Robust growth in a Presidential election year
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Last updated in January 2025.
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Form of state | Presidential republic |
Head of government | Alassane Dramane OUATTARA |
Next elections | 2025, presidential |
Strengths & Weaknesses

- Stable macroeconomic and political environment have supported robust economic growth, making it the second-fastest growing nation in African over last decade.
- Leading commodity exporter with significant market power over cocoa and increasing player in the oil market, boosted by recent new field discoveries.
- As a member of the West African Economic and Monetary Union, it enjoys relative monetary stability and access to a liquidity pool mechanism that mitigates convertibility and transfer risk.
- The government benefited from considerable debt relief in recent years amid a significant improvement of the business climate.

- Côte d’Ivoire captures only around 4-6% of total revenue from the cocoa market, leading to modest overall fiscal revenues (17% of GDP).
- Vulnerability to climatic effects on agricultural output, production constraints due to weather and lack of investment in long-term forest sustainability.
- Exogenous risks from its northern neighbors in the Sahel region, which is currently experiencing economic, security and political challenges.
Economic Overview
Trade Structure by destination/origin
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Trade Structure by product
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