Statistics Côte d'Ivoire 
Côte d'Ivoire in the World
Côte d'Ivoire - Introduction 2016
top of pageBackground: Close ties to France following independence in 1960 the development of cocoa production for export and foreign investment all 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 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 economy and infrastructure while rebuilding the security forces. GBAGBO is in The Hague awaiting trial for crimes against humanity.
Area
Total: 322,463 km²
Land: 318,003 km²
Water: 4,460 km²
Rank: 69
Comparative: slightly larger than New Mexico
Land boundaries
Total: 3,458 km
Border countries: (5) Burkina Faso 545 km; Ghana 720 km; Guinea 816 km; Liberia 778 km; Mali 599 km
Climate: 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)
Elevation
Mean elevation: 250 m
Elevation extremes: lowest point: Gulf of Guinea 0 m: highest point: Monts Nimba 1752 m
Natural resources: petroleum natural gas diamonds manganese iron ore cobalt bauxite copper gold nickel tantalum silica sand clay cocoa beans coffee palm oil hydropower
Land use
Agricultural land: 64.8%
arable land: 9.1%
permanent crops: 14.2%
permanent pasture: 41.5%
permanent crops: 14.2%
permanent pasture: 41.5%
Forest: 32.7%
Other: 2.5%
Natural hazards: coast has heavy surf and no natural harbors; during the rainy season torrential flooding is possible
Geography
Note: most of the inhabitants live along the sandy coastal region; apart from the capital area the forested interior is sparsely populated
Côte d'Ivoire - People 2016
top of pagePopulation: 23,740,424
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
Rank: 54
Growth rate: 1.88% (2016 est.)
Growth rate rank: 54
Below poverty line: 42% (2006 est.)
Ethnic groups: Akan 32.1% Voltaique or Gur 15% Northern Mande 12.4% Krou 9.8% Southern Mande 9% other 21.2% (includes European and Lebanese descent) unspecified 0.5% (2011-12 est.)
Religions: Muslim 40.2% Catholic 19.4% Evangelical 19.3% Methodist 2.5% other Christian 4.5% animist or no religion 12.8% other religion/unspecified 1.4% (2011-12 est.)
Note: the majority of foreign migrant workers are Muslim and Christian (18%) (2014 est.)
Demographic profile:
Cote d’Ivoire’s population is likely to continue growing for the foreseeable future because almost 60% of the populace is younger than 25 the total fertility rate is holding steady at about 3.5 children per woman and contraceptive use is under 20%. The country will need to improve education health care and gender equality in order to turn its large and growing youth cohort into human capital. Even prior to 2010 unrest that shuttered schools for months access to education was poor especially for women. As of 2015 only 53% of men and 33% of women were literate. The lack of educational attainment contributes to Cote d’Ivoire’s high rates of unskilled labor adolescent pregnancy and HIV/AIDS prevalence.
Following its independence in 1960 Cote d’Ivoire’s stability and the blossoming of its labor-intensive cocoa and coffee industries in the southwest made it an attractive destination for migrants from other parts of the country and its neighbors particularly Burkina Faso. The HOUPHOUET-BOIGNY administration continued the French colonial policy of encouraging labor immigration by offering liberal land ownership laws. Foreigners from West Africa Europe (mainly France) and Lebanon composed about 25% of the population by 1998.
Ongoing economic decline since the 1980s and the power struggle after HOUPHOUET-BOIGNY’s death in 1993 ushered in the politics of “Ivoirite” institutionalizing an Ivoirian identity that further marginalized northern Ivoirians and scapegoated immigrants. The hostile Muslim north-Christian south divide snowballed into a 2002 civil war pushing tens of thousands of foreign migrants Liberian refugees and Ivoirians to flee to war-torn Liberia or other regional countries and more than a million people to be internally displaced. Subsequently violence following the contested 2010 presidential election prompted some 250,000 people to seek refuge in Liberia and other neighboring countries and again internally displaced as many as a million people. By July 2012 the majority had returned home but ongoing inter-communal tension and armed conflict continue to force people from their homes.
Following its independence in 1960 Cote d’Ivoire’s stability and the blossoming of its labor-intensive cocoa and coffee industries in the southwest made it an attractive destination for migrants from other parts of the country and its neighbors particularly Burkina Faso. The HOUPHOUET-BOIGNY administration continued the French colonial policy of encouraging labor immigration by offering liberal land ownership laws. Foreigners from West Africa Europe (mainly France) and Lebanon composed about 25% of the population by 1998.
Ongoing economic decline since the 1980s and the power struggle after HOUPHOUET-BOIGNY’s death in 1993 ushered in the politics of “Ivoirite” institutionalizing an Ivoirian identity that further marginalized northern Ivoirians and scapegoated immigrants. The hostile Muslim north-Christian south divide snowballed into a 2002 civil war pushing tens of thousands of foreign migrants Liberian refugees and Ivoirians to flee to war-torn Liberia or other regional countries and more than a million people to be internally displaced. Subsequently violence following the contested 2010 presidential election prompted some 250,000 people to seek refuge in Liberia and other neighboring countries and again internally displaced as many as a million people. By July 2012 the majority had returned home but ongoing inter-communal tension and armed conflict continue to force people from their homes.
Age structure
0-14 years: 37.45%
15-24 years: 20.93%
25-54 years: 34.05%
55-64 years: 4.15%
65 years and over: 3.42% (2016 est.)
Dependency ratios
Total dependency ratio: 83.5%
Youth dependency ratio: 77.9%
Elderly dependency ratio: 5.6%
Potential support ratio: 18%
Urbanization
Urban population: 54.2% of total population
Rate of urbanization: 3.69% annual rate of change
Major urban areas
Population: YAMOUSSOUKRO (capital) 259,000 (2014); ABIDJAN (seat of government) 4.86 million; Bouake 762,000 (2015)
Environment
Current issues: 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 agreements 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
International agreements signed but not ratified: none of the selected agreements
Sex ratio
At birth: 1.03 male/female
0-14 years: 1.02 male/female
15-24 years: 1.02 male/female
25-54 years: 1.05 male/female
55-64 years: 1.01 male/female
65 years and over: 0.93 male/female
Total population: 1.02 male/female
Infant mortality rate
Total: 57.2 deaths/1000 live births
Male: 63.1 deaths/1000 live births
Female: 51.1 deaths/1000 live births
Rank: 22
Drinking water source:
urban: 93.1% of population
rural: 68.8% of population
total: 81.9% of population
urban: 6.9% of population
rural: 31.2% of population
total: 18.1% of population (2015 est.)
rural: 68.8% of population
total: 81.9% of population
urban: 6.9% of population
rural: 31.2% of population
total: 18.1% of population (2015 est.)
Sanitation facility access:
urban: 32.8% of population
rural: 10.3% of population
total: 22.5% of population
urban: 67.2% of population
rural: 89.7% of population
total: 77.5% of population (2015 est.)
rural: 10.3% of population
total: 22.5% of population
urban: 67.2% of population
rural: 89.7% of population
total: 77.5% of population (2015 est.)
Hivaids
Adult prevalence rate: 3.17% (2015 est.)
Adult prevalence rate rank: 18
People living with hivaids: 464,700 (2015 est.)
People living with hivaids rank: 16
Deaths: 25,100 (2015 est.)
Deaths rank: 14
Major infectious diseases
Degree of risk: very high
Food or waterborne diseases: bacterial diarrhea hepatitis A and typhoid fever
Vectorborne diseases: malaria dengue fever and yellow fever
Water contact disease: schistosomiasis
Animal contact disease: rabies
Respiratory disease: meningococcal meningitis
Literacy
Definition: age 15 and over can read and write
Total population: 43.1%
Male: 53.1%
Female: 32.5%
Côte d'Ivoire - Government 2016
top of pageCountry name
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
Etymology: name reflects the intense ivory trade that took place in the region from the 15th to 17th centuries
Capital
Name: Yamoussoukro; 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
Geographic coordinates: 6 49 N 5 16 W
Time difference: UTC 0
Administrative divisions: 12 districts and 2 autonomous districts*; Abidjan* Bas-Sassandra Comoe Denguele Goh-Djiboua Lacs Lagunes Montagnes Sassandra-Marahoue Savanes Vallee du Bandama Woroba Yamoussoukro* Zanzan
Legal system: civil law system based on the French civil code; judicial review of legislation held in the Constitutional Chamber of the Supreme Court
International law organization participation: accepts compulsory ICJ jurisdiction with reservations; accepts ICCt jurisdiction
Citizenship
Citizenship by birth: no
Citizenship by descent only: at least one parent must be a citizen of Cote d'Ivoire
Dual citizenship recognized: no
Residency requirement for naturalization: 5 years
Executive branch
Chief of state: President Alassane Dramane OUATTARA
Head of government: Prime Minister Daniel Kablan DUNCAN
Cabinet: Council of Ministers appointed by the president
Electionsappointments: president directly elected by absolute majority popular vote in 2 rounds if needed for a 5-year term ; election last held on 25 October 2015 (next to be held in 2020); prime minister appointed by the president
Election results: Alassane OUATTARA elected president; percent of vote - Alassane OUATTARA 83.7% Pascal Affi N'GUESSAN (ADF) 9.3% Konan Bertin KOUADIO (independent) 3.9% other 3.1%
Legislative branch
Description: unicameral National Assembly or Assemblee Nationale
Elections: last held on 11 December 2011
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 122 PDCI 76 UDPCI 6 RDP 4 other 16 independents 31
Judicial branch
Highest court: Supreme Court or Cour Supreme
Judge selection and term of office: judges nominated by the Superior Council of the Magistrature a 7-member body consisting of the national president 3 'bench' judges and 3 public prosecutors; judges appointed for life
Subordinate courts: Courts of Appeal ; first instance courts; peace courts
Political parties and leaders:
Democratic Party of Cote d'Ivoire or PDCI [Henri Konan BEDIE]
Movement of the Future Forces or MFA [Innocent Augustin ANAKY KOBENA]
Rally of Houphouetists for Democracy and Peace
Rally of the Republicans or RDR [Alassane OUATTARA]
Union for Cote d'Ivoire or UPCI [Gnamien KONA]
Union for Democracy and Peace in Cote d'Ivoire or UDPCI [Toikeuse MABRI]
more than 144 smaller registered parties
Movement of the Future Forces or MFA [Innocent Augustin ANAKY KOBENA]
Rally of Houphouetists for Democracy and Peace
Rally of the Republicans or RDR [Alassane OUATTARA]
Union for Cote d'Ivoire or UPCI [Gnamien KONA]
Union for Democracy and Peace in Cote d'Ivoire or UDPCI [Toikeuse MABRI]
more than 144 smaller registered parties
International organization participation: ACP AfDB AU ECOWAS EITI (compliant country) Entente FAO FZ G-24 G-77 IAEA IBRD ICAO ICC ICCt ICRM IDA IDB IFAD IFC IFRCS ILO IMF IMO Interpol IOC IOM IPU ISO ITSO ITU ITUC (NGOs) MIGA MINUSMA MONUSCO NAM OIC OIF OPCW UN UNCTAD UNESCO UNHCR UNIDO Union Latina UNWTO UPU WADB (regional) WAEMU WCO WFTU (NGOs) WHO WIPO WMO WTO
Diplomatic representation
In the us chief of mission: Ambassador Daouda DIABATE
In the us chancery: 2,424 Massachusetts Avenue NW Washington DC 20,008
In the us telephone: [1] 797-0300
In the us FAX: [1] 462-9,444
From the us chief of mission: Ambassador Terence Patrick MCCULLEY
From the us embassy: Cocody Riviera Golf 01 Abidjan
From the us mailing address: B. P. 1712 Abidjan 01
From the us telephone: [225] 22 49 40 00
From the us FAX: [225] 22 49 42 02
Flag description: 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 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
National anthem
Name: 'L'Abidjanaise'
Lyrics and 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
Côte d'Ivoire - Economy 2016
top of pageEconomy overview:
Cote d'Ivoire is heavily dependent on agriculture and related activities which engage roughly two-thirds 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 in climatic conditions. Cocoa oil and coffee are the country's top export revenue earners but the country is also mining gold.
Following the end of more than a decade of civil conflict in 2011 Cote d’Ivoire has experienced a boom in foreign investment and economic growth. 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.
Following the end of more than a decade of civil conflict in 2011 Cote d’Ivoire has experienced a boom in foreign investment and economic growth. 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.
Real gdp purchasing power parity:
$78.62 billion (2015 est.)
$72.39 billion (2014 est.)
$67.08 billion (2013 est.)
$72.39 billion (2014 est.)
$67.08 billion (2013 est.)
Note: data are in 2015 US dollars
Rank: 92
Real gdp per capita:
$3,300 (2015 est.)
$3,100 (2014 est.)
$3,000 (2013 est.)
$3,100 (2014 est.)
$3,000 (2013 est.)
Note: data are in 2015 US dollars
Rank: 184
Gross national saving:
16% of GDP (2015 est.)
16.3% of GDP (2014 est.)
17.1% of GDP (2013 est.)
16.3% of GDP (2014 est.)
17.1% of GDP (2013 est.)
Rank: 106
Gdp composition by end use
Household consumption: 65%
Government consumption: 14.9%
Investment in fixed capital: 16.1%
Investment in inventories: 1%
Exports of goods and services: 45.4%
Imports of goods and services: -42.4%
Agriculture products: coffee cocoa beans bananas palm kernels corn rice cassava (manioc tapioca) sweet potatoes sugar cotton rubber; timber
Industries: foodstuffs beverages; wood products oil refining gold mining truck and bus assembly textiles fertilizer building materials electricity
Labor force: 8.34 million (2015 est.)
Rank: 59
By occupation agriculture: 68%
By occupation industry and services: NA%
Budget
Revenues: $6.621 billion
Expenditures: $7.558 billion
Surplus or deficit: -3% of GDP (2015 est.)
Surplus or deficit rank: 115
Commercial bank prime lending rate:
2.5% (31 December 2015 est.)
2.5% (31 December 2014 est.)
2.5% (31 December 2014 est.)
Rank: 174
Stock of narrow money:
$8.516 billion (31 December 2015 est.)
$7.785 billion (31 December 2014 est.)
$7.785 billion (31 December 2014 est.)
Rank: 86
Stock of broad money:
$12.23 billion (31 December 2014 est.)
$11.5 billion (31 December 2013 est.)
$11.5 billion (31 December 2013 est.)
Rank: 101
Stock of domestic credit:
$9.812 billion (31 December 2015 est.)
$9.138 billion (31 December 2014 est.)
$9.138 billion (31 December 2014 est.)
Rank: 104
Market value of publicly traded shares:
$7.829 billion (31 December 2015 est.)
$6.288 billion (31 December 2014 est.)
$7.099 billion (31 December 2013 est.)
$6.288 billion (31 December 2014 est.)
$7.099 billion (31 December 2013 est.)
Rank: 70
Exports:
$11.98 billion (2015 est.)
$13.1 billion (2014 est.)
$13.1 billion (2014 est.)
Rank: 79
Commodities: cocoa coffee timber petroleum cotton bananas pineapples palm oil fish
Partners: US 8.5% Netherlands 6.2% France 5.6% Germany 5.6% Nigeria 5.5% Burkina Faso 5.5% Belgium 5.3% India 4.6% Ghana 4.4% Switzerland 4.1% (2015)
Imports:
$8.609 billion (2015 est.)
$9.587 billion (2014 est.)
$9.587 billion (2014 est.)
Rank: 103
Commodities: fuel capital equipment foodstuffs
Partners: Nigeria 21.9% China 14.4% France 11.4% Bahamas The 5% (2015)
Reserves of foreign exchange and gold:
$4.716 billion (31 December 2015 est.)
$4.479 billion (31 December 2014 est.)
$4.479 billion (31 December 2014 est.)
Rank: 94
Exchange rates:
Communaute Financiere Africaine francs (XOF) per US dollar -
591.45 (2015 est.)
494.42 (2014 est.)
494.42 (2013 est.)
510.29 (2012 est.)
471.87 (2011 est.)
591.45 (2015 est.)
494.42 (2014 est.)
494.42 (2013 est.)
510.29 (2012 est.)
471.87 (2011 est.)
Côte d'Ivoire - Energy 2016
top of pageElectricity
Access population without electricity: 15,000,000
Access electrification total population: 26%
Access electrification urban areas: 42%
Access electrification rural areas: 8%
Production: 7.9 billion kWh (2014 est.)
Production rank: 110
Consumption: 5.8 billion kWh (2014 est.)
Consumption rank: 118
Exports: 900 million kWh (2014 est.)
Exports rank: 64
Imports: 54 million kWh (2012 est.)
Imports rank: 103
Installed generating capacity: 1.5 million kW (2014 est.)
Installed generating capacity rank: 118
Generation sources fossil fuels: 60.3% of total installed capacity (2012 est.)
Generation sources fossil fuels rank: 132
Generation sources nuclear: 0% of total installed capacity (2012 est.)
Generation sources nuclear rank: 114
Generation sources hydroelectricity: 39.7% of total installed capacity (2012 est.)
Generation sources hydroelectricity rank: 61
Generation sources other renewable sources: 0% of total installed capacity (2012 est.)
Generation sources other renewable sources rank: 184
Petroleum
Petroleum total petroleum production: 33,000 bbl/day (2015 est.)
Petroleum total petroleum production rank: 62
Crude oil exports: 35,150 bbl/day (2013 est.)
Crude oil exports rank: 47
Crude oil imports: 74,960 bbl/day (2013 est.)
Crude oil imports rank: 50
Crude oil proven reserves: 100 million bbl (1 January 2016 es)
Crude oil proven reserves rank: 72
Refined petroleum
Products production: 76,910 bbl/day (2013 est.)
Products production rank: 76
Products consumption: 38,000 bbl/day (2014 est.)
Products consumption rank: 119
Products exports: 44,020 bbl/day (2013 est.)
Products exports rank: 62
Products imports: 3,369 bbl/day (2013 est.)
Products imports rank: 172
Natural gas
Production: 1.996 billion m³ (2014 est.)
Production rank: 58
Consumption: 1.996 billion m³ (2014 est.)
Consumption rank: 81
Exports: 0 m³ (2013 est.)
Exports rank: 120
Imports: 0 m³ (2013 est.)
Imports rank: 212
Proven reserves: 28.32 billion m³ (1 January 2016 es)
Proven reserves rank: 71
Carbon dioxide emissions
From consumption of energy: 6.6 million Mt (2013 est.)
From consumption of energy rank: 119
Côte d'Ivoire - Communication 2016
top of pageTelephones
Fixed lines total subscriptions: 277,248
Fixed lines subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 1
Fixed lines rank: 124
Mobile cellular total: 25.408 million
Mobile cellular subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 109
Mobile cellular rank: 54
Telephone system
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 well over 105 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 (2011)
Broadcast media: 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)
Côte d'Ivoire - Military 2016
top of pageMilitary service age and obligation: 18-25 years of age for compulsory and voluntary male and female military service; conscription is not enforced; voluntary recruitment of former rebels into the new national army is restricted to ages 22-29 (2012)
Côte d'Ivoire - Transportation 2016
top of pageNational air transport system
Number of registered air carriers: 1
Inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers: 10
Annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers: 359,260
Annual freight traffic on registered air carriers: 4,719,120 mt-km
Airports: 27 (2013)
Rank: 124
With paved runways total: 7
With paved runways over 3047 m: 1
With paved runways 2438 to 3047 m: 2
With paved runways 15-24 to 2437 m: 4
With unpaved runways total: 20
With unpaved runways 15-24 to 2437 m: 6
With unpaved runways 914 to 1523 m: 11
With unpaved runways under 914 m: 3
Railways
Total: 660 km
Narrow gauge: 660 km 1.000-m gauge
Note: an additional 622 km of this railroad extends into Burkina Faso
Rank: 106
Roadways
Total: 81,996 km
Paved: 6,502 km
Unpaved: 75,494 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
Rank: 58
Côte d'Ivoire - Transnational issues 2016
top of pageRefugees and internally displaced persons
IDPs: 308,272 (2015)
Stateless persons: 700,000 ; note - many Ivoirians lack documentation proving their nationality which prevent them from accessing education and healthcare; birth on Ivorian soil does not automatically result in citizenship; disputes over citizenship and the associated rights of the large population descended from migrants from neighboring countries is an ongoing source of tension and contributed to the country's 2002 civil war; some observers believe the government's mass naturalizations of thousands of people over the last couple of years is intended to boost its electoral support base; the government in October 2013 acceded to international conventions on statelessness and in August 2013 reformed its nationality law key steps to clarify the nationality of thousands of residents; since the adoption of the Abidjan Declaration to eradicate stateless in West Africa in February 2015 6,400 people have received nationality papers
Illicit drugs: 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)
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