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Ivory Coast

8.0N 5.0W · 28 EVENTS · 9 DOMAINS
INDEPENDENCE FROM FRANCE · 7 AUGUST 1960
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1993 – present · Ivoirité, civil war, and recovery
6 EVENTS
1990s · The politics of 'Ivoirité' 3 REFS
19 September 2002 · Civil war divides the country 3 REFS
1960 – 1993 · The Ivorian miracle and the long Houphouët-Boigny era
6 EVENTS
1960s–1970s · The 'Ivorian miracle' 3 REFS
7 December 1993 · Death of Houphouët-Boigny 3 REFS
1893 – 1960 · Colony, forced labour, and the road to independence
5 EVENTS
1944 · Houphouët-Boigny founds the African Agricultural Union 3 REFS
1946 · Forced labour abolished 3 REFS
1483 – 1898 · The ivory coast, the French, and the conquest
4 EVENTS
1483 · Earliest recorded French voyage to the coast 2 REFS
29 September 1898 · Capture of Samori Touré ends northern resistance 3 REFS
c. 1690 – 1840 · The Akan migrations: Baoulé and Agni kingdoms
3 EVENTS
c. 1690 · Akan states form on the eastern frontier 2 REFS
c. 1750 · The Baoulé migrate under Queen Abla Pokou 3 REFS
c. 1300 – 1750 · The northern savannas, the Dyula, and the Empire of Kong
4 EVENTS
11th–14th centuries · The savannas join the trans-Saharan trade 3 REFS
14th century onward · Dyula merchants found northern trading towns 3 REFS
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Quick facts · atlas reference
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
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Economy

GDP
$100 B’25 WB-WDI
GDP per capita
$3,050’25 WB-WDI
GDP growth
6.5%’25 WB-WDI
Inflation
0.1%’25 WB-WDI
Trade openness
54.6%’25 WB-WDI

Society

Population
33 m’25 WB-WDI
Life expectancy
62.1 yrs’24 WB-WDI
Urban population
54.5%’25 WB-WDI
Fertility rate
4.2’24 WB-WDI
Literacy rate
50.0%’21 WB-WDI

Governance

Voice & accountability
46.1’24 WB-WGI
Political stability
51.5’24 WB-WGI
Government effectiveness
45.2’24 WB-WGI
Regulatory quality
52.2’24 WB-WGI
Rule of law
47.0’24 WB-WGI
Control of corruption
42.1’24 WB-WGI

Health

Health spending
3.4%’23 WB-WHO
Physicians
0.17’23 WB-WHO
Under-5 mortality
64.5’24 WB-UNICEF-WHO
Measles immunisation
75.0%’24 WB-UNICEF-WHO
Safe drinking water
36.4%’24 WB-WHO

Education

Adult literacy
50.0%’21 WB-UNESCO
Education spending
3.6%’24 WB-UNESCO
Primary enrolment
93.3%’24 WB-UNESCO
Secondary enrolment
65.3%’24 WB-UNESCO
Tertiary enrolment
12.3%’24 WB-UNESCO

Technology

R&D spending
0.1%’16 WB-UNESCO
Researchers (per million)
64’05 WB-UNESCO
Internet users
41.4%’24 WB-ITU
Mobile subscriptions
184’24 WB-ITU
High-tech exports
5.3%’24 WB-WDI

Geography

Land area
318,000 km²’23 WB-WDI
Forest area
7.9%’23 WB-WDI
Agricultural land
86.5%’23 WB-WDI
CO₂ per capita (t)
0.6’24 WB-WDI
Renewable energy
58.2%’21 WB-WDI

Resources

Resource rents
4.7%’21 WB-WDI
Oil rents
0.7%’21 WB-WDI
Mineral rents
2.5%’21 WB-WDI
Forest rents
1.2%’21 WB-WDI
Electricity access
72.9%’24 WB-WDI

Military

Military burden
0.8%’24 WB-SIPRI
Defense spending
$658 M’24 WB-SIPRI
Armed forces
27,000’20 WB-SIPRI

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