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THE FLAG

COAT OF ARMS

The Republic of Côte d’Ivoire Coat of arms is made of : The elephant’s head, 2 golden palm trees and a rising sun

NATIONAL ANTHEM

SONG OF ABIDJAN

We salute you, O land of hope,

Country of hospitality;

Thy full gallant legions

Have restored thy dignity.

Beloved Ivory Coast, thy sons,

Proud builders of thy greatness,

All gathered together for thy glory,

In joy will we construct thee

Proud Ivorians, the country calls us.

If we have brought back liberty peacefully,

It will be our duty to be an example

Of the hope promised to humanity,

In building, united in the new faith

The homeland of true brotherhood.

OFFICIAL NAME: REPUBLIC OF CÔTE D’IVOIRE

GOVERNMENT TYPE

Republic; multiparty presidential regime. First constitution established on 16 October 1960. Amended seven times. The new constitution was adopted on 23 July 20000

THE PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC

HE.M. OUATTARA

HEAD OF GOVERNMENT

Daniel Kablan DUNCAN since 21st November 2012

ADMINISTRATIVE ORGANISATION

2 AUTONOMOUS DISTRICTS

12 DISTRICTS

31 REGIONS

CAPITAL: Yamoussoukro (Since March 21th. 1983)

MAIN CITIES: Abidjan, Bouaké, Yamoussoukro, Daloa, Korhogo,

INDEPENDENCE: 7 August 1960

AREA:  322,463 km²
             124,502 sq mi

BORDERS: 3110 km, including 584 with Burkina-Faso, 668 with Ghana, 610 with Guinea, 716 with Liberia and 532 with Mali

POPULATION: (NDP) 22.6 million inhabitants, including 26% migrants coming from the sub-region (2011)

POPULATION DENSITY : 68.1/ km²

DISTRIBUTION BY AGE

0-14 years: 39, 8% (Men 4.312.133/Women 4.240.500)

15-64 years: 57, 2% (Men 6.262.802/ Women 6.039.458)

65 years and over 3% (Men 320.396/ Women 328.873) (2011)

ANNUAL POPULATION GROWTH: 3, 3 % / 2009

LIFE EXPECTANCY : 54,7 ans (2010)

ETHNIC GROUPS : Baoulé (23%), Bété (18%), Sénoufo (15%), Malinké (11%)

LANGUAGES:French (official), around sixty indigenous dialect of which the Baoule and Dioula are the most spoken

RELIGIONS: ISLAM, Christianity, animism, others

CURRENCY: West African CFA Franc (655, 56 FCFA = 1 €)

MAIN RESOURCES

 

AGRICULTURAL CROP	RANKING
CACAO	N 1 in the world
CASHEW NUTS	N 1 in the world
KOLA	N 1 in the world
BANANAS	1st in Africa, 13th worldwide
Palm Oil	2nd in Africa, 5thworldwide
COFFEE	3rd in Africa, 13th worldwide
RUBBERTREE	1st in Africa, 7th worldwide
COTTON	3rd in Africa
Pineapple	1st in Africa, 2nd on the EU market
MANGO	1st in Africa, 3rd worldwide
CASSAVA	4th in Africa, 18th Worldwide
YAM	2nd in Africa, 2nd worldwide
SHEA BUTTER	5th in Africa

 

TOTAL GDP: 9.8% growth rate (23 800 Billion USD)

2012 GROWTH RATE (IMF-WB-AFDB): 9.8%

GDP PERCAPITA

INFLATION RATE : 1,3% in 2012

GLOBAL FOREIGN DEBT: At the end of 2008, the stock of the Ivorian external debtaccounted for 6449.8 billion of CFA Francs, the bulk of it, 3977, 4 billion still outstanding and 2472, 4 billion in arrears

MAIN SUPPLIERS : Nigeria 29,5 %, France 16,8 %, China 6,9 %, Belgium 3,5 % (2007)

MAINS CUSTOMERS: France, Nigeria, United-States, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands and the West African Economic and Monetary Union

 GENERAL INDEX OF INSECURITY, thatwentfrom 3.8 in january 2012 to 1.12 in december 2014 to 1.11 in december 2015 ; 

DIPLOMATIC COVERAGE RATE, from 4.8% in december 2013 to 92% in 2015

STATE BUDGET has increasedsubstantially,goingfrom 3 088 billions of CFA francs in 2011 to 5 196 billions in 2015, a 68,3% increase over the period

OVERALL INVESTMENT RATE, doubledduring the 2011-2015 period. Goingfrom 9% of the GDP in 2011 to 20% in 2015. For the public investments, the rateincreasedfrom 3.4% of the GDP in 2010 to 6.2% in 2014. For the privateinvestments, the rate rose from 8.9% to 9.9% over the sameperiod

AVERAGE MONTLY INCOME PER ACTIVE PERSON, in everysectors, increasedfrom 40.000 CFA francs in 2008 to 84.000 CFA Francs in february 2015, an increase of  110%  in comparison to 2008

POVERTY RATE, wentfrom1% in 2011 to 46.3 in 2015 meaningthat 1million persons came out of poverty

THE MINIMUM WAGE, wentfrom 36000 CFA francs to 60000 CFA Francs in 2014

INVESTMENT RATE from20% of the GDP in 2015 (against 8.9 in 2011) to roughly 23.4% in 2020

In the WORLD BANK DOING BUSINESS RANKING Côte d’Ivoire has movedfromrank 177th  to 142nd in 2015

GROSS PRIMARY ENROLMENT RATIO wentfrom 87.8% in 2011 to 95.4% in 2015. At secondaryschoollevel, the middle school rate wentfrom 39.7% in 2011 to 58.4% in 2016, this ratio remained stable at 29.4% in secondaryschool.

In terms of highereducation, the number of university and collegesstudents has increasedfrom 80.837 in 20111 to 192 842 in 2015, a 139% increase