Côte d’Ivoire vs Liberia
Côte d’Ivoire vs Liberia: GDP growth
GDP growth: 6% a year in Côte d’Ivoire in 2024 and 5.1% a year in Liberia in 2025, by IMF estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Côte d’Ivoire, by 2 percentage points, or 1.5 times that in Liberia.
% a year · IMF
What the numbers say
- Côte d’Ivoire has been higher since 2012, when it overtook Liberia.
- The IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) puts Côte d’Ivoire at 6.5% a year and Liberia at 5.4% a year in 2031.
Every year
% a year · IMF
| Year | Côte d’Ivoire | Liberia |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6.5 | 5.1 |
| 2024 | 6 | 4 |
| 2023 | 6.6 | 4.6 |
| 2022 | 6.4 | 4.8 |
| 2021 | 7.1 | 5 |
| 2020 | 0.7 | -3 |
| 2019 | 6.7 | -2.5 |
| 2018 | 4.8 | 1.2 |
| 2017 | 7.4 | 2.5 |
| 2016 | 7.2 | -1.6 |
| 2015 | 8.8 | 0 |
| 2014 | 8.8 | 0.7 |
| 2013 | 9.3 | 8.8 |
| 2012 | 10.9 | 8.4 |
| 2011 | -4.9 | 7.7 |
| 2010 | 2 | 6.4 |
| 2009 | 3.3 | 5.2 |
| 2008 | 2.5 | 6.1 |
| 2007 | 1.8 | 13.1 |
| 2006 | 1.5 | 8.5 |
| 2005 | 1.7 | 5.9 |
| 2004 | 1.2 | 4 |
| 2003 | -1.4 | -29 |
| 2002 | -1.7 | 4.4 |
| 2001 | 0.1 | 2.8 |
| 2000 | -2.1 | – |
| 1999 | 1.6 | – |
| 1998 | 4.9 | – |
| 1997 | 5.7 | – |
| 1996 | 8.1 | – |
| 1995 | 5.6 | – |
| 1994 | 0.2 | – |
| 1993 | -0.2 | – |
| 1992 | -0.3 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | -1.1 | – |
| 1989 | 3 | – |
| 1988 | 1.1 | – |
| 1987 | -0.5 | – |
| 1986 | 4.8 | – |
| 1985 | 3.6 | – |
| 1984 | -2 | – |
| 1983 | -2.5 | – |
| 1982 | 0.2 | – |
| 1981 | 3.5 | – |
| 1980 | 5.2 | – |
- 12.3Projected
IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) · 2026–2031
| Year | Côte d’Ivoire | Liberia |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 6 | 5.5 |
| 2027 | 6.1 | 5.1 |
| 2028 | 6.6 | 5.3 |
| 2029 | 7 | 5.4 |
| 2030 | 6.8 | 5.6 |
| 2031 | 6.5 | 5.4 |
Each country on its own
Good to know
- How much the economy grew or shrank in a year, after inflation.
- Source: IMF, World Economic Outlook, October 2026.
- The dashed line is the IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026), a scenario rather than a forecast.
- Ranks count the 143 countries with a value in 2025, highest first.
How the layers work, where their data comes from and what they can’t tell you: Countries through time
Côte d’Ivoire vs Liberia
Health
- Life expectancyCôte d’Ivoire: 61.9 years in 2023Liberia: 62.2 years in 2023
- Child mortalityCôte d’Ivoire: 6.5 per 100 live births in 2024Liberia: 8.6 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityCôte d’Ivoire: 51.7 per 1,000 live births in 2023Liberia: 55.9 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- DepressionCôte d’Ivoire: 3.34% in 2017Liberia: 3.8% in 2017
- Suicide rateCôte d’Ivoire: 13.9 per 100,000 people in 2017Liberia: 13.2 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationCôte d’Ivoire: 31.2 million people in 2023Liberia: 5.49 million people in 2023
- Population growthCôte d’Ivoire: 2.45% a year in 2023Liberia: 2.2% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateCôte d’Ivoire: 4.28 births per woman in 2023Liberia: 3.95 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationCôte d’Ivoire: 54.6% in 2025Liberia: 56.1% in 2025
- Median ageCôte d’Ivoire: 18.1 years in 2023Liberia: 18.4 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overCôte d’Ivoire: 2.6% in 2023Liberia: 3.3% in 2023
- Net migration rateCôte d’Ivoire: 0.2 per 1,000 people in 2023Liberia: -0.9 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingCôte d’Ivoire: 0.77% of GDP in 2025Liberia: 0.85% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsCôte d’Ivoire: $721M in 2025Liberia: $40.3M in 2025
- Military spending per personCôte d’Ivoire: $24 in 2025Liberia: $8 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingCôte d’Ivoire: 3.8% of government spending in 2025Liberia: 3.9% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelCôte d’Ivoire: 27,000 people in 2020Liberia: 2,000 people in 2020
- National powerCôte d’Ivoire: 0.16% of world capability in 2022Liberia: 0.03% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersCôte d’Ivoire: 0.25% of the labour force in 2020Liberia: 0.09% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsCôte d’Ivoire: 15 million TIV in 2025Liberia: 0 TIV in 2025