 Keys indicators |
| Surface area | 322,463 sq. km | | | Population | 15.3 million | 1997 | | Population growth rate | 3.8% | | | Local currency | CFA Franc | | | Exchange rate | 100 CFA F = 1FF | | | Official language | French | | | Political Capital | Yamoussoukro | | | Economic Capital | Abidjan | | | Export value (FOB) | 2, 592.6 billion CFA F | 1998 | | Main export products | Coffee cocoa, timber, rubber, cotton, palm oil, oil products, manufactured products | | | Import value (CIF) | 1, 764.5 billion CFA F | 1998 | | Main import products | Machinery, manufactured products, wheat, rice | | | Main trade partners | France, Nigeria, USA, Germany, Italy, Netherlands, UEMOA | | | Stock of external debt | 7,614.8 billion CFA F | 1998 | | Debt service | 830 billion CFA F | 1998 | | GDP (current prices) | 7,552 billion CFA F | 1998 | | GDP growth rate | 6.5% | 1998 | | Per capita income | 675 US $ | 1997 | | Inflation rate | 1.2% | 1998 | | Literacy rate | 56% | 1996 |
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