Key figures

Available statistics:
Capital
Yamoussoukro
Official language
French
Population (2016 est.)
23,740,424
Population growth (2016 est.), %
1.88
Median age (2016 est.), years
20.7
Urbanization rate (2010 - 2015), % p.a.
3.69
Urban population (2015), % of total
54.2
Rural population (2015), % of total
46
Population density (2015), per km2
71
HDI (2015)
171 of 188
National Currency
West African CFA franc (CFA/XOF)
Exchange rate (March 2017), EUR
655.957
GDP (2015), USD million current
31,759.25
GDP growth (2016), %
8.2
GDP annual growth rate forecast (2020), %
7.67
GNI per capita (2015), PPP current int’l USD
3,260
Inflation (Feb. 2017), % y-o-y
1.5
Inflation Rate Forecast (2020), %
1.5
Foreign Direct Investment, net inflows (2015), BOP current USD millions
430
Net official development assistance (2014), current USD millions
922.5
Budget deficit (2016), % of GDP
3.8
Ease of Doing Business (2017), rank of 190
142
TI Corruption Index (2016), rank of 176
108