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Côte d'Ivoire · Economy

Côte d'Ivoire economy: GDP, investment, trade and remittances

How large the Côte d'Ivoire economy is and how fast it is growing, who invests in it, what it sells and buys, how much its citizens abroad send home, who it owes and what it holds in reserve. The latest published year is shown with each figure.

GDP
US$99.8 billion
current US$, 2025
Real GDP growth
6.5%
2025
GDP per person
US$3,050
current US$, 2025
Exports of goods
US$29.4 billion
2025
Remittances received
US$1.8 billion
2024, 2.0% of GDP
Foreign direct investment, net inflows
US$2.0 billion
2025, 2.0% of GDP

Côte d'Ivoire economy snapshot: GDP, growth and income per person

Côte d'Ivoire's GDP was US$99.8 billion in 2025, after real growth of 6.5%.

GDP

Current US dollars.

025bn50bn75bn100bn201520172019202120232025GDP 2015: US$45.8 billionGDP 2016: US$48.4 billionGDP 2017: US$52.5 billionGDP 2018: US$58.5 billionGDP 2019: US$60.4 billionGDP 2020: US$63.0 billionGDP 2021: US$72.8 billionGDP 2022: US$70.9 billionGDP 2023: US$80.8 billionGDP 2024: US$87.1 billionGDP 2025: US$99.8 billion

Real GDP growth

Annual change, per cent. Red bars are contractions.

0%2%4%6%8%201520172019202120232025Real GDP growth 2015: 7.2%Real GDP growth 2016: 7.2%Real GDP growth 2017: 7.4%Real GDP growth 2018: 4.8%Real GDP growth 2019: 6.7%Real GDP growth 2020: 0.7%Real GDP growth 2021: 7.1%Real GDP growth 2022: 6.4%Real GDP growth 2023: 6.6%Real GDP growth 2024: 6.0%Real GDP growth 2025: 6.5%

GDP per person

Current US dollars.

01k2k3k4k201520172019202120232025GDP per person 2015: US$1,815GDP per person 2016: US$1,863GDP per person 2017: US$1,964GDP per person 2018: US$2,131GDP per person 2019: US$2,142GDP per person 2020: US$2,180GDP per person 2021: US$2,456GDP per person 2022: US$2,333GDP per person 2023: US$2,592GDP per person 2024: US$2,728GDP per person 2025: US$3,050

Source: World Bank, 2025. Method

Who invests in Côte d'Ivoire and in what

Direct investment by investing country

France was the largest investing country in Côte d'Ivoire, at 20% of inward direct investment positions in 2022.

Inward direct investment positions in Côte d'Ivoire at the end of 2022: the stock of foreign direct investment, not a year's new flow. The 10 largest investing countries.

FranceUS$2.7 billion20.0%
CanadaUS$1.3 billion9.9%
Cayman IslandsUS$948 million7.0%
MoroccoUS$727 million5.4%
NetherlandsUS$709 million5.3%
MauritiusUS$679 million5.0%
AustraliaUS$592 million4.4%
SingaporeUS$542 million4.0%
BelgiumUS$532 million3.9%
ItalyUS$530 million3.9%

Source: IMF, 2022. Method

What Côte d'Ivoire sells and buys

Cocoa and cocoa products was 40% of exports in 2025.

Côte d'Ivoire sold the most to Switzerland, 14% of exports in 2025.

Exports by product, 2025

Tile area follows value. Each tile is a customs chapter of the Harmonized System; hover for the full name.

Cocoa and cocoa preparations: US$11.9 billion, 40.3%Cocoa and cocoa products40%Natural, cultured pearls: US$4.7 billion, 16.0%Pearls, precious stones a…16%Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation: US$3.7 billion, 12.6%Mineral fuels and o…13%Rubber and articles thereof: US$3.5 billion, 11.8%Rubber and artic…12%Fruit and nuts, edible: US$2.5 billion, 8.4%Edible fru…8%Essential oils and resinoids: US$360 million, 1.2%Animal, vegetable or microbial fats and oils and their cleavage products: US$299 million, 1.0%Plastics and articles thereof: US$293 million, 1.0%Cotton: US$230 million, 0.8%Miscellaneous edible preparations: US$184 million, 0.6%Ores, slag and ash: US$164 million, 0.6%Machinery and mechanical appliances, boilers, nuclear reactors: US$162 million, 0.5%All other chapters: US$1.5 billion, 5.1%All other cha…5%

Source: UN Comtrade, 2025. Method

Top buyers, 2025

Share of Côte d'Ivoire's exports.

SwitzerlandUS$4.3 billion14.5%
NetherlandsUS$3.7 billion12.6%
MaliUS$1.7 billion5.7%
VietnamUS$1.6 billion5.4%
United StatesUS$1.6 billion5.3%
FranceUS$1.5 billion5.1%
BelgiumUS$1.4 billion4.6%
GermanyUS$1.2 billion4.1%
ChinaUS$1.1 billion3.9%
SpainUS$931 million3.2%

Top suppliers, 2025

Share of Côte d'Ivoire's imports.

ChinaUS$3.8 billion19.2%
NigeriaUS$1.9 billion10.0%
FranceUS$1.2 billion6.4%
IndiaUS$1.1 billion5.5%
United StatesUS$954 million4.9%
VietnamUS$742 million3.8%
GermanyUS$482 million2.5%
EgyptUS$479 million2.4%
RussiaUS$447 million2.3%
TurkeyUS$434 million2.2%

Source: UN Comtrade, 2025. Method

What Côte d'Ivoire buys, 2025

The 8 largest product chapters in imports.

Mineral fuels and oilsUS$4.4 billion22.5%
Machinery and mechanical appliancesUS$2.0 billion10.1%
VehiclesUS$1.5 billion7.5%
CerealsUS$1.5 billion7.4%
Fish and seafoodUS$1.1 billion5.4%
Electrical machinery and equipmentUS$959 million4.9%
PlasticsUS$764 million3.9%
Pharmaceutical productsUS$599 million3.1%

Source: UN Comtrade, 2025. Method

Trade balance of goods

Exports minus imports. Red bars are years when imports were larger. A year is left out when either side is not published.

-5.0bn05.0bn10bn201520172019202120232025Trade balance 2015: US$2.2 billion (exports US$12.6 billion, imports US$10.4 billion)Trade balance 2016: US$2.2 billion (exports US$10.8 billion, imports US$8.6 billion)Trade balance 2017: US$2.8 billion (exports US$12.4 billion, imports US$9.6 billion)Trade balance 2018: US$851 million (exports US$11.8 billion, imports US$11.0 billion)Trade balance 2019: US$2.2 billion (exports US$12.7 billion, imports US$10.5 billion)Trade balance 2020: US$1.9 billion (exports US$12.5 billion, imports US$10.5 billion)Trade balance 2021: US$1.4 billion (exports US$15.4 billion, imports US$14.0 billion)Trade balance 2022: -US$1.5 billion (exports US$16.4 billion, imports US$17.9 billion)Trade balance 2023: -US$479 million (exports US$18.4 billion, imports US$18.8 billion)Trade balance 2024: US$3.3 billion (exports US$20.5 billion, imports US$17.2 billion)Trade balance 2025: US$9.8 billion (exports US$29.4 billion, imports US$19.6 billion)

Source: UN Comtrade, 2025. Method

Remittances against foreign direct investment in Côte d'Ivoire

Foreign direct investment in Côte d'Ivoire was 1.8 times remittances in 2024.

Remittances receivedForeign direct investment, net inflows
01.0bn2.0bn3.0bn4.0bn201520172019202120232025Remittances 2015: US$336 millionRemittances 2016: US$342 millionRemittances 2017: US$308 millionRemittances 2018: US$332 millionRemittances 2019: US$328 millionRemittances 2020: US$329 millionRemittances 2021: US$440 millionRemittances 2022: US$1.0 billionRemittances 2023: US$1.3 billionRemittances 2024: US$1.8 billionForeign direct investment 2015: US$494 millionForeign direct investment 2016: US$578 millionForeign direct investment 2017: US$975 millionForeign direct investment 2018: US$620 millionForeign direct investment 2019: US$849 millionForeign direct investment 2020: US$713 millionForeign direct investment 2021: US$1.4 billionForeign direct investment 2022: US$1.6 billionForeign direct investment 2023: US$2.5 billionForeign direct investment 2024: US$3.1 billionForeign direct investment 2025: US$2.0 billion

Source: World Bank, 2026. Method

Remittances and investment as a share of GDP

The same two flows measured against the size of the economy.

Remittances, share of GDPForeign direct investment, share of GDP
0%1%2%3%4%201520172019202120232025Remittances 2015: 0.7%Remittances 2016: 0.7%Remittances 2017: 0.6%Remittances 2018: 0.6%Remittances 2019: 0.5%Remittances 2020: 0.5%Remittances 2021: 0.6%Remittances 2022: 1.5%Remittances 2023: 1.6%Remittances 2024: 2.0%Foreign direct investment 2015: 1.1%Foreign direct investment 2016: 1.2%Foreign direct investment 2017: 1.9%Foreign direct investment 2018: 1.1%Foreign direct investment 2019: 1.4%Foreign direct investment 2020: 1.1%Foreign direct investment 2021: 1.9%Foreign direct investment 2022: 2.3%Foreign direct investment 2023: 3.1%Foreign direct investment 2024: 3.6%Foreign direct investment 2025: 2.0%

Source: World Bank, 2026. Method

Who Côte d'Ivoire owes

External debt stock by type of creditor. Creditor types cover public and publicly guaranteed debt; the grey part is the rest of the total external debt stock. A creditor type with no published figure is not shown.

Bondholders held 26% of Côte d'Ivoire's external debt stock in 2024.

Public external debt owed to China was US$4.1 billion in 2024, 10% of the external debt stock.

MultilateralBilateralBondsCommercial banksRest of the totalPublic debt owed to China
020bn40bn60bn20152017201920212023Multilateral 2015: US$893 millionBilateral 2015: US$3.5 billionBonds 2015: US$4.1 billionRest of the total 2015: US$2.9 billionMultilateral 2016: US$1.0 billionBilateral 2016: US$3.1 billionBonds 2016: US$4.2 billionRest of the total 2016: US$3.1 billionMultilateral 2017: US$1.6 billionBilateral 2017: US$3.4 billionBonds 2017: US$5.4 billionCommercial banks 2017: US$6.0 millionRest of the total 2017: US$3.0 billionMultilateral 2018: US$2.0 billionBilateral 2018: US$3.2 billionBonds 2018: US$7.2 billionCommercial banks 2018: US$779 millionRest of the total 2018: US$3.0 billionMultilateral 2019: US$2.6 billionBilateral 2019: US$3.4 billionBonds 2019: US$7.6 billionCommercial banks 2019: US$2.2 billionRest of the total 2019: US$4.1 billionMultilateral 2020: US$4.0 billionBilateral 2020: US$4.0 billionBonds 2020: US$8.5 billionCommercial banks 2020: US$3.5 billionRest of the total 2020: US$5.1 billionMultilateral 2021: US$4.8 billionBilateral 2021: US$5.3 billionBonds 2021: US$9.0 billionCommercial banks 2021: US$4.1 billionRest of the total 2021: US$6.6 billionMultilateral 2022: US$5.9 billionBilateral 2022: US$5.7 billionBonds 2022: US$8.6 billionCommercial banks 2022: US$6.0 billionRest of the total 2022: US$5.5 billionMultilateral 2023: US$7.5 billionBilateral 2023: US$6.1 billionBonds 2023: US$8.7 billionCommercial banks 2023: US$6.6 billionRest of the total 2023: US$7.4 billionMultilateral 2024: US$8.2 billionBilateral 2024: US$5.8 billionBonds 2024: US$10.6 billionCommercial banks 2024: US$6.6 billionRest of the total 2024: US$9.3 billionPublic debt owed to China 2015: US$796 millionPublic debt owed to China 2016: US$1.2 billionPublic debt owed to China 2017: US$1.7 billionPublic debt owed to China 2018: US$2.0 billionPublic debt owed to China 2019: US$2.5 billionPublic debt owed to China 2020: US$3.1 billionPublic debt owed to China 2021: US$3.4 billionPublic debt owed to China 2022: US$3.9 billionPublic debt owed to China 2023: US$4.2 billionPublic debt owed to China 2024: US$4.1 billion

Source: World Bank, 2026. Method

Reserves and months of import cover

Total reserves including gold, and how many months of imports they cover.

No reserves figures for Côte d'Ivoire are not published by the World Bank, so none are shown.

Source: World Bank, 2026. Method

Aid received by Côte d'Ivoire

Net official development assistance and official aid received.

01.0bn2.0bn3.0bn20152017201920212023Aid received 2015: US$652 millionAid received 2016: US$616 millionAid received 2017: US$829 millionAid received 2018: US$960 millionAid received 2019: US$1.2 billionAid received 2020: US$1.6 billionAid received 2021: US$1.6 billionAid received 2022: US$2.0 billionAid received 2023: US$2.4 billion

Source: World Bank, 2026. Method

More on Côte d'Ivoire

World Bank data pages for Côte d'Ivoire: GDP, GDP growth, GDP per person, remittances, foreign direct investment, reserves, months of imports, external debt, debt by creditor, aid. UN Comtrade: trade data. IMF: direct investment positions.