Ivory Coast
Country in Africa
CountryScope
In brief
Population: 32.7M (2025). World rank 50 of 216; in Africa, 16 of 54. Area: 322,463 km². World rank 71 of 249; in Africa, 28 of 59. Life expectancy: 62.1 years (2024). World rank 203 of 216 (1 = best); in Africa, 41 of 54. From 2015 to 2025: population 25.2M → 32.7M, GDP $45.8B → $99.8B, and GDP per person $1,815 → $3,050.
State
- Official name
- Republic of Côte d'Ivoire
- Local name
- Côte d'Ivoire
- Capital
- Yamoussoukro
- Region
- Africa
- Form of government
- Presidential republic
- UN member
- Yes
- Head of state
- Alassane Ouattara
- Head of government
- Robert Beugré Mambé
- Independence
- August 7, 1960
- Women in parliament
- 13.4% 2025
Key figures
- Population
- 32,711,547 2025
- Area
- 322,463 km²
- GDP
- $99.8B 2025
- GDP per person
- $3,050 2025
- Life expectancy
- 62.1 years 2024
Practical information
- Languages
- French
- Currency
- West African CFA Franc (XOF)
- Time zones
- UTC
- Calling code
- +225
- Emergency numbers
- 110, 111, 170, 180, 185
- Driving side
- Right
- Plug types
- C, E
- Mains voltage
- 230 V
Territory
- Sea access
- Has a coastline
- Coastline, km
- 515
- Neighbours
- Burkina Faso, Ghana, Guinea, Liberia, Mali
- Agricultural land
- 83.9% 2024
Elevation
- Highest point
- Mount Richard-Molard, 1,752 m
- Lowest point
- Gulf of Guinea, 0 m
- Mean elevation, m
- 250
Climate
- Average temperature in the capital, °C
- 27
- Warmest month in the capital
- February, 29°C
- Coldest month in the capital
- July, 25°C
- Precipitation, mm per year
- 1,348 2022
Population and migration
- Population density
- 101.4 per km² 2025
- Population growth per year
- +2.4% 2025
- Living in cities
- 54.6% 2025
- Net migration per year
- +11.3K 2025
- Born in another country
- 9% 2024
Age and life expectancy
- Aged 0–14
- 40.5% 2025
- Aged 15–64
- 56.9% 2025
- Aged 65 and over
- 2.7% 2025
- Life expectancy, women
- 64.3 years 2024
- Life expectancy, men
- 60.2 years 2024
Births and deaths
- Children per woman
- 4.2 2024
- Births per 1,000 people
- 31.6 2024
- Deaths per 1,000 people
- 7.6 2024
Society
- Religions
- Muslim 42.9%, no religion 19.1%, Catholic 17.2%, Protestant 13.5%, and folk religions 3.6% (2014)
Quality of governance (100 = best)
- Rule of law, score 0–100
- 50 2025
- Control of corruption, score 0–100
- 42.5 2025
- Government effectiveness, score 0–100
- 47.1 2025
- Regulatory quality, score 0–100
- 52.6 2025
- Voice and accountability, score 0–100
- 47.8 2025
Size and growth
- GDP per person at purchasing power parity
- $8,209 2025
- GDP growth per year
- +6.5% 2025
Income and prices
- Income level (World Bank)
- Lower-middle income
- Gross national income per person
- $2,780 2025
- Inflation
- +0.1% 2025
- Price level, USA = 100
- 37 2025
Structure and jobs
- Agriculture, share of GDP
- 16.8% 2025
- Industry, share of GDP
- 23.9% 2025
- Services, share of GDP
- 51.2% 2025
- Unemployment
- 2.3% 2025
- Youth unemployment, ages 15–24
- 4% 2025
- Women in work or seeking work
- 59.5% 2025
Trade and finance
- Exports, share of GDP
- 29.8% 2025
- Imports, share of GDP
- 24.8% 2025
- Current account balance, share of GDP
- -4.5% 2024
- Foreign direct investment, share of GDP
- +2% 2025
- Remittances received, share of GDP
- 2% 2024
- Tax revenue, share of GDP
- 13% 2023
Poverty and inequality
- Gini index (0 = full equality)
- 35.3 2021
- Living on under $3 a day
- 20.8% 2021
Education
- Adult literacy
- 50% 2021
- Primary school enrolment
- 93.3% 2024
- Secondary school enrolment
- 65.3% 2024
- Higher education enrolment
- 12.3% 2024
- Public spending on education, share of GDP
- 3.6% 2024
Healthcare
- Health spending, share of GDP
- 3.4% 2023
- Health spending per person
- $88 2023
- Out-of-pocket health spending, share of total
- 32% 2023
- Doctors per 1,000 people
- 0.2 2023
- Nurses and midwives per 1,000 people
- 0.8 2023
- Hospital beds per 1,000 people
- 0.4 2006
- Children vaccinated against measles
- 75% 2024
Public health
- Infant deaths per 1,000 births
- 44.8 2024
- Deaths under age 5 per 1,000 births
- 64.5 2024
- Maternal deaths per 100,000 births
- 359 2023
- HIV prevalence, ages 15–49
- 1.7% 2024
- Diabetes prevalence, ages 20–79
- 5% 2024
- Overweight adults
- 34.5% 2022
- Adults who use tobacco
- 7.3% 2024
Living conditions
- Access to safe drinking water
- 77.3% 2024
- Access to basic sanitation
- 40.4% 2024
- Access to clean cooking fuels
- 48% 2024
Safety
- Road deaths per 100,000 people
- 24.1 2019
- Suicides per 100,000 people
- 7.4 2021
- Political stability and absence of violence, score 0–100
- 53.1 2025
- Natural hazards
- floods
Air and emissions
- Air pollution PM2.5, µg/m³
- 20.4 2023
- CO₂ emissions, tonnes per person
- 0.6 2024
- All greenhouse gases, tonnes CO₂e per person
- 1.2 2024
Nature and water
- Forest cover
- 12.1% 2024
- Protected areas
- 14.9% 2025
- Renewable fresh water, m³ per person
- 2,528 2022
- Water stress, share of fresh water withdrawn
- 5.1% 2022
Internet and communications
- Using the internet
- 41.4% 2024
- Mobile subscriptions per 100 people
- 184 2024
- Home broadband per 100 people
- 1.6 2024
- Internet domain
- .ci
Energy
- Access to electricity
- 72.9% 2024
- Electricity use, kWh per person
- 366 2024
- Renewable share of energy use
- 58.2% 2021
- Electricity from renewables
- 22.8% 2021
- Electricity from fossil fuels
- 73.7% 2024
Transport
- Air passengers per year
- 716,233 2023
- Airports
- 29 2025
- Railways, km
- 660 2008
Science and innovation
- Research spending, share of GDP
- 0.1% 2016
- Researchers per million people
- 64 2005
- Scientific articles per year
- 392 2023
- Patent applications by residents
- 26 2012
- High-tech share of manufactured exports
- 5.3% 2024