West Africa
Côte d'Ivoire
EU Compliance · Geopolitical Risk · Sourcing Attractiveness
Market-entry intelligence →Why these scores
EU Compliance, by dimension
1 = lowest risk · methodology & sources
Geopolitical Risk, by dimension
1 = lowest risk · methodology & sources
Attractiveness, by dimension
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
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
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 debtMarket 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.
Tracked infrastructure
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
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)