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Ivory Coast

Introduction

Ivory Coast is an West African country that gained Independence on 15th August 1960.

Read more about Ivory Coast here

Political Brief

Ivory Coast has a presidential system of government and the last elections were held on 25th October 2015.

(Source: International Foundation for Electoral Systems) 

Economy

Ivory Coast uses the CFA Franc (XOS) and the main economic activity lies in services.  

According to the World Bank statistics department, Ivory Coast had a GDP of $31.172 Billion in 2015. It's latest Gini Coefficient value was 43.2 as at 2013.

(Source: World Bank)

   ICT Brief

Ivory Coast's ccTLD is .ci

As at December 2015, Internet penetration stood at 22.5% of the population. (Source: Agence des Telecommunications de Cote d'Ivoire (ATCI))

Information and communication related matters are rregulated by the CAK - Agence des Telecommunications de Cote d'Ivoire (ATCI)

   Population Brief

The country’s population stood at 21.29 Million as at December 2015.

The urban/rural population ratio as at December 2015 stood at 53:47 according to the United Nations Population Department

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