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Cote d’Ivoire

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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)
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
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

Inflation & Debt

Inflation 2015: 1.2%
2016: 0.7%
2017*: 0.7%
2018*: 0.4%
2019*: 1%

*Estimate
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)
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)
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

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
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
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

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