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Education
 

Adjusted savings: education expenditure > % of GNI 4.59 % of GNI [64th of 168]
Children out of school, primary 1,223,459 [6th of 126]
Children out of school, primary (per capita) 69.499 per 1,000 people [7th of 150]
Children out of school, primary, female 704,549 [3rd of 117]
Children out of school, primary, female (per capita) 40.022 per 1,000 people [7th of 147]
Children out of school, primary, male 518,910 [8th of 117]
Children out of school, primary, male (per capita) 29,476.974 per 1,000 people [9th of 148]
Duration of compulsory education 10 years [65th of 171]
Duration of education > Primary level 6 [127th of 181]
Duration of education > Secondary level 7 [67th of 181]
Education enrolment by level > Primary level 2,046,165 [54th of 189]
Education enrolment by level > Primary level (per capita) 0.118 per capita [79th of 172]
Education enrolment by level > Secondary level 736,649 [61st of 171]
Education enrolment by level > Secondary level (per capita) 43.203 per 1,000 people [134th of 159]
Education enrolment by level > Tertiary level 96,681 [66th of 150]
Education enrolment by level > Tertiary level (per capita) 6.043 per 1,000 people [91st of 146]
Education enrolment by level, percentage girls > Primary level 44.2% [159th of 179]
Education enrolment by level, percentage girls > Secondary level 35.63% [153rd of 162]
Education enrolment by level, percentage girls > Tertiary level 26.27% [105th of 126]
Education enrolment ratio, net, primary level 57% [132nd of 160]
Education enrolment ratio, net, primary level > Men 64% [129th of 160]
Education enrolment ratio, net, primary level > Women 51% [129th of 160]
Education expenditure of government > As percentage of GNI 4.9% [57th of 127]
Education expenditure of government > As percentage of total government 21.5% [13th of 85]
Education spending (% of GDP) 4.6% [67th of 132]
Education spending (% of total government expenditure) 21.5% [14th of 96]
Education spending (% Primary) 42.2% [46th of 110]
Education spending (% Secondary) 32.5% [64th of 107]
Education spending (% Tertiary) 25.1% [25th of 108]
Education, percentage of pupils starting grade 1 reaching grade 5 85.6% [62nd of 112]
Education, percentage of pupils starting grade 1 reaching grade 5 > Men 87.8% [40th of 101]
Education, percentage of pupils starting grade 1 reaching grade 5 > Women 82.2% [53rd of 101]
Education, primary completion rate 43 [121st of 148]
Education, primary completion rate > Men 52 [117th of 145]
Education, primary completion rate > Women 34 [120th of 145]
Expenditure per student, primary > % of GDP per capita 16.3 % [36th of 101]
Expenditure per student, secondary > % of GDP per capita 40.63 % [6th of 93]
Expenditure per student, tertiary > % of GDP per capita 212.8 % [8th of 81]
Female enrolment share > Primary level 43.2% [164th of 176]
Female enrolment share > Secondary level 35.5% [161st of 170]
Geographical aptitude results 75.782 [48th of 191]
Girls to boys ratio, primary level enrolment 0.79 [168th of 183]
Girls to boys ratio, secondary level enrolment 0.55 [164th of 172]
Girls to boys ratio, tertiary level enrolment 0.36 [108th of 139]
Grade 1 intake rate 27 [102nd of 114]
Gross intake rate in grade 1, female > % of relevant age group 68.39 % [146th of 156]
Gross intake rate in grade 1, male > % of relevant age group 75.23 % [146th of 156]
Gross intake rate in grade 1, total > % of relevant age group 71.81 % [147th of 157]
Illiteracy rates by sex, aged 15+ 48.3% [20th of 138]
Illiteracy rates by sex, aged 15+ > Men 38% [16th of 138]
Illiteracy rates by sex, aged 15+ > Women 59.1% [20th of 138]
Illiterate population by sex, aged 15+ 4,876,900 [22nd of 138]
Illiterate population by sex, aged 15+ (per capita) 277.035 per 1,000 people [19th of 138]
Illiterate population by sex, aged 15+ > Men 1,987,300 [20th of 138]
Illiterate population by sex, aged 15+ > Men (per capita) 112.89 per 1,000 people [14th of 138]
Illiterate population by sex, aged 15+ > Women 2,876,400 [23rd of 138]
Illiterate population by sex, aged 15+ > Women (per capita) 163.396 per 1,000 people [22nd of 138]
Literacy > Definition
age 15 and over can read and write
Literacy > Female 43.6% [136th of 157]
Literacy > Male 57.9% [144th of 156]
Literacy > Total population 50.9% [143rd of 160]
Literacy rate, adult female > % of females ages 15 and above 38.62 % [101st of 121]
Literacy rate, adult male > % of males ages 15 and above 60.84 % [104th of 121]
Literacy rate, adult total > % of people ages 15 and above 48.73 % [104th of 121]
Literacy rate, youth female > % of females ages 15-24 52.13 % [99th of 123]
Literacy rate, youth male > % of males ages 15-24 70.83 % [97th of 123]
Literacy rate, youth total > % of people ages 15-24 60.72 % [99th of 123]
Literacy rates, aged 15-24 60.7% [32nd of 138]
Literacy rates, aged 15-24 > Men 70.8% [30th of 138]
Literacy rates, aged 15-24 > Women 52.1% [32nd of 138]
Net intake rate in grade 1 > % of official school-age population 27.18 % [85th of 95]
Net intake rate in grade 1, female > % of official school-age population 26.28 % [84th of 93]
Net intake rate in grade 1, male > % of official school-age population 28.08 % [85th of 93]
Persistence to grade 5, female > % of cohort 86.7 % [36th of 83]
Persistence to grade 5, male > % of cohort 88.28 % [31st of 83]
Persistence to grade 5, total > % of cohort 87.64 % [47th of 92]
Primary completion rate, female > % of relevant age group 33.67 % [115th of 138]
Primary completion rate, male > % of relevant age group 52.15 % [109th of 138]
Primary completion rate, total > % of relevant age group 42.91 % [115th of 141]
Primary education, duration > years 6 years [47th of 197]
Primary education, pupils 2,046,165 [52nd of 176]
Primary education, pupils (per capita) 0.116 per capita [91st of 193]
Primary education, pupils > % female 44.2 % female [156th of 175]
Primary education, teachers 48,308 [62nd of 159]
Primary education, teachers (per capita) 2.744 per 1,000 people [144th of 191]
Primary education, teachers > % female 23.99 % female [143rd of 153]
Private school enrolment > Primary level 11.3 [58th of 148]
Private school enrolment > Secondary level 36.2 [22nd of 131]
Progression to secondary level 39 [90th of 97]
Progression to secondary school > % 39.72 % [110th of 123]
Progression to secondary school, female > % 36.28 % [107th of 118]
Progression to secondary school, male > % 41.93 % [104th of 118]
Public spending on education, total > % of GDP 4.63 % [62nd of 136]
Public spending on education, total > % of government expenditure 21.6 % [10th of 103]
Public spending per student > Primary level 14.7 [53rd of 126]
Public spending per student > Secondary level 35.7 [14th of 123]
Public spending per student > Tertiary level 139.6 [23rd of 123]
Pupil-teacher ratio, primary 42.36 [21st of 159]
Pupils reaching grade 5 90.7 [48th of 108]
Pupils-teacher ratio > primary level 47.5 [18th of 175]
Pupils-teacher ratio > secondary level 29.1 [14th of 121]
Ratio of female to male enrollments in tertiary education 36.11 [106th of 137]
Ratio of female to male primary enrollment 79.21 [157th of 174]
Ratio of female to male secondary enrollment 55.39 [156th of 162]
Ratio of girls to boys in primary and secondary education > % 67.12 % [153rd of 157]
Ratio of young literate females to males > % ages 15-24 73.59 % [98th of 123]
Repetition rate, primary > % of total enrollment 17.59 % [19th of 128]
Repetition rate, primary, female > % of total enrollment 17.73 % [18th of 125]
Repetition rate, primary, male > % of total enrollment 17.48 % [19th of 125]
Repitition rate > Primary level 22.3 [16th of 143]
School enrollment, preprimary > % gross 3.2 % gross [145th of 159]
School enrollment, preprimary, female > % gross 3.14 % gross [141st of 153]
School enrollment, preprimary, male > % gross 3.26 % gross [140th of 153]
School enrollment, primary > % gross 71.76 % gross [162nd of 176]
School enrollment, primary > % net 56.01 % net [123rd of 139]
School enrollment, primary, female > % gross 63.44 % gross [159th of 174]
School enrollment, primary, female > % net 49.8 % net [123rd of 137]
School enrollment, primary, male > % gross 80.09 % gross [160th of 174]
School enrollment, primary, male > % net 62.21 % net [121st of 136]
School enrollment, primary, private > % of total primary 10.91 % [52nd of 139]
School enrollment, secondary > % gross 24.86 % gross [149th of 164]
School enrollment, secondary > % net 20.03 % net [113rd of 121]
School enrollment, secondary, female > % gross 17.72 % gross [148th of 162]
School enrollment, secondary, female > % net 14.52 % net [112nd of 119]
School enrollment, secondary, male > % gross 31.99 % gross [140th of 162]
School enrollment, secondary, male > % net 25.53 % net [110th of 119]
School enrollment, secondary, private > % of total secondary 36.23 % [14th of 124]
School enrollment, tertiary > % gross 6.49 % gross [96th of 141]
School enrollment, tertiary, female > % gross 3.43 % gross [96th of 137]
School enrollment, tertiary, male > % gross 9.51 % gross [87th of 137]
Scientific and technical journal articles 40 [96th of 175]
Secondary education, general pupils 703,743 [56th of 183]
Secondary education, general pupils (per capita) 0.041 per 1,000 people [155th of 196]
Secondary education, pupils 703,743 [59th of 166]
Secondary education, pupils (per capita) 0.041 per capita [140th of 185]
Secondary education, pupils > % female 35.12 % female [139th of 153]
Secondary education, teachers 20,124 [63rd of 141]
Secondary education, teachers (per capita) 1.228 per 1,000 people [160th of 188]
Secondary education, teachers > % female 31.93 % female [91st of 131]
Secondary education, vocational pupils 25,699 [68th of 163]
Secondary education, vocational pupils (per capita) 1.569 per 1,000 people [131st of 183]
Tertiary enrollment 7% [105th of 151]
Trained teachers in primary education > % of total teachers 100 % [5th of 61]
Trained teachers in primary education, female > % of female teachers 100 % [6th of 56]
Trained teachers in primary education, male > % of male teachers 100 % [6th of 56]
Women to men parity index, as ratio of literacy rates, aged 15-24 0.74 [32nd of 138]
World Organization of the Scout Movement > Members > Admits Boys/Girls both


 

SOURCES
World Development Indicators database; UNESCO; Source: UNESCO UIS Data | UNESCO Institute for Statistics; United Nations Human Development Programme; The Geography Zone; World Bank; All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008; Wikipedia: List of World Organization of the Scout Movement members

ALTERNATIVE NAMES
Cote d'Ivoire, Republic of Cote d'Ivoire, Republique de Cote d'Ivoire, côte d’ivoire, cote d'ivoire, cte d'ivoire, ivory coast, Côte d'Ivoire

Health
 

% immunized 1-year-old children > DPT3 54 [169th of 187]
% immunized 1-year-old children > HepB3 48 [104th of 114]
% immunized 1-year-old children > Measles 56 [165th of 186]
% immunized 1-year-old children > Polio3 54 [168th of 187]
% immunized 1-year-old children > TB 66 [143rd of 153]
% immunized pregnant women tetanus 80 [9th of 54]
% of population using adequate sanitation facilities > Rural 35 [109th of 140]
% of population using adequate sanitation facilities > Total 52 [113rd of 144]
% of population using adequate sanitation facilities > Urban 71 [114th of 141]
% of population using improved drinking water sources > Rural 72 [75th of 146]
% of population using improved drinking water sources > Total 81 [86th of 150]
% of population using improved drinking water sources > Urban 92 [91st of 147]
% of routine EPI vaccines financed by government > Total 58 [101st of 133]
% under-fives with ARI -- 4 [67th of 79]
% under-fives with ARI taken to health provider 38 [57th of 80]
Abortion law > National laws > Physical Health No
Access to sanitation 78% [73rd of 129]
Adolescent fertility rate > births per 1,000 women ages 15-19 117.38 births [23rd of 184]
ARI treatment > % of children under 5 taken to a health provider 38 % [35th of 52]
Birth rate, crude > per 1,000 people 36.29 per 1,000 people [32nd of 195]
Births attended by skilled health staff > % of total 68 % [23rd of 76]
Births with health staff 47% [88th of 116]
Children living with AIDS 84,000 [10th of 80]
Children living with AIDS (per capita) 4.85605 per 1,000 people [13th of 80]
Children Underweight Rate 4% [55th of 95]
Contraception 15% [79th of 89]
Contraceptive prevalence > % of women ages 15-49 15 % [21st of 57]
Dependency ratio per 100 80 [48th of 166]
Diarrhea treatment > % of children under 5 receiving oral rehydration and continued feeding 33.8 % [31st of 47]
Drinking water availability % 81% [84th of 147]
Drug access 80% [89th of 163]
expenditure per capita > current US$ 33 $ [137th of 186]
expenditure, private > % of GDP 2.9 % [59th of 187]
expenditure, public > % of GDP 0.9 % [178th of 187]
expenditure, total > % of GDP 3.8 % [160th of 187]
External resources for health > % of total expenditure on health 5 % [73rd of 141]
External resources for health as % of total expenditure on health 2.2% [87th of 179]
Female adults with HIV > % of population ages 15+ with HIV 58.82 % [23rd of 112]
Fertility rate, total > births per woman 4.7 births per woman [34th of 194]
Healthy life expectancy at birth, years > Females 41.3 [168th of 186]
Healthy life expectancy at birth, years > Males 37.6 [169th of 186]
Healthy life expectancy at birth, years > Total population 39.5 [168th of 186]
HIV AIDS > Adult prevalence rate 7% [13th of 136]
HIV AIDS > Deaths 47,000 [14th of 102]
HIV AIDS > Deaths (per capita) 2,669.861 per million people [17th of 102]
HIV AIDS > People living with HIV AIDS 570,000 [14th of 126]
HIV AIDS > People living with HIV AIDS (per capita) 32.379 per 1,000 people [15th of 126]
HIV AIDS > Women living with aids 15-49 9.65 [13th of 114]
HIVAIDS > Adult prevalence rate 15-49 years, 9.7 [13th of 145]
HIVAIDS > children orphaned by AIDS 0-14 years, 420,000 [11th of 82]
Hospital beds > per 1,000 people 0.81 per 1,000 people [133rd of 149]
Immunization, DPT > % of children ages 12-23 months 56 % [179th of 190]
Immunization, measles > % of children ages 12-23 months 51 % [182nd of 190]
Improved sanitation facilities > % of population with access 37 % [132nd of 167]
Improved sanitation facilities, rural > % of rural population with access 29 % [130th of 167]
Improved sanitation facilities, urban > % of urban population with access 46 % [161st of 173]
Improved water source > % of population with access 84 % [103rd of 176]
Improved water source, rural > % of rural population with access 74 % [99th of 174]
Improved water source, urban > % of urban population with access 97 % [95th of 181]
Incidence of tuberculosis > per 100,000 people 382.38 per 100,000 people [15th of 200]
Infant mortality rate 97.1 [14th of 179]
Infant mortality rate > Female 62.25 deaths/1,000 live births [33rd of 225]
Infant mortality rate > Male 77.06 deaths/1,000 live births [26th of 225]
Infant mortality rate > Total 69.76 deaths/1,000 live births [27th of 225]
Intestinal diseases death rate 33.92% [25th of 141]
life expectancy > Date of information 2006 est.
Life expectancy at birth > Female 55.35 years [192nd of 226]
Life expectancy at birth > Male 53.95 years [187th of 226]
Life expectancy at birth > Total population 54.64 years [189th of 225]
Life expectancy at birth, female > years 46.94 years [160th of 194]
Life expectancy at birth, male > years 45.45 years [163rd of 194]
Life expectancy at birth, total > years 46.18 years [162nd of 194]
Life expectancy at birth, years > Females 49 [164th of 186]
Life expectancy at birth, years > Males 42 [177th of 186]
Life expectancy at birth, years > Total population 45 [173rd of 186]
Major infectious diseases > Animal contact disease rabies
Major infectious diseases > Degree of risk very high
Major infectious diseases > Food or waterborne diseases
bacterial diarrhea, hepatitis A, and typhoid fever
Major infectious diseases > Vectorborne diseases malaria and yellow fever
Malaria % under-fives sleeping under a bednet 10 [28th of 35]
Malaria % under-fives sleeping under a treated bednet 1 [28th of 28]
Malaria % under-fives with fever receiving anti-malarial drugs 58 [15th of 34]
Malaria cases > per 100,000 12,152 [12th of 94]
Malaria prevention, use of insecticide-treated bed nets > % of under-5 population 4 % [2nd of 27]
Malnutrition prevalence, height for age > % of children under 5 25.1 % [12th of 52]
Malnutrition prevalence, weight for age > % of children under 5 17.2 % [7th of 63]
Maternal mortality 600 per 100,000 [10th of 136]
Measles immunization 62 [142nd of 168]
Nutrition > % of children who are still breastfeeding 20-23 months 42 [43rd of 105]
Nutrition > % of children who are � exclusively breastfed 6 months 10 [110th of 125]
Nutrition > % of households consuming iodized salt 31 [84th of 112]
Nutrition > % of under-fives suffering from stunting moderate & severe 25 [61st of 132]
Nutrition > % of under-fives suffering from underweight moderate & severe 21 [52nd of 137]
Nutrition > % of under-fives suffering from underweight severe 5 [45th of 104]
Nutrition > % of under-fives suffering from wasting moderate & severe 8 [49th of 128]
Nutrition > Vitamin A supplementation coverage rate 6-59 months 97 [13th of 57]
Oral rehydration rate % 25 [31st of 73]
Out-of-pocket expenditure as % of private health expenditure 94.6% [82nd of 185]
Out-of-pocket health expenditure > % of private expenditure on health 88.7 % [89th of 185]
Per capita government expenditure on health in international dollars 24 [155th of 185]
Per capita total expenditure on health in international dollars 107 [140th of 185]
Physicians > per 1,000 people 0.12 per 1,000 people [44th of 148]
Population suffering from undernourishment in 1990-1992 18 % [59th of 106]
Population suffering from undernourishment in 2001-2003 14 % [56th of 108]
Pregnant women receiving prenatal care > % 87.6 % [25th of 62]
Prepaid plans as % of private expenditure on health 5.4% [61st of 159]
Prevalence of HIV, total > % of population ages 15-49 7.06 % [12th of 148]
Prevalence of undernourishment > % of population 13 % [61st of 172]
Private expenditure on health as % of total expenditure on health 77.6% [10th of 185]
Probability of dying before 5 > Females 138 per 1,000 people [30th of 187]
Probability of not reaching 40 40.2% [20th of 111]
Probability of reaching 65 > Female 37.3% [146th of 159]
Probability of reaching 65 > Male 35.4% [140th of 159]
Respiratory disease child death rate 204.09 (est)
Smoking prevalence, females > % of adults 1.8 % [1st of 43]
Smoking prevalence, males > % of adults 42.3 % [1st of 42]
Spending > Per person 28 [99th of 133]
Spending > Private 2.5 [59th of 141]
Spending > Public 1.2%
Total expenditure on health as % of GDP 6.2% [84th of 185]
Total fertility rate 4.7 [41st of 166]
Tuberculosis cases > Per 100,000 207 [22nd of 165]
Tuberculosis cases detected under DOTS > % 37.6 % [147th of 178]
Tuberculosis immunisation 84% [102nd of 134]
Tuberculosis treatment success rate > % of registered cases 70.62 % [126th of 171]
Unmet need for contraception > % of married women ages 15-49 27.7 % [1st of 13]
Water availability 5,058 cubic meters [85th of 169]
Women circumcised 4.1 [8th of 27]
Women circumcised (per capita) 0.000237022 per 1,000 people [12th of 27]
Women circumcised share 4.1% [8th of 27]


 

SOURCES
UNICEF; Wikipedia: Abortion law ; CIA World Factbook, December 2003; World Development Indicators database; WHO 2002a; UNHDR; UNICEF; UN (United Nations). 2002. United Nations Population Division Database on Contraceptive Use. Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division. January. New York; World Health Organization; World Health Organization (WHO) and United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF), Global Water Supply and Sanitation Assessment 2000 Report and updates provided by UNICEF to the United Nations Millennium Indicator Database; WHO (World Health Organization). 2001. Correspondence on access to essential drugs. Department of Essential Drugs and Medecines Policy. February. Geneva; All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008; United Nations, Demographic Yearbook, 1997; CIA World Factbook, 28 July 2005; World Health Organisation. 1997-1999 World Health Statistics Annual. Geneva: WHO, 2000; Wikipedia: List of countries by life expectancy ; UNHDR; UNICEF (United Nations Children?s Fund). 2002. Official Summary: The State of the World's Children 2002. New York: Oxford University Press.; Wikipedia: List of countries by percentage of population suffering from undernourishment ; The World Health Report 2001; UN 2001 via backone.pdf; UN (United Nations). 2001. World Population Prospects 1950-2050: The 2000 Revision. Database. Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division. New York.; UN (United Nations). 2001. World Population Prospects 1950-2050: The 2000 Revision. Database. Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division. New York; World Bank. 2002. World Development Indicators 2002. CD-ROM. Washington, DC; ; Unicef (1994)

ALTERNATIVE NAMES
Cote d'Ivoire, Republic of Cote d'Ivoire, Republique de Cote d'Ivoire, côte d’ivoire, cote d'ivoire, cte d'ivoire, ivory coast, Côte d'Ivoire

Sports
 

1992 World Rally Championship season > Events > Podium Cars
# Mitsubishi Galant VR-4 # Opel Kadett GSI 16V # Audi 90 Quattro
1992 World Rally Championship season > Events > Start-End Date 31 October-2 November
1996 Summer Paralympics > Gold 2 [40th of 50]
1996 Summer Paralympics > Total 2 [51st of 59]
2000 Summer Paralympics > Bronze 1 [56th of 58]
2000 Summer Paralympics > Gold 1 [45th of 51]
2000 Summer Paralympics > Total 2 [57th of 66]
African Cup of Nations > Most tournaments hosted > Hosts 1 time
FIFA World Ranking > Men 671 [31st of 198]
FIFA World Ranking > Men (per capita) 38.791 per 1 million people [125th of 197]
Rugby World Cup > 2003 standings 1 [21st of 20]
Rugby World Cup > 2003 standings (per capita) 0.0578102 per 1 million people [17th of 20]
Rugby World Cup Overall Record > 1987-2003 > % 0 [17th of 19]
Rugby World Cup Overall Record > 1987-2003 > A 172 [18th of 19]
Rugby World Cup Overall Record > 1987-2003 > F 29 [18th of 19]
Rugby World Cup Overall Record > 1987-2003 > L 3 [17th of 19]
Rugby World Cup Overall Record > 1987-2003 > Pld 3 [19th of 19]
Summer olympic medals > All time 1 [114th of 116]
Summer olympic medals > All time (per capita) 0.578 per 10 million people [111st of 116]
World Cup Totals > Draws 0 [66th of 72]
World Cup Totals > Draws (per capita) 0 per 10 million people [63rd of 69]
World Cup Totals > Goals against 6 [65th of 72]
World Cup Totals > Goals against (per capita) 3.469 per 10 million people [53rd of 69]
World Cup Totals > Goals for 5 [51st of 72]
World Cup Totals > Goals for (per capita) 2.891 per 10 million people [44th of 69]
World Cup Totals > Losses 2 [66th of 72]
World Cup Totals > Losses (per capita) 11.562 per 100 million people [49th of 69]
World Cup Totals > Matches played 3 [61st of 72]
World Cup Totals > Matches played (per capita) 17.343 per 100 million people [57th of 69]
World Cup Totals > Points 3 [53rd of 72]
World Cup Totals > Points (per capita) 1.734 per 10 million people [48th of 69]
World Cup Totals > Wins 1 [54th of 72]
World Cup Totals > Wins (per capita) 0.578 per 10 million people [44th of 69]


 

SOURCES
Wikipedia: 1992 World Rally Championship season ; Wikipedia: 1996 Summer Paralympics ; Wikipedia: 2000 Summer Paralympics ; Wikipedia: African Cup of Nations ; Federation Internationale de Football Association (FIFA); Tarik's SANZAR Rugby Guide; Wikipedia: Rugby World Cup Overall Record ; The Golden Book of the Olympic Games ; ESPN, FIFA Official Website, NationMaster

ALTERNATIVE NAMES
Cote d'Ivoire, Republic of Cote d'Ivoire, Republique de Cote d'Ivoire, côte d’ivoire, cote d'ivoire, cte d'ivoire, ivory coast, Côte d'Ivoire

Food
 

beverages and tobacco > % of value added in manufacturing 42.01 % [15th of 103]
exports > % of merchandise exports 55.8 % [20th of 156]
imports > % of merchandise imports 21.75 % [16th of 155]


 

SOURCES
World Development Indicators database

ALTERNATIVE NAMES
Cote d'Ivoire, Republic of Cote d'Ivoire, Republique de Cote d'Ivoire, côte d’ivoire, cote d'ivoire, cte d'ivoire, ivory coast, Côte d'Ivoire

Languages

French (official), 60 native dialects with Dioula the most widely spoken

SOURCES
All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008

ALTERNATIVE NAMES
Cote d'Ivoire, Republic of Cote d'Ivoire, Republique de Cote d'Ivoire, côte d’ivoire, cote d'ivoire, cte d'ivoire, ivory coast, Côte d'Ivoire


2) Religion

 

Catholic > Cardinals 1 [58th of 65]
 Catholic > Cardinals (per $ GDP) 0.569 per $14.1 billion [11th of 64]
Islam > Percentage Muslim 38.6% [53rd of 168]
Islam > Population 6,677,043 [33rd of 165]
Jehovahs Witnesses 7,002 [75th of 178]
Protestantism > By country > Protestants 864,902 [58th of 167]
Protestantism > By country > Protestants > % Protestant 5 % [94th of 163]
Religions > A note
the majority of foreigners (migratory workers) are Muslim (70%) and Christian (20%)
Religions > All
Muslim 35-40%, indigenous 25-40%, Christian 20-30% (2001)
Roman Catholicism > By country > Roman Catholicism > % Catholic 19.4 % [76th of 170]
Roman Catholicism > By country > Roman Catholicism > Catholic total 3,355,819 [55th of 170]
Seventh-day Adventist Membership 9,490 [80th of 232]

 


3) Media
 

Average cost of local call 0.05 [100th of 151]
Computer, communications and other services > % of commercial service exports 65.32 % [6th of 153]
Computer, communications and other services > % of commercial service imports 30.46 % [57th of 155]
Daily newspapers > per 1,000 people 15.58 per 1,000 people [64th of 89]
DVD region 5 [66th of 171]
E-Government rating 28 [176th of 182]
Fixed line and mobile phone subscribers > per 1,000 people 108.12 per 1,000 people [131st of 193]
HAM radio prefixes TUA - TUZ
Households with television > % 34.53 % [97th of 160]
International voice traffic > out and in, minutes 309,053,500 min. [44th of 164]
International voice traffic > out and in, minutes (per capita) 17.293 min. per capita [57th of 185]
Investment in telecoms with private participation > current US$ 20,000,000 $ [70th of 101]
Investment in telecoms with private participation > current US$ (per $ GDP) 1.224 $ per $1,000 of GDP [78th of 130]
Investment in telecoms with private participation > current US$ (per capita) 1.102 $ per capita [75th of 132]
Mobile phone subscribers 2,190,000 [77th of 198]
Mobile phone subscribers (per capita) 120.635 per 1 million people [122nd of 201]
Newspapers and periodicals > Circulation > Daily 238,000 [55th of 90]
Newspapers and periodicals > Circulation > Daily (per capita) 14.876 per 1,000 people [65th of 90]
Newspapers and periodicals > Number of titles > Daily 12 [54th of 106]
Newspapers and periodicals > Number of titles > Daily (per capita) 0.75 per million people [77th of 104]
Number of PCs 262 [86th of 169]
Number of PCs (per $ GDP) 0.106 per $10 million of GDP [70th of 144]
Number of PCs (per capita) 0.151 per 10,000 people [126th of 169]
Personal computers 262,000 [83rd of 164]
Personal computers (per capita) 14.66 per 1 million people [122nd of 171]
Phone subscribers 62.52 [133rd of 178]
Population covered by mobile telephony > % 55 % [64th of 108]
Price basket for mobile > US$ per month 22.23 $/month [17th of 185]
Price basket for residential fixed line > US$ per month 28.2 $/month [19th of 151]
Radio broadcast stations AM 2, FM 9, shortwave 3
Radio receivers 2,260,000 [87th of 188]
Radio receivers (per capita) 0.145 per capita [142nd of 182]
Radios 2,260,000 [87th of 221]
Radios (per capita) 130.651 per 1,000 people [171st of 212]
Telecommunications investment > % of revenue 14.25 % [47th of 165]
Telecommunications investment > current LCU 50272360000
Telecommunications revenue > % GDP 4.31 % GDP [51st of 167]
Telecommunications revenue > current LCU 352683000000
Telephone average cost of call to US > US$ per three minutes 2.25 $ [33rd of 142]
Telephone average cost of call to US > US$ per three minutes (per $ GDP) 145.339 $ per $1 trillion of GD [44th of 174]
Telephone average cost of call to US > US$ per three minutes (per capita) 125.896 $ per 1 million people [60th of 178]
Telephone employees, total 2,850 [67th of 194]
Telephone employees, total (per capita) 0.159 per 1,000 people [86th of 202]
Telephone faults > per 100 mainlines 81 per 100 mainlines [6th of 134]
Telephone mainlines 257,932 [106th of 202]
Telephone mainlines (per capita) 14.432 per 1,000 people [146th of 203]
Telephone subscribers 1,932,264 [87th of 199]
Telephone subscribers (per capita) 0.112 per 1,000 people [133rd of 201]
Telephone subscribers per employee 677.99 [20th of 191]
Telephone system > Domestic
open-wire lines and microwave radio relay; 90% digitalized
Telephone system > General assessment
well developed by African standards; telecommunications sector privatized in late 1990s and operational fixed-lines have more than quadrupled since that time; with multiple cellular service providers competing in the market, cellular usage has increased sharply to roughly 40 per 100 persons
Telephone system > 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)
Telephone system > Regulation 1995
Telephone systems > Privatisation 1997
Telephones > Main lines in use 730,000 [72nd of 174]
Telephones > Main lines in use (per capita) 40.525 per 1,000 people [99th of 173]
Telephones > Mobile cellular 7,050,000 [58th of 186]
Telephones > Mobile cellular (per capita) 391.375 per 1,000 people [103rd of 185]
Television broadcast stations 14 [6th of 89]
Television broadcast stations (per capita) 0.855 per million people [8th of 67]
Television receivers 900,000 [80th of 185]
Television receivers (per capita) 57.724 per 1,000 people [119th of 179]
Television standard > VHF SECAM K1
Televisions 1,090,000 [78th of 215]
Televisions (per capita) 63.0131 per 1,000 people [142nd of 209]
 

SOURCES
World Development Indicators database; Amazon.com; report presents the second annual update on global e-government, i.e., the delivery of public sector information and online services through the Internet. This report studies the features that are available online at national government websites. Using a detailed analysis of 1.197 government websites in 198 different nations, it measures the information and services that are online, chart the variations that exist across countries, and discuss how e-government sites vary by region of the world. In order to see how the 198 nations ranked overall, the E-Government Ranking 2002 created a 0 to 100 point index and applied it to each nation's websites based on the availability of contact information, publications, databases, portals, and number of online services. (2002); hamcity.com; Source: UNESCO UIS Data | UNESCO Institute for Statistics; ITU; All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008; CIA World Factbook, December 2003; ITU-BDT Telecommunications Regulatory Database; Tenlab May 2002

ALTERNATIVE NAMES
Cote d'Ivoire, Republic of Cote d'Ivoire, Republique de Cote d'Ivoire, côte d’ivoire, cote d'ivoire, cte d'ivoire, ivory coast, Côte d'Ivoire

Internet

Broadband subscribers 826 [98th of 117]
Broadband subscribers (per capita) 46.218 per 1 million people [119th of 146]
Country code .ci
Hosts 5,569 [121st of 228]
Hosts (per capita) 275.972 per million people [162nd of 222]
International Internet bandwidth > Mbps 55.42 Mbps [95th of 167]
International Internet bandwidth > Mbps (per $ GDP) 3.58 Mbps per $1 trillion of [117th of 184]
International Internet bandwidth > Mbps (per capita) 3.101 Mbps per 1 billion peop [122nd of 188]
Internet Service Providers 5 [121st of 229]
Internet Service Providers (per capita) 0.000289051 per 1,000 people [172nd of 215]
ISP 5 [23rd of 162]
ISP (per capita) 293.238 per billion people [28th of 127]
Price basket for Internet > US$ per month 67.08 $/month [16th of 180]
Secure Internet servers 9 [119th of 183]
Secure Internet servers (per capita) 0.275 per 1 million people [154th of 189]
TLD .ci
Users 300,000 [96th of 190]
Users (per capita) 16.244 per 1,000 people [136th of 184]


 

SOURCES
 World Development Indicators database; IANA: Internet Assigned Numbers Authority; All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008; CIA World Factbook, December 2003

ALTERNATIVE NAMES
Cote d'Ivoire, Republic of Cote d'Ivoire, Republique de Cote d'Ivoire, côte d’ivoire, cote d'ivoire, cte d'ivoire, ivory coast, Côte d'Ivoire

 

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Once boasting one of the most successful and stable economies in Africa, Côte d’Ivoire (as Ivory Coast is called in French) exemplified the prosperity implied in its name. The stunning modernity of Abidjan (known as “the Paris of West Africa”), the traditional cultural richness, and the great natural beauty of the beaches and national parks, all contribute to the country’s many charms.

Unfortunately, Côte d’Ivoire has been in political flux since 1999, with coups and a civil war creating substantial political instability. An agreement was signed in 2007 between the government and northern rebels to reunite the country, but presidential elections have been postponed indefinitely, and troops from France and the United Nations remain to support the peace process. The economy has also suffered in recent years as a result of falling global prices for cocoa and coffee, the country’s primary
exports.

Nevertheless, Côte d’Ivoire is a country that will, one hopes, soon return to its former state of stability and flourish again.

The Top 10
What to Do in Côte d’Ivoire


1. UNESCO World Heritage Parks
Taï National Park (one of the last remaining primary tropical forests), Mount Nimba Strict Nature Reserve, and Comoé National Park are all located in Côte d’Ivoire. Go with local guides to spot African wildlife, including lions, chimpanzees, and hippos.

2. Beaches
Bask on the beaches of the coastal resort towns. Do as the locals do and retreat to charming, colonial Grand Bassam, or try Assouinde. If you plan to swim, do so with caution, as the coastal currents can be extremely strong.

3. Yamoussoukro
Take a trip to the official capital city, Yamoussoukro. Côte d’Ivoire’s former president Felix Houphouet-Boigny lavished many gifts on his hometown, but the most spectacular by far is the Basilica of Our Lady of Peace, a stunning, full-size replica of St. Peter’s Basilica in Rome. The structure contains more stained glass than is found in all of France.

4. Le Plateau
Witness the fruits of Côte d’Ivoire’s previously strong economy by strolling through Le Plateau, the central commercial district of Abidjan, and marvel at the modern skyscrapers. Don’t miss La Pyramide, one of the most striking buildings in the city, and check out the many shops, offices, and restaurants.

5. Museums
Visit the Musée National in Abidjan to learn more about Côte d’Ivoire’s rich history through more than 20,000 objects, including masks, pottery, and, of course, some ivory. See modern Ivorian and African art at the Musée Municipal d’Art Contemporain.

6. Cathédrale St-Paul
Located in Abidjan, this structure, consecrated by the pope, was designed in a nontraditional style by the Italian architect Aldo Spiritom.

7. Shopping
Take advantage of the shopping that Abidjan has to offer. Try the well-stocked Marché de Treichville or the Hypermarché Sococé. The Marché de Cocody is good for picking up some touristy tchotchkes.

8. Eat! Sample the local Ivorian cuisine (the staple foods are rice, cassava, yams, and bread) at Abidjan’s food markets or on the sidewalks. Try the national dish, alloca, which consists of fried plantains. Indulge at one of the city’s many restaurants. Maquis Chez Fifne is perfect for an African lunch; for delicious and less traditional fare, some recommendations are Nuit de Saigon (Vietnamese), Delhi Darbar (Indian), La Cascade (French), and Boulangerie Pâtisserie du Rond-point (for the pastries).

9. Happy Hour
For a cocktail-infused sense of Côte d’Ivoire’s colonial history, head to Abidjan’s Bar des Sports in Le Plateau to hang out with French expatriates in French-designed interiors. Then head to the Butterfly Lounge, the stylish, “it” spot, with live outdoor jazz.

10. Nightlife
You mustn’t leave Côte d’Ivoire without checking out one of the local nightclubs. The Treichville district of Abidjan is known for its vibrant and busy nightlife. Dance to Afro-Cuban music with the patrons of Place Vendôme, or appreciate the sense of history at Midnight, one of the oldest clubs in the city.

When to Go


The weather is tropical along the coast and semi-arid in the far north. There are three general seasons
warm and dry (November to March), hot and dry (March to May), and hot and wet (June to October).

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