Ivory Coast

Republic of Côte d'Ivoire

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Background: Various small kingdoms ruled the area of Cote d'Ivoire between the 15th and 19th centuries, when European explorers arrived and then began to expand their presence. In 1844, France established a protectorate. During this period, many of these kingdoms and tribes fought to maintain their cultural identities -- some well into the 20th century. For example, the Sanwi kingdom -- originally founded in the 17th century -- tried to break away from Cote d’Ivoire and establish an independent state in 1969. Cote d’Ivoire achieved independence from France in 1960 but has maintained close ties. Foreign investment and the export and production of cocoa drove economic growth that led Cote d’Ivoire to become one of the most prosperous states in West Africa. Then in 1999, a military coup overthrew the government, and a year later, junta leader Robert GUEI held rigged elections and declared himself the winner. Popular protests forced him to step aside, and Laurent GBAGBO was elected. Ivoirian dissidents and members of the military launched a failed coup in 2002 that developed into a civil war. In 2003, a cease-fire resulted in rebels holding the north, the government holding the south, and peacekeeping forces occupying a buffer zone in the middle. In 2007, President GBAGBO and former rebel leader Guillaume SORO signed an agreement in which SORO joined GBAGBO's government as prime minister. The two agreed to reunite the country by dismantling the buffer zone, integrating rebel forces into the national armed forces, and holding elections. In 2010, Alassane Dramane OUATTARA won the presidential election, but GBAGBO refused to hand over power, resulting in five months of violent conflict. Armed OUATTARA supporters and UN and French troops eventually forced GBAGBO to step down in 2011. OUATTARA won a second term in 2015 and a controversial third term in 2020 -- despite the two-term limit in the Ivoirian constitution -- in an election boycotted by the opposition. Through political compromise with OUATTARA, the opposition participated peacefully in 2021 legislative elections and won a substantial minority of seats. Also in 2021, the International Criminal Court in The Hague ruled on a final acquittal for GBAGBO, who was on trial for crimes against humanity, paving the way for GBAGBO’s return to Abidjan the same year. GBAGBO has publicly met with OUATTARA since his return as a demonstration of political reconciliation.

Location: Western Africa, bordering the North Atlantic Ocean, between Ghana and Liberia
Geographic coordinates: 8 00 N, 5 00 W
Map references: Africa
Area: total: 322,463 sq km
land: 318,003 sq km
water: 4,460 sq km
Area - comparative: slightly larger than New Mexico
Land boundaries: total: 3,458 km
border countries: Burkina Faso 545 km; Ghana 720 km; Guinea 816 km; Liberia 778 km; Mali 599 km
Coastline: 515 km
Maritime claims: territorial sea: 12 nm
exclusive economic zone: 200 nm
continental shelf: 200 nm
Climate: tropical along coast, semiarid in far north; three seasons - warm and dry (November to March), hot and dry (March to May), hot and wet (June to October)
Terrain: mostly flat to undulating plains; mountains in northwest
Elevation: highest point: Monts Nimba 1,752 m
lowest point: Gulf of Guinea 0 m
mean elevation: 250 m
Natural resources: petroleum, natural gas, diamonds, manganese, iron ore, cobalt, bauxite, copper, gold, nickel, tantalum, silica sand, clay, cocoa beans, coffee, palm oil, hydropower
Land use: agricultural land: 86.5% (2023 est.)
agricultural land: arable land: arable land: 15.1% (2023 est.)
agricultural land: permanent crops: permanent crops: 29.9% (2023 est.)
agricultural land: permanent pasture: permanent pasture: 41.5% (2023 est.)
forest: 12.4% (2023 est.)
other: 1.1% (2023 est.)
Irrigated land: 730 sq km (2012)
Major lakes (area sq km): salt water lake(s): Lagune Aby - 780 sq km
Major watersheds (area sq km): Atlantic Ocean drainage: Niger (2,261,741 sq km), Volta (410,991 sq km)
Population distribution: the population is primarily located in the forested south, with the highest concentration of people residing in and around the cities on the Atlantic coast; most of the northern savanna remains sparsely populated, with higher concentrations located along transportation corridors, as shown in this population distribution map
Natural hazards: coast has heavy surf and no natural harbors; during the rainy season torrential flooding is possible
Geography - note: most of the inhabitants live along the sandy coastal region; apart from the capital area, the forested interior is sparsely populated

Population: total: 31,855,971 (2025 est.)
male: 15,992,906
female: 15,863,065
Nationality: noun: Ivoirian(s)
adjective: Ivoirian
Ethnic groups: Akan 38%, Voltaique or Gur 22%, Northern Mande 22%, Kru 9.1%, Southern Mande 8.6%, other 0.3% (2021 est.)
Languages: Languages: French (official), 60 native dialects of which Dioula is the most widely spoken
major-language sample(s): The World Factbook, une source indispensable d'informations de base. (French)The World Factbook, the indispensable source for basic information.
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.)
Age structure: 0-14 years: 36.1% (male 5,437,108/female 5,390,782)
15-64 years: 60.9% (male 9,200,957/female 9,060,748)
65 years and over: 3% (2024 est.) (male 401,967/female 490,196)
Dependency ratios: total dependency ratio: 72.2 (2025 est.)
youth dependency ratio: 67.5 (2025 est.)
elderly dependency ratio: 4.7 (2025 est.)
potential support ratio: 21.2 (2025 est.)
Median age: total: 20 years (2025 est.)
male: 21.2 years
female: 21.2 years
Population growth rate: 2.33% (2025 est.)
Birth rate: 29.87 births/1,000 population (2025 est.)
Death rate: 6.93 deaths/1,000 population (2025 est.)
Net migration rate: 0.39 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2025 est.)
Population distribution: the population is primarily located in the forested south, with the highest concentration of people residing in and around the cities on the Atlantic coast; most of the northern savanna remains sparsely populated, with higher concentrations located along transportation corridors, as shown in this population distribution map
Urbanization: urban population: 53.1% of total population (2023)
rate of urbanization: 3.38% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.)
Major urban areas - population: 231,000 YAMOUSSOUKRO (capital) (2018), 5.686 million ABIDJAN (seat of government) (2023)
Sex ratio: at birth: 1.03 male(s)/female
0-14 years: 1.01 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 1.02 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.82 male(s)/female
total population: 1.01 male(s)/female (2024 est.)
Mother's mean age at first birth: 19.6 years (2011/12 est.)
Maternal mortality ratio: 359 deaths/100,000 live births (2023 est.)
Infant mortality rate: total: 52.3 deaths/1,000 live births (2025 est.)
male: 59.5 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 45.2 deaths/1,000 live births
Life expectancy at birth: total population: 63.2 years (2024 est.)
male: 60.9 years
female: 65.4 years
Total fertility rate: 3.85 children born/woman (2025 est.)
Gross reproduction rate: 1.9 (2025 est.)
Drinking water source: improved: urban: urban: 86.2% of population (2022 est.)
improved: rural: rural: 58% of population (2022 est.)
improved: total: total: 72.9% of population (2022 est.)
unimproved: urban: urban: 13.8% of population (2022 est.)
unimproved: rural: rural: 42% of population (2022 est.)
unimproved: total: total: 27.1% of population (2022 est.)
Health expenditure: Health expenditure (as % of GDP): 3.1% of GDP (2021)
Health expenditure (as % of national budget): 6.2% of national budget (2022 est.)
Physician density: 0.17 physicians/1,000 population (2023)
Sanitation facility access: improved: urban: urban: 84.6% of population (2022 est.)
improved: rural: rural: 41.5% of population (2022 est.)
improved: total: total: 64.2% of population (2022 est.)
unimproved: urban: urban: 15.4% of population (2022 est.)
unimproved: rural: rural: 58.5% of population (2022 est.)
unimproved: total: total: 35.8% of population (2022 est.)
Obesity - adult prevalence rate: 10.3% (2016)
Alcohol consumption per capita: total: 1.7 liters of pure alcohol (2019 est.)
beer: 1.13 liters of pure alcohol (2019 est.)
wine: 0.33 liters of pure alcohol (2019 est.)
spirits: 0.2 liters of pure alcohol (2019 est.)
other alcohols: 0.04 liters of pure alcohol (2019 est.)
Tobacco use: total: 7.8% (2025 est.)
male: 14.9% (2025 est.)
female: 0.6% (2025 est.)
Children under the age of 5 years underweight: 13.6% (2021 est.)
Currently married women (ages 15-49): 62.7% (2021 est.)
Child marriage: women married by age 15: 7.4% (2021)
women married by age 18: 25.8% (2021)
men married by age 18: 1.9% (2021)
Education expenditure: Education expenditure (% GDP): 3.4% of GDP (2023 est.)
Education expenditure (% national budget): 17.6% national budget (2024 est.)
Literacy: total population: 50% (2021 est.)
male: 60.2% (2021 est.)
female: 40.3% (2021 est.)
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education): total: 11 years (2023 est.)
male: 11 years (2023 est.)
female: 11 years (2023 est.)

Environmental issues: deforestation; water pollution from sewage and from industrial, mining, and agricultural effluents
International environmental agreements: party to: Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Climate Change-Paris Agreement, Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban, Desertification, Endangered Species, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Marine Dumping-London Convention, Nuclear Test Ban, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Tropical Timber 2006, Wetlands, Whaling
signed, but not ratified: none of the selected agreements
Climate: tropical along coast, semiarid in far north; three seasons - warm and dry (November to March), hot and dry (March to May), hot and wet (June to October)
Land use: agricultural land: 86.5% (2023 est.)
agricultural land: arable land: arable land: 15.1% (2023 est.)
agricultural land: permanent crops: permanent crops: 29.9% (2023 est.)
agricultural land: permanent pasture: permanent pasture: 41.5% (2023 est.)
forest: 12.4% (2023 est.)
other: 1.1% (2023 est.)
Urbanization: urban population: 53.1% of total population (2023)
rate of urbanization: 3.38% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.)
Carbon dioxide emissions: total emissions: 16.28 million metric tonnes of CO2 (2023 est.)
from petroleum and other liquids: 11.641 million metric tonnes of CO2 (2023 est.)
from consumed natural gas: 4.639 million metric tonnes of CO2 (2023 est.)
Particulate matter emissions: 36 micrograms per cubic meter (2019 est.)
Methane emissions: energy: 187.7 kt (2022-2024 est.)
agriculture: 192 kt (2019-2021 est.)
waste: 199.9 kt (2019-2021 est.)
other: 28.9 kt (2019-2021 est.)
Waste and recycling: municipal solid waste generated annually: 4.441 million tons (2024 est.)
percent of municipal solid waste recycled: 13.3% (2022 est.)
Total water withdrawal: municipal: 320 million cubic meters (2022 est.)
industrial: 242 million cubic meters (2022 est.)
agricultural: 600 million cubic meters (2022 est.)
Total renewable water resources: 84.14 billion cubic meters (2022 est.)

Country name: conventional long form: Republic of Côte d'Ivoire
conventional short form: Côte d'Ivoire
local long form: République de Côte d'Ivoire
local short form: Cote d'Ivoire
former: Ivory Coast
etymology: name, which means "Ivory Coast" in French, reflects the ivory trade in the region from the 15th to 17th centuries; the French version of the name has been used internationally since 1986, at the country's request
Government type: presidential republic
Capital: name: Yamoussoukro (legislative capital), Abidjan (administrative and economic capital); note - the US Embassy is in Abidjan
geographic coordinates: 6 49 N, 5 16 W
time difference: UTC 0 (5 hours ahead of Washington, DC, during Standard Time)
etymology: formerly a village named N'Gokro, Yamoussoukro is named after Queen YAMOUSSOU, who ruled during the early 20th century; Abidjan's name may have come from a misunderstanding when a French explorer asked a group of women the name of the village -- thinking it was a question about what they were doing, they replied "t'chan m’bi djan," which in the Ebrie language means "I return from cutting leaves," so the explorer recorded the name of the locale as Abidjan
Administrative divisions: 12 districts and 2 autonomous districts*; Abidjan*, Bas-Sassandra, Comoe, Denguele, Goh-Djiboua, Lacs, Lagunes, Montagnes, Sassandra-Marahoue, Savanes, Vallée du Bandama, Woroba, Yamoussoukro*, Zanzan
Legal system: civil law system based on the French civil code; Constitutional Chamber of the Supreme Court reviews legislation
Constitution: history: previous 1960, 2000; latest draft completed 24 September 2016, approved by the National Assembly 11 October 2016, approved by referendum 30 October 2016, promulgated 8 November 2016
amendment process: proposed by the president of the republic or by Parliament; consideration of drafts or proposals requires an absolute majority vote by the parliamentary membership; passage of amendments affecting presidential elections, presidential term of office and vacancies, and amendment procedures requires approval by absolute majority in a referendum; passage of other proposals by the president requires at least four-fifths majority vote by Parliament; constitutional articles on the sovereignty of the state and its republican and secular form of government cannot be amended
International law organization participation: accepts compulsory ICJ jurisdiction with reservations; accepts ICCt jurisdiction
Citizenship: citizenship by birth: no
citizenship by descent only: at least one parent must be a citizen of Cote d'Ivoire
dual citizenship recognized: no
residency requirement for naturalization: 5 years
Suffrage: 18 years of age; universal
Executive branch: chief of state: President Alassane Dramane OUATTARA (since 25 October 2025)
head of government: Prime Minister Robert BREUGRE MAMBE (since 17 October 2023)
cabinet: Council of Ministers appointed by the president
election/appointment process: president directly elected by absolute-majority popular vote in 2 rounds, if needed, for a single renewable 5-year term; vice president elected on same ballot as president; prime minister appointed by the president
most recent election date: October 2030
election results: 2025: Alassane OUATTARA reelected president; percent of vote - Alassane OUATTARA (RDR) 91.2%, Jean Louis BILLON (DC) 3.1%, Simone Gbagbo (MCG) 2.4%, Ahoua Don MELLO (Ind.) 2.0%, other 1.3% 2020: Alassane OUATTARA reelected president; percent of vote - Alassane OUATTARA (RDR) 94.3%, Kouadio Konan BERTIN (PDCI-RDA) 2.0%, other 3.7%
expected date of next election: October 2030
Legislative branch: legislature name: Parliament (Parlement)
legislative structure: bicameral
Legislative branch - lower chamber: chamber name: National Assembly (Assemblée nationale)
number of seats: 255 (all directly elected)
electoral system: plurality/majority
scope of elections: full renewal
term in office: 5 years
most recent election date: 3/6/2021 to 6/12/2021
parties elected and seats per party: Rally of Houphouetists for Democracy and Peace (RHDP) (139); Democratic Party of Côte d'Ivoire-African Democratic Rally (PDCI-RDA)-Together for Democracy and Sovereignty (EDS) (49); Democratic Party of Côte d'Ivoire-African Democratic Rally (PDCI-RDA) (23); Independents (26); Other (18)
percentage of women in chamber: 13.4%
expected date of next election: December 2025
Legislative branch - upper chamber: chamber name: Senate (Sénat)
number of seats: 99 (66 indirectly elected; 33 appointed)
scope of elections: full renewal
term in office: 5 years
most recent election date: 9/16/2023
percentage of women in chamber: 24.5%
expected date of next election: September 2028
Judicial branch: highest court(s): Supreme Court or Cour Supreme (organized into Judicial, Audit, Constitutional, and Administrative Chambers; consists of the court president, 3 vice presidents for the Judicial, Audit, and Administrative chambers, and 9 associate justices or magistrates)
judge selection and term of office: judges nominated by the Superior Council of the Magistrature, a 7-member body consisting of the national president (chairman), 3 "bench" judges, and 3 public prosecutors; judges appointed for life
subordinate courts: Courts of Appeal (organized into civil, criminal, and social chambers); first instance courts; peace courts
Political parties: African Peoples' Party-Cote d'Ivoire or PPA-CI Democratic Party of Cote d'Ivoire or PDCI Ivorian Popular Front or FPI Liberty and Democracy for the Republic or LIDER Movement of the Future Forces or MFA Pan-African Congress for People's Justice and Equality or COJEP Rally of Houphouetists for Democracy and Peace or RHDP Rally of the Republicans or RDRTogether for Democracy and Sovereignty or EDS Together to Build (UDPCI, FPI,and allies) Union for Cote d'Ivoire or UPCI Union for Democracy and Peace in Cote d'Ivoire or UDPCI
Diplomatic representation in the US: chief of mission: Ambassador Ibrahima TOURE (since 13 January 2022)
chancery: 2424 Massachusetts Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20008
telephone: [1] (202) 797-0300
FAX: [1] (202) 204-3967
email address and website: info@ambacidc.orgAmbassade de Cote D’ivoire aux USA (ambaciusa.org)
Diplomatic representation from the US: chief of mission: Ambassador Jessica Davis BA (since 2 March 2023)
embassy: B.P. 730 Abidjan Cidex 03
mailing address: 2010 Abidjan Place, Washington DC 20521-2010
telephone: [225] 27-22-49-40-00
FAX: [225] 27-22-49-43-23
email address and website: AbjAmCit@state.govhttps://ci.usembassy.gov/
International organization participation: ACP, AfDB, AU, ECOWAS, EITI (compliant country), Entente, FAO, FZ, G-24, G-77, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICC, ICCt, ICRM, IDA, IDB, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, ILO, IMF, IMO, Interpol, IOC, IOM, IPU, ISO, ITSO, ITU, ITUC (NGOs), MIGA, MINUSCA, MONUSCO, NAM, OIC, OIF, OPCW, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNHCR, UNHRC, UNIDO, UNMISS, Union Latina, UNWTO, UPU, WADB (regional), WAEMU, WCO, WFTU (NGOs), WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO
Independence: 7 August 1960 (from France)
National holiday: Independence Day, 7 August (1960)
Flag: description: three equal vertical bands of orange (left side), white, and greenmeaning: orange stands for the savannah and fertility, white for peace and unity, green for the forests of the south and the hope for a bright future; design based on France's flag
National symbol(s): elephant
National color(s): orange, white, green
National anthem(s): title: "L'Abidjanaise" (Song of Abidjan)
lyrics/music: Mathieu EKRA, Joachim BONY, and Pierre Marie COTY/Pierre Marie COTY and Pierre Michel PANGO
history: adopted 1960; named after the former capital city of Abidjan
National heritage: total World Heritage Sites: 5 (2 cultural, 3 natural)
selected World Heritage Site locales: Comoé National Park (n); Historic Grand-Bassam (c); Mount Nimba Strict Nature Reserve (n); Sudanese-style Mosques (c); Taï National Park (n)

Economic overview: one of West Africa’s most influential, stable, and rapidly developing economies; poverty declines in urban but increases in rural areas; strong construction sector and increasingly diverse economic portfolio; increasing but manageable public debt; large labor force in agriculture
Real GDP (purchasing power parity): Real GDP (purchasing power parity) 2024: $215.018 billion (2024 est.)
Real GDP (purchasing power parity) 2023: $202.943 billion (2023 est.)
Real GDP (purchasing power parity) 2022: $190.645 billion (2022 est.)
Real GDP growth rate: Real GDP growth rate 2024: 6% (2024 est.)
Real GDP growth rate 2023: 6.5% (2023 est.)
Real GDP growth rate 2022: 6.4% (2022 est.)
Real GDP per capita: Real GDP per capita 2024: $6,700 (2024 est.)
Real GDP per capita 2023: $6,500 (2023 est.)
Real GDP per capita 2022: $6,300 (2022 est.)
GDP (official exchange rate): $86.538 billion (2024 est.)
Inflation rate (consumer prices): Inflation rate (consumer prices) 2024: 3.5% (2024 est.)
Inflation rate (consumer prices) 2023: 4.4% (2023 est.)
Inflation rate (consumer prices) 2022: 5.3% (2022 est.)
GDP - composition, by sector of origin: agriculture: 17.9% (2024 est.)
industry: 22.1% (2024 est.)
services: 53.9% (2024 est.)
GDP - composition, by end use: household consumption: 66% (2024 est.)
government consumption: 9% (2024 est.)
investment in fixed capital: 24.5% (2024 est.)
investment in inventories: 0% (2024 est.)
exports of goods and services: 27.6% (2024 est.)
imports of goods and services: -27.1% (2024 est.)
Agricultural products: yams, cassava, oil palm fruit, cocoa beans, sugarcane, plantains, rice, rubber, maize, cashews (2023)
Industries: foodstuffs, beverages; wood products, oil refining, gold mining, truck and bus assembly, textiles, fertilizer, building materials, electricity
Industrial production growth rate: 2.8% (2024 est.)
Labor force: 12.595 million (2024 est.)
Unemployment rate: Unemployment rate 2024: 2.3% (2024 est.)
Unemployment rate 2023: 2.3% (2023 est.)
Unemployment rate 2022: 2.4% (2022 est.)
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24): total: 3.9% (2024 est.)
male: 3.5% (2024 est.)
female: 4.4% (2024 est.)
Population below poverty line: 37.5% (2021 est.)
Gini Index coefficient - distribution of family income: Gini Index coefficient - distribution of family income 2021: 35.3 (2021 est.)
Average household expenditures: on food: 37.7% of household expenditures (2023 est.)
on alcohol and tobacco: 3.2% of household expenditures (2023 est.)
Household income or consumption by percentage share: lowest 10%: 3.1% (2021 est.)
highest 10%: 27.8% (2021 est.)
Remittances: Remittances 2023: 1.3% of GDP (2023 est.)
Remittances 2022: 1.5% of GDP (2022 est.)
Remittances 2021: 0.6% of GDP (2021 est.)
Budget: revenues: $12.351 billion (2023 est.)
expenditures: $16.03 billion (2023 est.)
Public debt: Public debt 2016: 47% of GDP (2016 est.)
Taxes and other revenues: 13.2% (of GDP) (2023 est.)
Current account balance: Current account balance 2022: -$5.394 billion (2022 est.)
Current account balance 2021: -$2.874 billion (2021 est.)
Current account balance 2020: -$1.974 billion (2020 est.)
Exports: Exports 2022: $17.211 billion (2022 est.)
Exports 2021: $16.23 billion (2021 est.)
Exports 2020: $13.232 billion (2020 est.)
Exports - partners: Switzerland 17%, Netherlands 9%, Mali 7%, USA 5%, Malaysia 4% (2023)
Exports - commodities: gold, cocoa beans, rubber, refined petroleum, coconuts/brazil nuts/cashews (2023)
Imports: Imports 2022: $19.948 billion (2022 est.)
Imports 2021: $16.191 billion (2021 est.)
Imports 2020: $12.66 billion (2020 est.)
Imports - partners: China 16%, Nigeria 12%, France 6%, India 5%, USA 4% (2023)
Imports - commodities: crude petroleum, ships, refined petroleum, fish, rice (2023)
Debt - external: Debt - external 2023: $26.576 billion (2023 est.)
Exchange rates: Currency: Communaute Financiere Africaine francs (XOF) per US dollar -
Exchange rates 2024: 606.345 (2024 est.)
Exchange rates 2023: 606.57 (2023 est.)
Exchange rates 2022: 623.76 (2022 est.)
Exchange rates 2021: 554.531 (2021 est.)
Exchange rates 2020: 575.586 (2020 est.)

Electricity access: electrification - total population: 70.4% (2022 est.)
electrification - urban areas: 95%
electrification - rural areas: 45.3%
Electricity: installed generating capacity: 2.315 million kW (2023 est.)
consumption: 8.746 billion kWh (2023 est.)
exports: 971 million kWh (2023 est.)
imports: 222.79 million kWh (2023 est.)
transmission/distribution losses: 1.638 billion kWh (2023 est.)
Electricity generation sources: fossil fuels: 68.9% of total installed capacity (2023 est.)
solar: 0.2% of total installed capacity (2023 est.)
hydroelectricity: 30.1% of total installed capacity (2023 est.)
biomass and waste: 0.8% of total installed capacity (2023 est.)
Petroleum: total petroleum production: 29,000 bbl/day (2023 est.)
refined petroleum consumption: 87,000 bbl/day (2023 est.)
crude oil estimated reserves: 100 million barrels (2021 est.)
Natural gas: production: 2.474 billion cubic meters (2023 est.)
consumption: 2.474 billion cubic meters (2023 est.)
proven reserves: 28.317 billion cubic meters (2021 est.)
Energy consumption per capita: Total energy consumption per capita 2023: 8.489 million Btu/person (2023 est.)

Telephones - fixed lines: total subscriptions: 245,000 (2024 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: (2024 est.) less than 1
Telephones - mobile cellular: total subscriptions: 58.7 million (2024 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 184 (2024 est.)
Broadcast media: state-controlled Radiodiffusion Télévision Ivoirienne (RTI) is made up of 2 radio stations (Radio Cote d'Ivoire and Fréquence2) and 2 TV stations (RTI1 and RTI2) with nationwide coverage, broadcasting mainly in French; 178 proximity radio stations, 16 religious radio stations, 5 commercial radio stations, and 5 international radio stations; government now runs radio station UNOCIFM, previously owned by the UN Operation in Cote d'Ivoire; in 2016, 4 media companies were granted licenses: Live TV, Optimum Media Cote d'Ivoire, the Audiovisual Company of Cote d'Ivoire (Sedaci), and Sorano-CI (2019)
Internet country code: .ci
Internet users: percent of population: 41% (2023 est.)
Broadband - fixed subscriptions: total: 425,000 (2023 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 1 (2023 est.)

Civil aircraft registration country code prefix: TU
Airports: 29 (2025)
Heliports: 1 (2025)
Railways: total: 660 km (2008)
narrow gauge: 660 km (2008) 1.000-m gauge
Merchant marine: total: 25 (2023)
by type: oil tanker 2, other 23
Ports: total ports: 5 (2024)
large: 1
medium: 0
small: 0
very small: 4
ports with oil terminals: 5
key ports: Abidjan, Baobab Marine Terminal, Espoir Marine Terminal, Port Bouet, San Pedro

Military and security forces: Armed Forces of Cote d'Ivoire (Forces Armees de Cote d'Ivoire, FACI; aka Republican Forces of Ivory Coast, FRCI): Army, National Navy, Air Force, Special Forces; National Gendarmerie Ministry of Security and Civil Protection: National Police (2025)
Military expenditures: Military Expenditures 2024: 0.8% of GDP (2024 est.)
Military Expenditures 2023: 0.9% of GDP (2023 est.)
Military Expenditures 2022: 0.9% of GDP (2022 est.)
Military Expenditures 2021: 1.1% of GDP (2021 est.)
Military Expenditures 2020: 1.1% of GDP (2020 est.)
Military and security service personnel strengths: approximately 25-30,000 active FACI, including Gendarmerie personnel (2025)
Military equipment inventories and acquisitions: the inventory of the FACI consists mostly of older or secondhand armaments, typically of French or Soviet-era origin; in recent years, it has received small quantities of newer and secondhand equipment from a variety of suppliers, including Bulgaria, China, France, Israel, South Africa, and the US (2025)
Military service age and obligation: 18-26 (up to 35 for healthcare professionals) years of age for voluntary military service for men and women; conscription is authorized but reportedly not enforced (2025)
Military deployments: 180 Central African Republic (MINUSCA) (2025)
Military - note: the military (FACI) is responsible for external defense but also has a considerable internal role supporting the National Gendarmerie and other internal security forces; key areas of focus for the FACI are the country's porous international borders and the threat posed by Islamic militants associated with the al-Qa’ida in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) terrorist group operating across the border in Burkina Faso and Mali; AQIM militants conducted attacks in the country in 2016 and 2020; Côte d’Ivoire since 2016 has stepped up border security and completed building a joint counter-terrorism training center with France near Abidjan in 2020; Cote d'Ivoire has long maintained a close security relationship with France the FACI has mutinied several times since the late 1990s, most recently in 2017, and has had a large role in the country’s political turmoil; it was established in 1960 from home defense units the French colonial government began standing up in 1950 (2025)

Space agency/agencies: National Office for Technical Studies and Development (Bureau d'Études Techniques et de Développement or BNETD); Côte d’Ivoire Geographic and Digital Information Center (CIGN) (2025)
Space program overview: has a small, nascent program focused on satellite technology and geospatial information systems, as well as exploitation for resource management, environmental challenges, agricultural sector support, and national security; member of the African Space Agency and cooperates bilaterally with member states such as Tanzania (2025)
Key space-program milestones: 2023 - hosted an Africa-wide space industry conference; announced plans to acquire and launch first small remote sensing satellite (Yam-Sat- CI 01) 2024 - began joint project with Tanzania to build a technology-demonstrator cube satellite (TanSat-1)

Terrorist group(s): al-Qa'ida in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM); Jama’at Nusrat al Islam wal Muslimeen (JNIM)

Refugees and internally displaced persons: refugees: 69,176 (2024 est.)
stateless persons: 930,978 (2024 est.)