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Côte d'Ivoire

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 Location: West Africa
Bordering countries: Burkina Faso, Ghana, Guinea, Liberia and Mali
Area: 322,463 sq. km
Population statistics (based on United Nations sources):
  • Total: 14,526,000 (1999)
  • Growth rate: 2.33
  • Ratio of males per 100 females: 104.3
  • Age structure (1995 figures)
    • Percentage aged 0-4 : 16.2
    • Percentage aged 5-14 : 28.6
    • Percentage aged 15-24 : 19.8
    • Percentage aged 25-60 : 28.0
    • Percentage aged 60-over : 7.4
  • Population density: 42 per sq. km

Literacy rate: 44.5% (1998)
GNP in US$ billions: 10.2 (1998)
GNP per capita in US$: 700 (1998)
Human Development Index value: 0.420 (199087)
Human Development Index rank: 154 of 174 countries
Gender-related Development Index value: 0.401 (1998)
Gender-related Development Index rank: 129 of 174 countries

 

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Côte d'Ivoire is the most stable and prosperous countries in Africa. It gained its independence from France in 1960. Côte d'Ivoire is among the world's largest producers and exporters of coffee, cocoa beans and palm oil. Consequently, the economy is highly sensitive to fluctuations in international prices for these products and to weather conditions.

In 1996, cocoa and coffee accounted together for 60% of the area under cultivation and earned 44% of the export revenue. Agriculture, fishery and forestry account for 30% of GDP and 80% of the total work force. After several years of lagging performance, the economy recovered during the 1990s after a major economic reform supported by the IMF and the World Bank, and the devaluation of the CFA. Impressive growth rates of 6.8% and 7.0% were recorded for 1995 and 1996, respectively. Though the devaluation boosted exports, the country's trade balance remains highly influenced by the world price of coffee and cocoa.

In 1999, the number of connected telephone lines was approximately 219,300, giving a telephone density of 1.51 lines per hundred people.

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