Côte d`Ivoire

Official Name:

Republic of Cote d'Ivoire (Cote d'Ivoire)

Area:

322.460 km ²

Population (2007):

18.013.409 inhabitants

Coastline:

515 km

Capital:

Yamoussoukro

Maritime Ports and terminals:

Abidjan, Aboisso, Dabou, San-Pedro

Maritime claims:

• Territorial sea: 12 nm
• Exclusive economic zone: 200 nm
• Continental shelf: 200 nm

Political divisions:

19 regions; Agneby, Bafing, Bas-Sassandra, Denguele, Dix-Huit Montagnes, Fromager, Haut-Sassandra, Lacs, Lagunes, Marahoue, Moyen-Cavally, Moyen-Comoe, N'zi-Comoe, Savanes, Sud-Bandama, Sud-Comoe, Vallee du Bandama, Worodougou, Zanzan

Language(s):

French (official), 60 native dialects with Dioula the most widely spoken

National holiday:

Independence Day, 7 August (1960)

Nationality:

Ivoirian(s)

Official time:

UTC 0. Note: although Yamoussoukro has been the official capital since 1983, Abidjan remains the commercial and administrative center; the US, like other countries, maintains its Embassy in Abidjan

Member of:

ACCT, ACP, AfDB, AU, ECOWAS, Entente, FAO, FZ, G-24, G-77, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICCt (signatory), ICRM, IDA, IDB, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, ILO, IMF, IMO, Interpol, IOC, IOM, IPU, ITU, ITUC, MIGA, NAM, OIC, OIF, OPCW, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNHCR, UNIDO, UNWTO, UPU, WADB (regional), WAEMU, WCL, WCO, WFTU, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO

Internet country code:

.ci

Economic Profile

Currency:

CFA Franc (XOF)

GDP - per capita (PPP):

USD1.600 (2006 est.)

GDP (official exchange rate):

(2006 est.) USD 17.190.000.000

PIB (Real growth rate:

1,2% (2006 est.)

GDP (Composition by sector): (2006 est.)

• Agriculture: 27%
• Industry: 18,5%
• Services: 54,5%

Labor force:

6.738.000 (2006 est.)

Labor force - by occupation (1999):

• Agriculture ND
• Industry: ND
• Services ND

Unemployment rate:

13% (1998 est.)

Inflation rate (Consumer prices):

3,2% (2006 est)

Investment (Gross Fixed):

11,8% del PIB (2006 est.)

Budget:

• Revenues: USD2.837.000.000
• Expenditures: USD3.154.000.000

Public debt:

69,4%of GDP (2006 est.)

Current account balance:

USD 460.000.000 (2006 est.)

Exports:

USD 7.832.000.000 FOB (2006 est.)

Exports - Commodities:

Cocoa, coffee, timber, petroleum, cotton, bananas, pineapples, palm oil, fish

Exports - Partners:

France 18,3%, US 14,1%, Netherlands 11%, Nigeria 8%, Panama 4,4% (2005)

Imports:

USD 5.548.000.000 FOB (2006 est.)

Imports - Commodities:

Fuel, capital equipment, foodstuffs

Imports - partners:

France 27,7%, Nigeria 24,5%, Singapore 6,6% (2005)

Reserves of foreign exchange and gold:

USD 1.400.000.000 (2006 est.)

Debt - external:

USD 11.960.000.000 (2006)