1986 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 (1970-83), $3.0 billion; US authorizations, including Ex-Im (FY70-81), $340 million

Airfields

49 total, 45 usable; 3 with permanent-surface runways; 3 with runways 2,440-3,659 m; 13 with runways 1, 220-2,439 m

Branches

President has sweeping powers, unicameral legislature (175-member National Assembly), separate judiciary

Army, Navy, Air Force, paramilitary Gendarmerie

Capital

Abidjan (capital city changed to Yamoussoukro in March 1983 but not recognized by US)

Civil air

25 major transport aircraft, including multinationally owned Air Afrique fleet

Communists

no Communist party; possibly some sympathizers

Elections

legislative and municipal elections were held in October 1985; Houphouet-Boigny reelected in October 1985 to his fifth consecutive five-year term; next round of national elections scheduled for October 1990 Political parties and leaders: Democratic Party of the Ivory Coast (PDCI), only party; Houphouet-Boigny firmly controls party

Electric power

987,600 kW capacity (1985); 2.162 billion kWh produced (1985), 214 kWh per capita

Exports

$3.5 billion (1985 est.); cocoa (30%), coffee (20%), tropical woods (11%), cotton, bananas, pineapples, palm oil, cotton

Fiscal year

calendar year Communications

Fishing

catch 92,469 metric tons (1982); exports $44.7 million (1979), imports $71.9 million (1979)

GDP

$6.1 billion (1984), $780 per capita (1983); real average annual growth rate, 4.0% (1985 est.)

Government leader

Felix HOUPHOUETBOIGNY, President (since 1960)

Highways

46,600 km total; 3,600 km bituminous and bituminous-treated surface; 32,000 km gravel, crushed stone, laterite, and improved earth; 11,000 km unimproved

Imports

$1.6 billion (1985 est.); manufactured goods and semifinished products (50%), consumer goods (40%), raw materials and fuels (10%)

Infant mortality rate

127/1,000(1980)

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 and the 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

(1984) exports — France, Nigeria, FRG, Netherlands, US Budget:(lS84 est.), revenues, $1.4 billion; current expenditures, $1.4 billion

Member of

AfDB, CEAO, EAMA, 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 manpower

males 15-49, 2,531,000; 1,300,000 fit for military service; 98,000 males reach military age (18) annually

Monetary conversion rate

475 Communaute Financiere Af ricaine (CFA) francs=US$l (1985)

National holiday

1 December

Natural resources

petroleum, diamonds, manganese

Official name

Republic of the Ivory Coast

Organized labor

20% of wage labor force Government

Political subdivisions

34 prefectures subdivided into 161 subprefectures

Ports

2 major (Abidjan, San-Pedro), 2 minor

Railroads

657 km of the 1,175 km Abidjan to Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, 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 open-wire lines and radio-relay links; 87,700 telephones (1.3 per 100 popl.); 3 AM, 17 FM, 11 TV stations; 2 Atlantic Ocean satellite stations; 2 coaxial submarine cables Defense Forces

Type

republic; one-party presidential regime established 1960