Ivory Coast

Official Name: The Republic of the Ivory Coast
Sovereign Status: Sovereign Country
Government Type: Presidential Republic
Official Name (Local Language): Republique de Cote d'Ivoire
ISO Country Codes: CI : CIV
Internet Domain: .ci
Government Web Site: http://www.gouv.ci/
Capital: Yamoussoukro Main Airports: Félix-Houphouët-Boigny International Airport, Yamoussoukro Airport
Language(s): French Population: 28,088,455
Currency: CFA Franc BCEAO ISO Currency Code: XOF
Telephone Dial In: +225 ID Prefix: 00



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Government Website: http://www.gouv.ci/
Sovereign Ratings: https://countryeconomy.com/ratings/ivory-coast
Central Bank: Banque Centrale des Etats de l'Afrique de l'Ouest
Currency USD Exchange Rate: 594.3 Communaute Financiere Africaine francs (XOF) per US dollar (2017 est.)
Unemployment Rate: 9.4% (2013 est.)
Population below poverty line: 46.3% (2015 est.)
Inflation Rate: -1.1% (2019 est.)
Prime Lending Rate: 5.10% (2017 - World Bank)
GDP: $42.498 billion (2018 est.)
GDP Pro Capita (PPP): $5,213 (2019 est.)
Currency Name: CFA Franc BCEAO
Currency Code: XOF
World Bank Classification: Lower Middle Income

GDP Composition:

Agriculture: 17.6% coffee, cocoa beans, bananas, palm kernels, corn, rice, cassava (manioc, tapioca), sweet potatoes, sugar, cotton, rubber; timber
Industry: 19.5% foodstuffs, beverages; wood products, oil refining, gold mining, truck and bus assembly, textiles, fertilizer, building materials, electricity
Services: 62.8%

Source: Central Intelligence Agency Factbook




Financial Exchanges:
Stock & Securities Exchange: Bourse Régionale des Valeurs Mobiliéres S.A ;

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Business Language(s): French
Customs & Excise: Commerce Exterieur
Development Bank(s): African Development Bank; West African Development Bank; Islamic Development Bank;
National Standards Bureau: Côte d'Ivoire Normalisation
Competitive Ind’l Performance: 118/141 (2019) Corruption Perceptions Index: 104/180 (2020)
Ease of Doing Business: 110/190 (2019) Enabling Trade Index: 105/136 (2016)
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