Côte d'Ivoire

Côte d'Ivoire posted real growth of +6.5% with almost no inflation, at 0.1%. US$ GDP rose 14.5% to US$99.8 billion, though most of that increase was exchange-rate and price effects, not output, and the economy held 78th place, between Serbia and Venezuela. Services make up 51.2% of output, industry 23.9% and agriculture 16.8%, with manufacturing at 12.3%. Unemployment stood at 2.3% and government gross debt at 57.1% of GDP.

The 7th-largest economy in Sub-Saharan Africa is about the size of the Omaha, NE metro area. In 2000 its GDP was US$16.6 billion and it ranked 77th; US$ GDP has since grown 6.0 times. With 32.7 million people, GDP per capita is US$3,050, 147th of 196, and $8,209 international dollars on a PPP basis, 146th. The IMF projects a +54% rise to US$153.6 billion by 2030, which would move Côte d'Ivoire up to 71st.