Public finances and external accounts

A fiscal deficit of 3.0 % of GDP

Côte d'Ivoire: in 2025, the general government spent 3.0 % of GDP more than it collected, public debt stood at 57.1 % of GDP, the current account showed a deficit of 0.6 % (IMF).

Fiscal balance · 2025: −3.0 %; of GDP · +2.4 pt since 2020
Public debt · 2025: 57.1 %; of GDP · +10.8 pt since 2020
Current account · 2025: −0.6 %; of GDP · +2.5 pt since 2020

Fiscal balance, % of GDP

Negative: a deficit · dashed: estimates and projections

Côte d'Ivoire
West Africa

Source: IMF, World Economic Outlook (October 2026) · general government net lending or borrowing · group values weighted by GDP in dollars (Syli Atlas)

UEMOA convergence criteria

First-rank criteria in 2025

Fiscal balance ≥ −3 % of GDP −3.0 % Met
Inflation ≤ 3 % 0.1 % Met
Public debt ≤ 70 % of GDP 57.1 % Met

Syli Atlas calculation from IMF figures · thresholds: UEMOA Additional Act No. 01/2015/CCEG/UEMOA · fiscal balance: general government net lending or borrowing (IMF), close to the overall balance including grants

Currency

West African CFA franc

Côte d'Ivoire shares the West African CFA franc and its central bank, the BCEAO, with the seven other UEMOA countries: the policy rate and foreign exchange reserves are common. The franc is pegged to the euro.

Currency: XOF; West African CFA franc
Exchange regime: Fixed; 1 EUR = 655.957 XOF
Inflation · 2025: 0.1 %; average annual change in consumer prices

Currency codes: ISO 4217 · fixed parities: central banks (BCEAO, BEAC, Central Bank of the Comoros, Bank of Cape Verde…) · inflation: IMF, World Economic Outlook (October 2026)

Debt

A debt owed first to bond holders

At the end of 2025, Côte d'Ivoire owed 35.9 bn$ in public external debt (World Bank). 10.0 % of it was owed to China, 29.3 % to multilateral institutions and 36.4 % to bond holders.

Debt of the 54 countries →

Public debt · 2025: 57.1 %; of GDP · IMF
External debt · 2025: 45.3 bn$; public and private · World Bank
Public external debt · 2025: 35.9 bn$; owed or guaranteed by the State
Debt service · 2024: 19.0 %; of exports of goods, services and income

Risk of debt distress

IMF and World Bank debt sustainability analysis

Low Moderate High In debt distress

Latest analysis published on 2026-02-11: moderate.

Source: IMF, list of debt sustainability analyses of low-income countries, as of 2026-03-31 · imf.org

Public external debt by creditor

Share of the total at the end of each year

2015

2020

2025

Multilateral (IMF, World Bank, AfDB…): 29.3 %
China: 10.0 %
Other countries: 6.6 %
Bonds (Eurobonds): 36.4 %
Banks and other private lenders: 17.8 %

Source: World Bank, International Debt Statistics (updated 2026-11-05) · public and publicly guaranteed external debt, end of year · CC BY 4.0 · shares: Syli Atlas calculation

Côte d'Ivoire · Finances and debt