Cote d'Ivoire — GDP growth
GDP Growth (Annual %) for Cote d'Ivoire, 1961–2025.
GDP growth for Cote d'Ivoire was 6.50% in 2025, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 65 years, from 1961 to 2025. The highest recorded value was 17.61% in 1964. The lowest was -10.96% in 1980 (about -1.7× the latest value). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to -0.66% per year.
Cote d'Ivoire ranks 27 of 212 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 13%. The median for Sub-Saharan Africa is 4.61%, so Cote d'Ivoire sits above it. It peaked in 1964 and has fallen 63% since. Over the last decade (2015–2025) the figure moved down 10%. Within Sub-Saharan Africa it ranks 9 of 47 economies; Uganda (6.33%) is just below it. Its sharpest one-year move was down 2042% in 1983. That is 7% above this series' own ten-year average.
Data highlights
World ranking. Slipped: 14th of 107 in 1961 → 21st of 119 in 1970 → 147th of 152 in 1980 → 139th of 176 in 1990 → 176th of 199 in 2000 → 47th of 209 in 2010 → 33rd of 209 in 2020 → 23rd of 186 in 2025.
Key figures
Full history — 1961 to 2025
| Year | annual % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6.5% | +0.5 pp |
| 2024 | 6.02% | -0.6 pp |
| 2023 | 6.6% | +0.2 pp |
| 2022 | 6.4% | -0.7 pp |
| 2021 | 7.06% | +6.4 pp |
| 2020 | 0.7% | -6.0 pp |
| 2019 | 6.72% | +1.9 pp |
| 2018 | 4.84% | -2.6 pp |
| 2017 | 7.41% | +0.2 pp |
| 2016 | 7.17% | -0.0 pp |
| 2015 | 7.19% | -2.2 pp |
| 2014 | 9.37% | -1.4 pp |
| 2013 | 10.76% | +3.1 pp |
| 2012 | 7.62% | +13.0 pp |
| 2011 | -5.37% | -12.2 pp |
| 2010 | 6.85% | +3.2 pp |
| 2009 | 3.6% | -1.2 pp |
| 2008 | 4.78% | +3.7 pp |
| 2007 | 1.1% | -1.7 pp |
| 2006 | 2.82% | +1.8 pp |
| 2005 | 1% | -2.2 pp |
| 2004 | 3.19% | +7.9 pp |
| 2003 | -4.73% | -2.0 pp |
| 2002 | -2.73% | -0.6 pp |
| 2001 | -2.15% | -1.9 pp |
| 2000 | -0.27% | -1.4 pp |
| 1999 | 1.17% | -3.1 pp |
| 1998 | 4.26% | -5.4 pp |
| 1997 | 9.65% | +1.9 pp |
| 1996 | 7.73% | +0.6 pp |
| 1995 | 7.13% | +6.3 pp |
| 1994 | 0.81% | +1.0 pp |
| 1993 | -0.19% | +0.1 pp |
| 1992 | -0.24% | -0.3 pp |
| 1991 | 0.04% | +1.1 pp |
| 1990 | -1.1% | -4.0 pp |
| 1989 | 2.95% | +1.8 pp |
| 1988 | 1.14% | +1.5 pp |
| 1987 | -0.35% | -3.6 pp |
| 1986 | 3.26% | -1.2 pp |
| 1985 | 4.5% | +7.2 pp |
| 1984 | -2.7% | +1.2 pp |
| 1983 | -3.9% | -4.1 pp |
| 1982 | 0.2% | -3.3 pp |
| 1981 | 3.5% | +14.5 pp |
| 1980 | -10.96% | -13.4 pp |
| 1979 | 2.39% | -8.5 pp |
| 1978 | 10.91% | +3.6 pp |
| 1977 | 7.31% | -5.6 pp |
| 1976 | 12.92% | +4.7 pp |
| 1975 | 8.25% | +3.9 pp |
| 1974 | 4.33% | -1.6 pp |
| 1973 | 5.94% | +1.7 pp |
| 1972 | 4.24% | -5.2 pp |
| 1971 | 9.46% | -0.9 pp |
| 1970 | 10.38% | +0.8 pp |
| 1969 | 9.54% | -3.0 pp |
| 1968 | 12.55% | +8.0 pp |
| 1967 | 4.6% | -7.0 pp |
| 1966 | 11.58% | +14.7 pp |
| 1965 | -3.11% | -20.7 pp |
| 1964 | 17.61% | +3.1 pp |
| 1963 | 14.49% | +13.3 pp |
| 1962 | 1.23% | -8.7 pp |
| 1961 | 9.93% | — |
Frequently asked questions
What was Cote d'Ivoire’s GDP growth in 1962?
1.23% (1962). The full year-by-year table above lists every published year, most recent first.
Are changes in this series measured in percentage points?
Yes. The series is a share expressed in annual %, so year-over-year movements in the Change column are percentage points (pp), not percent.
Is Cote d'Ivoire’s GDP growth growing or shrinking?
Between 1961 and 2025 the series was shrinking overall: -34.6% in total — about 0.7% a year compounded.
Where does this data come from?
World Bank Open Data (CC BY-4.0), indicator NY.GDP.MKTP.KD.ZG. Values are reproduced as published; this page only computes summary statistics such as change, CAGR and extremes.
What are the most recent published figures?
The last five published years: 2025: 6.5%; 2024: 6.02%; 2023: 6.6%; 2022: 6.4%; 2021: 7.06%. Earlier years are in the full-history table below.
Related data
NY.GDP.MKTP.KD.ZG — GDP Growth (Annual %). Data licensed under CC BY 4.0. Values are reproduced as published; this page computes the summary statistics (change, CAGR, extremes) from the underlying annual series. View the original dataset on data.worldbank.org.