Côte d'Ivoire 

Facts and Figures

IOM Member State since 2000

Capital: Yamoussoukro
Population (2011): 20.2 million
Area: 322,463 km sq
Language: French
Currency: Communauté financière africaine franc (XOF)
GDP per Capita PPP (2010): USD 1,899
HDI Rank (2011): 170 of 187
Remittances (2011 estimate): USD 195 million
Net Migration Rate (2010-2015): 0.1 migrants / 1,000 population
Immigrants (2010): 11.2%
Women as a Percentage of Immigrants (2010): 45.1%
Population under 15 (2011): 40.6%
Adult HIV Prevalence (2009): 3%

Sources and Definitions

Latest News

The following are projects managed by IOM:

Movement, Emergency and Post-conflict Migration Management

Repatriation Assistance

  • Repatriation assistance to returning Liberian refugees (returnees) - planned

Emergency and Post-emergency Operations Assistance

  • Drinkable Water for the Area of Guiglo and in Particular Internally Displaced People (CERF - Water)
  • Assistance to Internally Displaced Populations in Côte d'Ivoire (CERF - Protection)
  • Return, reintegration and reinstallation of IDPs from Guiglo and Abidjan to their communities of origin - planned
  • Temporary emergency support to IDPs and host communities in the cities (Guiglo) - planned
  • Emergency assistance: coordination of camp management and registration of IDPs - planned
  • Reintegration of demobilized combatants and disarmament of the civilian population - planned

Regulating Migration

Counter-trafficking

  • Return/reintegration assistance for victims of trafficking, namely women and children - planned


Last updated:
Main text: 2006
Facts and figures: May 2012