COTE DIVOIRE MACRO-ECONOMIC DATA

1. INCOME DISTRIBUTION
AND MACRO-ECONOMIC
DATA
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4. Abidjan - Plateau

5. INTRODUCTION
∞Bordered to the north by Mali and Burkina Faso, on the east by Ghana to the west by
Guinea and Liberia, Ivory Coast, is a west African country with an area of 323,000
km², that get is independence in 1960. Ivory coast is composed of four major ethnic
groups (Akan, Malinké, Gour, Krou), and nearly sixty ethnic groups.
∞French is the official language. Côte d'Ivoire has adopted a liberal economic policy
based on private initiative . Its economy is supported by a dynamic agricultural
sector, based mainly on the binomial coffee and cocoa (on average 40% of GDP).
(2012)
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6. ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE ∞ The country is ranked 168th in 2012
with a Human Development Index
(HDI) of 0.432 against 0.400 in 2011
and 0.397 in 2010.
∞ According to the International
Monetary Fund (IMF), the country's
economic growth rate was about 9.8%
compared to 2011 (4.7%) and 2010
(2.4%).
∞ Started in 2012, the new momentum
of Ivory Coast was confirmed in 2014
with a growth rate estimated at 8.3%.
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7. Republic square in Abidjan

8. Source: The Global Competitiveness Report 2014–
2015
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9. The Global Competitiveness Report 2014–2015
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10. PERFORMANCE OF
ECONOMIC SECTORS
Cocoa: 1st producer and exporter, with
annual production of 1.2 million tons.
However only 350,000 tons are
processed locally.
Coffee: 6th world producer with 190 000
tons in 2004
Palm oil: 300,000 tons of crude palm
oil per year.
 It brings together all the activities that
produce unprocessed raw materials.
The sector is about 27% of GDP and
employs two thirds of the workforce.
Agriculture, livestock, fisheries and
forest generate 66% of export
earnings.
Main export crops are Cocoa and
coffee (which together account for
40% of export earnings), palm oil,
latex, cotton, sugar, fresh fruits
(pineapple, banana).
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11. Latex: 7 th largest producer with 110,000 tons of latex
per year.
Sugar cane : An annual production of 135 000 tons.
Fresh fruits :Produces 215,000 tons of pineapples, 225
000 tonnes of bananas. Mangoes (10,000 tons / year
year exported).
PERFORMANCE OF ECONOMIC
SECTORS
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12. Secondary Sector
 The secondary sector represents 26% of
GDP. Gold production reached 18 tons in
2014, after 15 tons in 2013, against only
seven tons in 2009.
 The mining sector employs 6640 people. It
generated a turnover of about $ 580 million
(USD) in 2014.
 The offshore oil basin covers 53,000 km2.
The deposits have an annual deliverability of
3.4 million tons. Gas production reached 27
billion BTU (British Thermal Unit).
PERFORMANCE OF
ECONOMIC SECTORS
It includes activities related to
the processing of raw materials
from the primary sector
(manufacturing, construction)
La basilique de Yamoussoukro

13. Represents about 47% of GDP in
2013. This results in particular
related to the improvement in air
transport (+21.4%)
PERFORMANCE OF
ECONOMIC SECTORS
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Tertiary Sector

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 In 2014, the government doubled the
threshold of the guaranteed minimum
wage (now set at 60 000 XOF about 100 $
).
 Public employees earn henceforth
250,000 XOF about 417 $

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