1984 Edition

Agriculture

commercial — coffee, cocoa, wood, bananas, pineapples, palm oil; food crops— corn, millet, yams, rice; other commodities— cotton, rubber, tobacco, fish

Aid

economic commitments — Western (non-US) ODA and OOF (1970-81), $1.7 billion; US authorizations, including Ex-Im (FY70-81), $340 million

Airfields

48 total, 46 usable; 3 with permanent-surface runways; 3 with runways 2,440-3,659 m; 9 with runways 1,2202,439 m

Branches

President has sweeping powers, unicameral legislature (140-member National Assembly), separate judiciary

Army, Navy, Aerial Transport and Liaison Group

Budget

(1982), revenues $2. 1 billion, current expenditures $1.9 billion, capital expenditures and net lending $0.8 billion

Capital

Abidjan (capital city changed to Yamoussoukro in March 1983)

Civil air

23 major transport aircraft, including multinationally owned Air Afrique fleet

Communists

no Communist party; possibly some sympathizers

Elections

legislative and municipal elections were held in November 1980; HouphouetBoigny reelected in October 1980 to his fifth consecutive five-year term; next round of national elections scheduled for 1985 Political parties and leaders: Democratic Party of the Ivory Coast (PDCI), only party; Houphouet-Boigny firmly controls party

Electric power

1,000,000 kW capacity (1983); 2.0 billion kWh produced (1983), 225 kWh per capita

Exports

$2.45 billion (f .o.b., 1982 est.); cocoa (30%), coffee(20%), tropical woods(ll%), cotton, bananas, pineapples, palm oil, cotton

Fiscal year

calendar year Communications

Fishing

catch 92,050 metric tons (1979 est.); exports $44.7 million (1979), imports $71.9 million (1979)

GDP

$7.7 billion (1982 est), $871 per capita; real average annual growth rate, 1.8% (1982)

Government leader

Felix HOUPHOUETBOIGNY, President

Highways

46,600 km total; 3,461 km bituminous and bituminous-treated surface; 31,939 km gravel, crushed stone, laterite, and improved earth; 11,200 km unimproved

Imports

$1.85 billion (f.o.b., 1982 est.); manufactured goods and semifinished products (50%), consumer goods (40%), raw materials and fuels (10%)

Inland waterways

740 km navigable rivers and numerous coastal lagoons

Labor force

over 85% of population engaged in agriculture, forestry, livestock raising; about 1 1 % of labor force are wage earners, nearly half in agriculture, remainder in government, industry, commerce, and professions

Legal system

based on French civil law system and customary law; constitution adopted 1960; judicial review in the Constitutional Chamber of the Supreme Court; legal education at Abidjan School of Law; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction

Literacy

24%

Major industries

food and lumber processing, oil refinery, automobile assembly plant, textiles, soap, flour mill, matches, three small shipyards, fertilizer plant, and battery factory

Major trade partners

(1979) France and other EC countries about 65%, US 10%, Communist countries about 3%

Member of

Af DB, CEAO, KAMA, ECA, ECOWAS, EIB (associate), Entente, FAO, G-77, GATT, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICO, IDA, IFAD, IFC, ILO, IMF, IMO, INTELSAT, INTERPOL, IPU, ITU, Niger River Commission, NAM, OAU, OCAM, UN, UNESCO, UPU, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO Economy

Military budget

for fiscal year ending 1983, $75.4 million; 4.5% of central government budget

Military manpower

males 15-49, 2,228,000; 1,144,000 fit for military service; 90,000 males reach military age (18) annually

Monetary conversion rate

397.45 Communaute Financiere Africaine (CFA) francs=US$l (October 1983)

National holiday

7 December

Official name

Republic of the Ivory Coast

Organized labor

20% of wage labor force Government

Political subdivisions

24 departments subdivided into 127 subprefectures

Ports

2 major (Abidjan, San Pedro), 2 minor

Railroads

657 km of the 1 , 173 km Abidjan to Ouagadougou, Upper Volta, line, all single track 1.000-meter gauge; only diesel locomotives in use

Suffrage

universal over age 21

Telecommunications

system above African average; consists of openwire lines and radio-relay links; 78,400 telephones (1.2 per 100 popl.); 3 AM, 17 FM, and 11 TV stations; 2 Atlantic Ocean satellite stations; 2 coaxial submarine cables Defense Forces

Type

republic; one-party presidential regime established 1960