←The globe
CIV · Western Africa · Africa
🇨🇮
Ivory Coast
Republic of Côte d'Ivoire
Quick facts
- Capital
- Yamoussoukro
- Population
- 24 m
- Area
- 322,463 km²
- Region
- Western Africa
- Languages
- French
- Currency
- West African CFA franc (Fr)
- Demonym
- Ivorian
- UN member
- Yes
How Ivory Coast compares
Economy size$87 B
75th of 178 worldwide · 2nd of 16 in Western Africa
Income per person$2,728
125th of 178 worldwide · 2nd of 16 in Western Africa
Life expectancy62.1 yrs
166th of 179 worldwide · 9th of 16 in Western Africa
Internet access41.4%
141st of 179 worldwide · 6th of 16 in Western Africa
Military spending$658 M
92nd of 163 worldwide · 4th of 16 in Western Africa
Highlights
GDP
$87 B
World Bank2024
Gross Domestic Product — the total market value of all goods and services produced in a year, at current prices.
GDP per capita
$2,728
World Bank2024
GDP divided by population — a rough measure of average economic output per person.
Life expectancy
62.1 yrs
World Bank2024
Years a newborn would live if current mortality patterns held throughout its life.
R&D spending
0.1%
Gross expenditure on research & development as a share of GDP.
Researchers (per million)
64
Full-time-equivalent researchers per million people.
Resource rents
4.7%
World Bank2021
Total natural-resource rents (oil, gas, mineral, forest) as a share of GDP.
The history journey
From the Dyula trading empire of Kong and the Baoulé migration under Queen Abla Pokou to French conquest, the cocoa-fuelled 'Ivorian miracle' under Houphouët-Boigny, and the civil wars that tested the nation.
Pilot a cinematic, sourced journey through its eras — moment by moment.