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Ivory Coast
Ivory Coast, also known as Côte d'Ivoire and officially as the Republic of Côte d'Ivoire, is a country on the southern coast of West Africa. Its capital city of Yamoussoukro is located in the centre of the country, while its largest city and economic centre is the port city of Abidjan.
Summary from Wikipédia (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Data refreshed on 2026.10.08 · source: Wikidata
The Institute's composite reading
Vigilance
4.3 /10 risk
- Security 0.0
- Legitimacy 4.9
- Economy 8.0
- Diplomacy 5.0
- Influence 0.7
Security: 0 stable → 10 unstable · others: 0 weak → 10 strong. Computed from V-Dem, FH, CPI, RSF, World Bank, SIPRI, sanctions.
Listings linked to the country by nationality or address: United States 7 (list of 2026.10.02), EU 1 (list of 2026.09.22).
- Capital
- Yamoussoukro
- Population
- 31,719,275 inh.
- Area
- 322,463 km²
- Currency
- XOF
- Regime
- republic
Executive in office
Head of State
Alassane Ouattara
Head of Government
Robert Beugré Mambé
Government in office 4 members
ministre de l'Éducation
Koffi N'Guessan
ministre de l'Environnement et de la Transition écologique
Abou Bamba
ministre de l'Intégration africaine
Adama Dosso
ministre du Commerce, de l'Industrie et de la Promotion des PME
Ibrahim Khalil Konaté
Parliament
Assemblée nationale
255 seats
Inception 1960
Sénat
99 seats
Inception 2017
Economic indicators World Bank · 2025
GDP
100 G$
GDP / capita
3,050 $
Growth
6.5 %
Inflation
0.1 %
Unemployment
2.3 %
Defense / GDP
0.8 %
Life expectancy
62.1 yrs
Military bases Institute · Wikipedia
active rotational or scaled down uncertain closed or handed over
Register kept by the Institute, updated 2026.10.08; coordinates and links read from Wikipedia.
Foreign bases on national soil
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1
Closed or handed over43rd Marine Infantry Battalion
France · Port-Bouët, Abidjan
Camp handed over to Côte d'Ivoire on 20 February 2025; a few dozen instructors remain.
Governance indices V-Dem 2025 · Freedom House 2026 · CPI 2025 · RSF 2026
Democracy (V-Dem)
0.39/1
Freedoms (Freedom House)
46/100
Corruption (CPI)
43/100
Press freedom (RSF)
66/100
Military posture SIPRI · 2025
Global spending rank
#87
Annual budget
0.7 Md$
Defense effort
0.8 %PIB
Strategic minerals USGS · production / réserves mondiales
- #1 Cacao (mondial) 39 % 2024
Trade dependencies OEC · UN Comtrade · 2023
Exports
16 Md$
Imports
14 Md$
Balance
2 Md$
Top exports
- 39.0% Cacao + dérivés 6 Md$
- 6.0% Or 1 Md$
- 5.0% Pétrole raffiné 1 Md$
Top imports
- 13.0% Pétrole raffiné + brut 2 Md$
Diplomatic alignment UNGA 2020-2024 · Bailey-Strezhnev-Voeten
Vote concordance with each power at UN General Assembly.
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USA
33%
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GBR
35%
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FRA
41%
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DEU
41%
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RUS
56%
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CHN
64%
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IND
65%
Abstention: 25%
Political calendar Institute · Wikipedia · 2026-10-08
Last election
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2025-12-27
Rally of Houphouëtists for Democracy and Peace 196 seats, Democratic Party of Ivory Coast – African Democratic Rally 32, Independents 24 (of 255) · turnout 35.1%
Result read from Wikipedia on 2026.10.08 (CC BY-SA)
- 2025-10-25
Society · human UNDP HDI 2023 · World Bank · WID · UNHCR 2025
HDI
0.582/1
Gini
35.3
Refugees hosted
74,630
Refugees originating
32,506
National anthem
L'Abidjanaise
Alliances and organisations Institut · Wikidata
- UN
- WTO
- Francophonie (OIF)
- OIC
- African Union
- ECOWAS
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Global attention Wikipedia · 90 days
The country's Wikipedia article is usually read 3,289 times a day (French and English). On 2026.10.07: 3,006, or ×0.9.
French + English French usual level 2026.07.10 · 2026.10.07 Wikimedia statistics (CC0), human users
Sources and freshness
- Executive, government, parliament, anthem · Wikidata (CC0) · 2026-10-08
- Economy · World Bank (CC BY 4.0) · 2025
- Indices and figures · V-Dem 2026 (OWID) · Freedom House 2026 (OWID) · Transparency International CPI 2025 · RSF 2026 · PNUD IDH 2025 (OWID) · Banque mondiale Gini 2021 · UNHCR 2025 · SIPRI 2026 (OWID) · read on 2026-10-08
- Memberships · Wikidata (CC0) · 2026-10-08
- Political calendar · Institute and Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0) · 2026-10-08
- Sanctions · US Treasury (OFAC), SDN and non-SDN lists · list of 2026-10-02 · read on 2026-10-08
- Sanctions · United Kingdom, UK Sanctions List (FCDO) · list of 2026-10-07 · read on 2026-10-08
- Sanctions · European Union, consolidated financial sanctions list · list of 2026-09-22 · read on 2026-10-08
- Institute dossier (sanctions, treaties, visits, capabilities) · as of 2026-05-01
- Summary · Wikipédia (CC BY-SA 4.0)