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Côte d'Ivoire

EU Compliance · Geopolitical Risk · Sourcing Attractiveness

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EU Compliance

lower score = lower risk

5.9

Geopolitical Risk

lower score = lower risk

3.8

Sourcing Attractiveness

higher score = more attractive

4.0

Why these scores

EU Compliance, by dimension

Forced & child labour7
Worker rights & FOA6
OHS & audit transparency6
Food & product safety5
Environmental & regulatory8
Governance & anti-corruption7
Tariff & preferential access2
Non-tariff barriers5
Supply chain traceability7

1 = lowest risk · methodology & sources

Geopolitical Risk, by dimension

Geopolitical conflict3
Supplier concentration6
Climate & physical risk5
Sanctions exposure1
Policy continuity & property rights4

1 = lowest risk · methodology & sources

Attractiveness, by dimension

Labour cost competitiveness8
Supply base depth3
Logistics & infrastructure4
Workforce skills3
Scalability6
Ease of doing business3
Trade access & tariffs2
Sustainability baseline3
Innovation & IP5
Quality standards3

9 = most attractive · methodology & sources

Analyst scores, last reviewed June 2026; each dimension's sources and cadence are on its methodology page.

Data layers

The EU is Côte d'Ivoire's #1 import source (world lens). Côte d'Ivoire is the EU's #59 goods supplier.

Côte d'Ivoire on the world stage

Côte d'Ivoire$17.2bn total importsEU-2723.5% · $4.0bnChina15.9% · $2.7bnNigeria13.4% · $2.3bnFrance6.5% · $1.1bnASEAN-65.1% · $883mBelgium5.0% · $863mUSA4.9% · $851mUS4.9% · $851mJapan1.5% · $258m

Total imports

$17.2bn

2024 annual

Total exports

$20.5bn

201 partners

#1 import source

China

15.9%

#1 export dest.

Switzerland

13.4%

2024 annual, UN Comtrade (HS TOTAL, all partners). Line colour: coverage (exports/imports per partner).

Côte d'Ivoire and the EU

EU imports from

€10.6bn

0.4% of extra-EU

EU exports to

€4.3bn

0.2% of extra-EU

EU supplier rank

EU's #59 supplier

EU trade balance

one-sided

coverage 0.40

2025 annual totals, Eurostat COMEXT. EU trade board →

Electricity & grid

National sources · carbon from Ember

Electricity costs →

Industrial

216

EUR/MWh

Consumer

122

EUR/MWh, all-in

Grid carbon

394

gCO₂e/kWh

Renewables

31%

of generation

regulated market

Power market

Export-revenue + dam debt

Market model

Single buyer (CI-ENERGIES)

Direct PPA

None

grid access: closed

Reserve margin

Regulator

Not independent

ANARE-CI (Autorite Nationale de Regulation du Secteur de l'Electricite)

Regional power-export hub supplying Ghana, Burkina Faso, Mali, and Guinea, but revenue dependence on regional exports while domestic electrification remains incomplete.

Power markets: full layer →

Tracked infrastructure

4 gas plants

1.1 GW · 2 building

1 solar farms

38 MW · 3 building

4 hydro plants

824 MW · 1 building

Operating assets tracked by Global Energy Monitor (CC BY 4.0); counts are tracked facilities, not exhaustive totals. Energy overview →

Metal mining

Tagged mines

62

3 production-backed

Acid-drainage prone

1

high water-risk ore class

Main commodities

Gold, Other mine, Nickel

Mine-water verifiability

Partial

CIAPOL monitors water, soil and air pollution

Water risk is inferred from the ore class, not site measurements. Global mines: full layer →

Demographics

UN World Population Prospects 2024 · medium variant

ASEAN demographics →

Median age

18.2

→ 22.6 by 2050

Fertility

4.23

above replacement

Working-age

56.5%

aged 15–64

Old-age dep.

4.6

→ 7.7 by 2050

Median age 1990–2050

Population 31.9M · still growing past 2100

By 2050: +75% (55.7M)

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