Friday, June 7, 2024

Ivory Coast Economy 6-7-24

Nominal GDP $79.430B, Per capita GDP $2,728.08, Population 28,873,034, Debt to GDP 34.5%, Inflation 20.4%, Unemployment 2.4%, Labor force participation 64.4%, Land area 124.500 sq miles, Arable land 7.8%, Urban 52.5%, Rural 47.5%. Exports $16.44B, Imports $17.5B Trade Deficit $1.06B.

Exports include cocoa and its derivatives, raw cashew nuts, oil, petroleum products, raw gold, and natural rubber, which collectively accounted for 70.1% of total exports.

Imports The top imports of Cote d'Ivoire are Crude Petroleum ($2.28B), Refined Petroleum ($1.39B), Rice ($821M), Non-fillet Frozen Fish ($680M), and Special Purpose Ships ($637M), importing mostly from China ($3.31B), Nigeria ($1.97B), France ($1.44B), India ($965M), and Belgium ($812M).

Several root causes of the country's violent conflict remain, including ethnic and regional tensions, land disputes, corruption, and impunity. While civil liberties were better protected in recent years, an outbreak of election-related violence in 2020 brought significant setbacks.

Norb Leahy, Dunwoody GA Tea Party Leader

No comments:

Post a Comment