Fixed: 1.2% Mobile: 134.9% (2018) (fixed-telephone subscribers and mobile-cellular subscribers) |
Internet users as % of total population | 46.82 % (2018) |
Language & Religon
Languages | French (official), 60 native dialects of which Dioula is the most widely spoken |
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Literacy |
Total population: 43.1% Male: 53.1% Female: 32.5% Definition: age 15 and over can read and write (2015 est.) |
Religions | Muslim 42.9%, Catholic 17.2%, Evangelical 11.8%, Methodist 1.7%, other Christian 3.2%, animist 3.6%, other religion 0.5%, none 19.1% (2014 est.)Note: the majority of foreign migrant workers are Muslim (72%) and Christian (18%) (2014 est.) |
World Rankings
Population | 26.96 M |
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Mercer Cost of living index | Abidjan: 30st (2019) |
C02 Emissions per capita | 0.49 metric tons per capita (2014) |
Global Finance Rankings & Awards: Cote d'Ivoire
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Data Sources:
IMF World Economic Outlook
UN World Population Prospects
World Inequality Report
S&P Global Ratings
Moody’s
Fitch Ratings
IMF Direction of Trade Statistics (DOTS)
UN Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD)
CIA The World Factbook
World Bank’s World Integrated Trade Solution
Forbes Global 2000