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Communications

Broadcast media [time series]

2 state-owned TV stations; no private terrestrial TV stations, but satellite TV subscription service is available; 2 state-owned radio stations; some private radio stations; transmissions of several international broadcasters are available (2007)

Internet country code [time series]

.ci

Internet users (Internet hosts) [time series]

9,115 (2012) country comparison to the world: 137

Internet users [time series]

967,300 (2009) country comparison to the world: 103

Telecommunication systems (Telephone system) [time series]

general assessment: well developed by African standards; telecommunications sector privatized in late 1990s and operational fixed-lines have increased since that time with two fixed-line providers operating over open-wire lines, microwave radio relay, and fiber-optics; 90% digitalized domestic: with multiple mobile-cellular service providers competing in the market, usage has increased sharply to roughly 80 per 100 persons international: country code - 225; landing point for the SAT-3/WASC fiber-optic submarine cable that provides connectivity to Europe and Asia; satellite earth stations - 2 Intelsat (1 Atlantic Ocean and 1 Indian Ocean) (2011)

Telephones - fixed lines (Telephones - main lines in use) [time series]

268,200 (2011) country comparison to the world: 124

Telephones - mobile cellular [time series]

17.344 million (2011) country comparison to the world: 51

Economy

Agricultural products (Agriculture - products) [time series]

coffee, cocoa beans, bananas, palm kernels, corn, rice, cassava (manioc), sweet potatoes, sugar, cotton, rubber; timber

Budget [time series]

revenues: $4.391 billion expenditures: $6.129 billion (2012 est.)

Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-) [time series]

-7.2% of GDP (2012 est.) country comparison to the world: 184

Central bank discount rate [time series]

4.25% (31 December 2010 est.) country comparison to the world: 86 4.25% (31 December 2009 est.)

Commercial bank prime lending rate [time series]

4.3% (31 December 2012 est.) country comparison to the world: 165 4.3% (31 December 2011 est.)

Current account balance [time series]

-$1.08 billion (2012 est.) country comparison to the world: 115 -$257.3 million (2011 est.)

Debt - external [time series]

$4.742 billion (31 December 2012 est.) country comparison to the world: 122 $8.539 billion (31 December 2011 est.)

Gini Index coefficient - distribution of family income (Distribution of family income - Gini index) [time series]

41.5 (2008) country comparison to the world: 52 36.7 (1995)

Economic overview (Economy - overview) [time series]

Cote d'Ivoire is heavily dependent on agriculture and related activities, which engage roughly 68% of the population. Cote d'Ivoire is the world's largest producer and exporter of cocoa beans and a significant producer and exporter of coffee and palm oil. Consequently, the economy is highly sensitive to fluctuations in international prices for these products, and, to a lesser extent, in climatic conditions. Cocoa, oil, and coffee are the country's top export revenue earners, but the country is also producing gold. Since the end of the civil war in 2003, political turmoil has continued to damage the economy, resulting in the loss of foreign investment and slow economic growth. In late 2011, Cote D'Ivoire's economy began to recover from a severe downturn of the first quarter of the year that was caused by widespread post-election fighting. In June 2012 the IMF and the World Bank announced $4.4 billion in debt relief for Cote d'Ivoire under the Highly Indebted Poor Countries Initiative. Cote d'Ivoire's long term challenges include political instability and degrading infrastructure.

Exchange rates [time series]

Communaute Financiere Africaine francs (XOF) per US dollar - 513.1 (2012 est.) 471.87 (2011 est.) 495.28 (2010 est.) 472.19 (2009) 447.81 (2008)

Exports [time series]

$10.99 billion (2012 est.) country comparison to the world: 90 $11.4 billion (2011 est.)

Exports - commodities [time series]

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

Exports - partners [time series]

Netherlands 11.3%, US 11.2%, Germany 7.2%, Nigeria 5.9%, Canada 5.8%, France 5.8%, South Africa 5.3% (2011)

Fiscal year [time series]

calendar year

GDP (official exchange rate) [time series]

$24.27 billion (2012 est.)

Real GDP (purchasing power parity) (GDP (purchasing power parity)) [time series]

$39.64 billion (2012 est.) country comparison to the world: 104 $36.65 billion (2011 est.) $38.47 billion (2010 est.) note: data are in 2012 US dollars

GDP - composition, by sector of origin (GDP - composition by sector) [time series]

agriculture: 28.8% industry: 21.8% services: 49.4% (2012 est.)

Real GDP per capita (GDP - per capita (PPP)) [time series]

$1,700 (2012 est.) country comparison to the world: 199 $1,600 (2011 est.) $1,700 (2010 est.) note: data are in 2012 US dollars

Real GDP growth rate (GDP - real growth rate) [time series]

8.1% (2012 est.) country comparison to the world: 14 -4.7% (2011 est.) 2.4% (2010 est.)

Household income or consumption by percentage share [time series]

lowest 10%: 2.2% highest 10%: 31.8% (2008)

Imports [time series]

$8.406 billion (2012 est.) country comparison to the world: 106 $7.911 billion (2011 est.)

Imports - commodities [time series]

fuel, capital equipment, foodstuffs

Imports - partners [time series]

Nigeria 35.1%, France 10%, China 5.6%, Colombia 4.8% (2011)

Industrial production growth rate [time series]

4.5% (2010 est.) country comparison to the world: 74

Inflation rate (consumer prices) [time series]

1.4% (2012 est.) country comparison to the world: 20 5.1% (2011 est.)

Investment (gross fixed) [time series]

12.1% of GDP (2012 est.) country comparison to the world: 145

Labor force [time series]

8.97 million (2012 est.) country comparison to the world: 54

Labor force - by occupation [time series]

agriculture: 68% industry and services: (2007 est.) (2007 est.)

Market value of publicly traded shares [time series]

$6.288 billion (31 December 2011) country comparison to the world: 76 $7.099 billion (31 December 2010) $6.141 billion (31 December 2009)

Population below poverty line [time series]

42% (2006 est.)

Public debt [time series]

60.8% of GDP (2012 est.) country comparison to the world: 46 65% of GDP (2011 est.)

Reserves of foreign exchange and gold [time series]

$4.515 billion (31 December 2012 est.) country comparison to the world: 95 $4.316 billion (31 December 2011 est.)

Stock of broad money [time series]

$11.01 billion (31 December 2012 est.) country comparison to the world: 104 $9.065 billion (31 December 2011 est.)

Stock of direct foreign investment - abroad [time series]

$NA

Stock of direct foreign investment - at home [time series]

$NA

Stock of domestic credit [time series]

$6.773 billion (31 December 2012 est.) country comparison to the world: 111 $5.671 billion (31 December 2011 est.)

Stock of narrow money [time series]

$7.239 billion (31 December 2012 est.) country comparison to the world: 88 $6.198 billion (31 December 2011 est.)

Taxes and other revenues [time series]

18.1% of GDP (2012 est.) country comparison to the world: 174

Unemployment rate [time series]

NA%

Energy

Carbon dioxide emissions (Carbon dioxide emissions from consumption of energy) [time series]

5.936 million Mt (2010 est.) country comparison to the world: 119

Crude oil - exports [time series]

46,340 bbl/day (2009 est.) country comparison to the world: 45

Crude oil - imports [time series]

70,610 bbl/day (2009 est.) country comparison to the world: 52

Crude oil - production [time series]

45,000 bbl/day (2012 est.) country comparison to the world: 62

Crude oil - proved reserves [time series]

250 million bbl (1 January 2013 est.) country comparison to the world: 59

Electricity - consumption [time series]

3.576 billion kWh (2009 est.) country comparison to the world: 127

Electricity - exports [time series]

484 million kWh (2009 est.) country comparison to the world: 63

Electricity - from fossil fuels [time series]

50.6% of total installed capacity (2009 est.) country comparison to the world: 155

Electricity - from hydroelectric plants [time series]

49.4% of total installed capacity (2009 est.) country comparison to the world: 42

Electricity - from nuclear fuels [time series]

0% of total installed capacity (2009 est.) country comparison to the world: 113

Electricity - from other renewable sources [time series]

0% of total installed capacity (2009 est.) country comparison to the world: 140

Electricity - imports [time series]

0 kWh (2009 est.) country comparison to the world: 202

Electricity - installed generating capacity [time series]

1.222 million kW (2009 est.) country comparison to the world: 118

Electricity - production [time series]

5.533 billion kWh (2009 est.) country comparison to the world: 115

Natural gas - consumption [time series]

1.6 billion cu m (2010 est.) country comparison to the world: 83

Natural gas - exports [time series]

0 cu m (2010 est.) country comparison to the world: 90

Natural gas - imports [time series]

0 cu m (2010 est.) country comparison to the world: 211

Natural gas - production [time series]

1.6 billion cu m (2010 est.) country comparison to the world: 61

Natural gas - proved reserves [time series]

28.32 billion cu m (1 January 2012 est.) country comparison to the world: 70

Refined petroleum products - consumption [time series]

24,630 bbl/day (2011 est.) country comparison to the world: 125

Refined petroleum products - exports [time series]

49,810 bbl/day (2008 est.) country comparison to the world: 58

Refined petroleum products - imports [time series]

3,101 bbl/day (2008 est.) country comparison to the world: 168

Refined petroleum products - production [time series]

70,870 bbl/day (2008 est.) country comparison to the world: 80

Geography

Area [time series]

total: 322,463 sq km country comparison to the world: 69 land: 318,003 sq km water: 4,460 sq km

Area - comparative [time series]

slightly larger than New Mexico

Climate [time series]

tropical along coast, semiarid in far north; three seasons - warm and dry (November to March), hot and dry (March to May), hot and wet (June to October)

Coastline [time series]

515 km

Elevation (Elevation extremes) [time series]

lowest point: Gulf of Guinea 0 m highest point: Monts Nimba 1,752 m

Environment - current issues [time series]

deforestation (most of the country's forests - once the largest in West Africa - have been heavily logged); water pollution from sewage and industrial and agricultural effluents

International environmental agreements (Environment - international agreements) [time series]

party to: Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Desertification, Endangered Species, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Marine Dumping, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Tropical Timber 83, Tropical Timber 94, Wetlands, Whaling signed, but not ratified: none of the selected agreements

Total water withdrawal (Freshwater withdrawal (domestic/industrial/agricultural)) [time series]

total: 0.93 cu km/yr (24%/12%/65%) per capita: 51 cu m/yr (2000)

Geographic coordinates [time series]

8 00 N, 5 00 W

Geography - note [time series]

most of the inhabitants live along the sandy coastal region; apart from the capital area, the forested interior is sparsely populated

Irrigated land [time series]

730 sq km (2003)

Land boundaries [time series]

total: 3,110 km border countries: Burkina Faso 584 km, Ghana 668 km, Guinea 610 km, Liberia 716 km, Mali 532 km

Land use [time series]

arable land: 10.23% permanent crops: 11.16% other: 78.61% (2005)

Location [time series]

Western Africa, bordering the North Atlantic Ocean, between Ghana and Liberia

Map references [time series]

Africa

Maritime claims [time series]

territorial sea: 12 nm exclusive economic zone: 200 nm continental shelf: 200 nm

Natural hazards [time series]

coast has heavy surf and no natural harbors; during the rainy season torrential flooding is possible

Natural resources [time series]

petroleum, natural gas, diamonds, manganese, iron ore, cobalt, bauxite, copper, gold, nickel, tantalum, silica sand, clay, cocoa beans, coffee, palm oil, hydropower

Terrain [time series]

mostly flat to undulating plains; mountains in northwest

Total renewable water resources [time series]

81 cu km (2001)

Government

Administrative divisions [time series]

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

Capital [time series]

name: Yamoussoukro geographic coordinates: 6 49 N, 5 16 W time difference: UTC 0 (5 hours ahead of Washington, DC during Standard Time) 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

Constitution [time series]

approved by referendum 23 July 2000

Country name [time series]

conventional long form: Republic of Cote d'Ivoire conventional short form: Cote d'Ivoire local long form: Republique de Cote d'Ivoire local short form: Cote d'Ivoire note: pronounced coat-div-whar former: Ivory Coast

Diplomatic representation from the US [time series]

chief of mission: Ambassador Philip CARTER III embassy: Cocody Riviera Golf 01, Abidjan mailing address: B. P. 1712, Abidjan 01 telephone: [225] 22 49 40 00 FAX: [225] 22 49 43 32

Diplomatic representation in the US [time series]

chief of mission: Ambassador Daouda DIABATE chancery: 2424 Massachusetts Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20008 telephone: [1] (202) 797-0300 FAX: [1] (202) 244-3088

Executive branch [time series]

chief of state: President Alassane Dramane OUATTARA (since 4 December 2010) head of government: Prime Minister Daniel Kablan DUNCAN (since 21 November 2012) cabinet: Council of Ministers appointed by the president (For more information visit theWorld Leaders website) elections: president elected by popular vote for a five-year term (no term limits); election last held on 31 October and 28 November 2010 (next to be held in 2015); prime minister appointed by the president election results: Alassane OUATTARA elected president; percent of vote - Alassane OUATTARA 54.1%, Laurent GBAGBO 45.9%; note - President OUATTARA was declared winner by the election commission and took the oath of office on 4 December, Prime Minister SORO resigned from the incumbent administration and was subsequently appointed to the same position by OUATTARA; former president GBAGBO refused to cede resulting in a 5-month stand-off, he was finally forced to stand down in April 2011

Flag (Flag description) [time series]

three equal vertical bands of orange (hoist side), white, and green; orange symbolizes the land (savannah) of the north and fertility, white stands for peace and unity, green represents the forests of the south and the hope for a bright future note: similar to the flag of Ireland, which is longer and has the colors reversed - green (hoist side), white, and orange; also similar to the flag of Italy, which is green (hoist side), white, and red; design was based on the flag of France

Government type [time series]

republic; multiparty presidential regime established 1960

Independence [time series]

7 August 1960 (from France)

International law organization participation [time series]

accepts compulsory ICJ jurisdiction with reservations; accepts ICCt jurisdiction under Article 12(3)of the Rome Statute

International organization participation [time series]

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

Judicial branch [time series]

Supreme Court or Cour Supreme consists of four chambers: Judicial Chamber for criminal cases, Audit Chamber for financial cases, Constitutional Chamber for judicial review cases, and Administrative Chamber for civil cases; there is no legal limit to the number of members

Legal system [time series]

civil law system based on the French civil code; judicial review in the Constitutional Chamber of the Supreme Court

Legislative branch [time series]

unicameral National Assembly or Assemblee Nationale (225 seats; members elected in single- and multi-district elections by direct popular vote to serve five-year terms) elections: elections last held on 11 December 2011 (next to be held in 2016) election results: percent of vote by party - RDR 42.1%, PDCI 28.6% UDPCI 3.1%, RDP 1.7%, other 24.5% ; seats by party - RDR 127, PDCI 76, UPDCI 7, RDP 4, other 4, independents 39

National anthem(s) (National anthem) [time series]

name: "L'Abidjanaise" (Song of Abidjan) lyrics/music: Mathieu EKRA, Joachim BONY, and Pierre Marie COTY/Pierre Marie COTY and Pierre Michel PANGO note: adopted 1960; although the nation's capital city moved from Abidjan to Yamoussoukro in 1983, the anthem still owes its name to the former capital

National holiday [time series]

Independence Day, 7 August (1960)

National symbol(s) [time series]

elephant

Political parties (Political parties and leaders) [time series]

Citizen's Democratic Union or UDCY [Theodore MEL EG]; Democratic Liberty for the Republic or LIDER [Mamadou KOULIBALY]; Democratic Party of Cote d'Ivoire or PDCI [Henri Konan BEDIE]; Freedom and Democracy for the Republic or LIBRE [Mamadou KOULIBALY]; Ivorian Popular Front or FPI [Miaka OURETO]; Ivorian Worker's Party or PIT [Francois KOUABLAN]; Opposition Movement of the Future or MFA [Innocent Augustin ANAKY]; Rally of the Republicans or RDR [Alassane OUATTARA]; Union for Democracy and Peace in Cote d'Ivoire or UDPCI [Toikeuse MABRI]; over 144 smaller registered parties

Political parties (Political pressure groups and leaders) [time series]

Federation of University and High School Students of Cote d'Ivoire or FESCI [Serges KOFFI]; National Congress for the Resistance and Democracy or CNRD [Bernard DADIE]; Rally of Houphouetists for Democracy and Peace or RHDP [Alphonse DJEDJE MADY]; Young Patriots [Charles BLE GOUDE]

Suffrage [time series]

18 years of age; universal

Introduction

Background [time series]

Close ties to France since independence in 1960, the development of cocoa production for export, and foreign investment made Cote d'Ivoire one of the most prosperous of the West African states but did not protect it from political turmoil. In December 1999, a military coup - the first ever in Cote d'Ivoire's history - overthrew the government. Junta leader Robert GUEI blatantly rigged elections held in late 2000 and declared himself the winner. Popular protest forced him to step aside and brought Laurent GBAGBO into power. Ivorian dissidents and disaffected members of the military launched a failed coup attempt in September 2002 that developed into a rebellion and then a civil war. The war ended in 2003 with a cease fire that left the country divided with the rebels holding the north, the government the south, and peacekeeping forces in a buffer zone between the two. In March 2007, President GBAGBO and former New Forces rebel leader Guillaume SORO signed an agreement in which SORO joined GBAGBO's government as prime minister and the two agreed to reunite the country by dismantling the buffer zone, integrating rebel forces into the national armed forces, and holding elections. Difficulties in preparing electoral registers delayed balloting until 2010. In November 2010, Alassane Dramane OUATTARA won the presidential election over GBAGBO, but GBAGBO refused to hand over power, resulting in a five-month stand-off. In April 2011, after widespread fighting, GBAGBO was formally forced from office by armed OUATTARA supporters with the help of UN and French forces. Several thousand UN peacekeepers and several hundred French troops remain in Cote d'Ivoire to support the transition process. OUATTARA is focused on rebuilding the country's infrastructure and military after the five months of post-electoral fighting, and faces ongoing threats from GBAGBO supporters many of whom have sought shelter in Ghana. GBAGBO is in The Hague awaiting trial for crimes against humanity.

Military

Manpower available for military service [time series]

males age 16-49: 5,247,522 females age 16-49: 5,047,901 (2010 est.)

Manpower fit for military service [time series]

males age 16-49: 3,360,087 females age 16-49: 3,196,033 (2010 est.)

Manpower reaching militarily significant age annually [time series]

male: 247,011 female: 242,958 (2010 est.)

Military and security forces (Military branches) [time series]

Republican Forces of Cote d'Ivoire (Force Republiques de Cote d'Ivoire, FRCI): Army, Navy, Cote d'Ivoire Air Force (Force Aerienne de la Cote d'Ivoire) note: FRCI is the former Armed Forces of the New Forces (FAFN) (2011)

Military expenditures [time series]

1.5% of GDP (2009) country comparison to the world: 95

Military service age and obligation [time series]

18-25 years of age for compulsory and voluntary male and female military service; voluntary recruitment of former rebels into the new national army is restricted to ages 22-29 (2011)

People and Society

Age structure [time series]

0-14 years: 39.3% (male 4,354,420/ female 4,282,080) 15-64 years: 57.6% (male 6,429,565/ female 6,205,777) 65 years and over: 3.1% (male 333,630/ female 346,621) (2012 est.)

Birth rate [time series]

30.4 births/1,000 population (2012 est.) country comparison to the world: 44

Children under the age of 5 years underweight [time series]

16.7% (2006) country comparison to the world: 46

Death rate [time series]

9.96 deaths/1,000 population (July 2012 est.) country comparison to the world: 52

Education expenditure (Education expenditures) [time series]

4.6% of GDP (2008) country comparison to the world: 77

Ethnic groups [time series]

Akan 42.1%, Voltaiques or Gur 17.6%, Northern Mandes 16.5%, Krous 11%, Southern Mandes 10%, other 2.8% (includes 130,000 Lebanese and 14,000 French) (1998)

HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate [time series]

3.4% (2009 est.) country comparison to the world: 19

HIV/AIDS - deaths [time series]

36,000 (2009 est.) country comparison to the world: 12

HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS [time series]

450,000 (2009 est.) country comparison to the world: 16

Health expenditure (Health expenditures) [time series]

5.1% of GDP (2009) country comparison to the world: 137

Hospital bed density [time series]

0.4 beds/1,000 population (2006)

Infant mortality rate [time series]

total: 63.2 deaths/1,000 live births country comparison to the world: 23 male: 69.77 deaths/1,000 live births female: 56.42 deaths/1,000 live births (2012 est.)

Languages [time series]

French (official), 60 native dialects of which Dioula is the most widely spoken

Life expectancy at birth [time series]

total population: 57.25 years country comparison to the world: 195 male: 56.21 years female: 58.33 years (2012 est.)

Literacy [time series]

definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 56.2% male: 65.2% female: 46.6% (2010 est.)

Major urban areas - population (Major cities - population) [time series]

ABIDJAN (seat of government) 4.009 million; YAMOUSSOUKRO (capital) 808,000 (2009)

Major infectious diseases [time series]

degree of risk: very high food or waterborne diseases: bacterial diarrhea, hepatitis A, and typhoid fever vectorborne diseases: malaria and yellow fever water contact: schistosomiasis animal contact disease: rabies note: highly pathogenic H5N1 avian influenza has been identified in this country; it poses a negligible risk with extremely rare cases possible among US citizens who have close contact with birds (2009)

Maternal mortality ratio (Maternal mortality rate) [time series]

400 deaths/100,000 live births (2010) country comparison to the world: 26

Median age [time series]

total: 19.8 years male: 19.9 years female: 19.7 years (2012 est.)

Nationality [time series]

noun: Ivoirian(s) adjective: Ivoirian

Net migration rate [time series]

0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2012 est.) country comparison to the world: 88

Physician density (Physicians density) [time series]

0.144 physicians/1,000 population (2008)

Population [time series]

21,952,093 (July 2012 est.) country comparison to the world: 55 note: estimates for this country explicitly take into account the effects of excess mortality due to AIDS; this can result in lower life expectancy, higher infant mortality, higher death rates, lower population growth rates, and changes in the distribution of population by age and sex than would otherwise be expected

Population growth rate [time series]

2.044% (2012 est.) country comparison to the world: 50

Religions [time series]

Muslim 38.6%, Christian 32.8%, indigenous 11.9%, none 16.7% (2008 est.) note: the majority of foreigners (migratory workers) are Muslim (70%) and Christian (20%)

Sanitation facility access [time series]

improved: urban: 36% of population rural: 11% of population total: 23% of population unimproved: urban: 64% of population rural: 89% of population total: 77% of population

School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) [time series]

total: 6 years male: 8 years female: 5 years (2000)

Sex ratio [time series]

at birth: 1.03 male(s)/female under 15 years: 1.02 male(s)/female 15-64 years: 1.04 male(s)/female 65 years and over: 0.96 male(s)/female total population: 1.03 male(s)/female (2011 est.)

Total fertility rate [time series]

3.82 children born/woman (2012 est.) country comparison to the world: 44

Urbanization [time series]

urban population: 51% of total population (2010) rate of urbanization: 3.7% annual rate of change (2010-15 est.)

Transnational Issues

Disputes - international [time series]

disputed maritime border between Cote d'Ivoire and Ghana

Illicit drugs [time series]

illicit producer of cannabis, mostly for local consumption; utility as a narcotic transshipment point to Europe reduced by ongoing political instability; while rampant corruption and inadequate supervision leave the banking system vulnerable to money laundering, the lack of a developed financial system limits the country's utility as a major money-laundering center (2008)

Refugees and internally displaced persons [time series]

refugees (country of origin): 23,650 (Liberia) (2011) IDPs: 40,000 - 80,000 (post-election conflict in 2010-2011, as well as civil war from 2002-2004; most pronounced in western and southwestern regions) (2011)

Transportation

Airports [time series]

27 (2012) country comparison to the world: 123

Airports - with paved runways [time series]

total: 7 over 3,047 m: 1 2,438 to 3,047 m: 2 1,524 to 2,437 m: 4 (2012)

Airports - with unpaved runways [time series]

total: 20 1,524 to 2,437 m: 6 914 to 1,523 m: 11 under 914 m: 3 (2012)

Heliports [time series]

1 (2012)

Pipelines [time series]

condensate 86 km; gas 180 km; oil 92 km (2010)

Ports (Ports and terminals) [time series]

Abidjan, Espoir, San-Pedro

Railways [time series]

total: 660 km country comparison to the world: 104 narrow gauge: 660 km 1.000-m gauge note: an additional 622 km of this railroad extends into Burkina Faso (2008)

Roadways [time series]

total: 80,000 km country comparison to the world: 58 paved: 6,500 km unpaved: 73,500 km note: includes intercity and urban roads; another 20,000 km of dirt roads are in poor condition and 150,000 km of dirt roads are impassable (2006)

Waterways [time series]

980 km (navigable rivers, canals, and numerous coastal lagoons) (2011) country comparison to the world: 67