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Côte d’Ivoire vs Niger
How Côte d’Ivoire and Niger compare on 38 measures, from 1820 to 2025. The main differences:
- Life expectancy · In 2023, Côte d’Ivoire was higher: 61.9 years against 61.2 years
- GDP per person · In 2025, Côte d’Ivoire was higher: $2,491 against $610
- Population · In 2023, Côte d’Ivoire was higher: 31.2 million people against 26.2 million people
- Military spending · In 2025, Niger was higher: 2.14% of GDP against 0.77% of GDP
- CO₂ per person · In 2024, Côte d’Ivoire was higher: 0.59 tonnes against 0.12 tonnes
Every measure
Health
- Life expectancyCôte d’Ivoire: 61.9 years in 2023Niger: 61.2 years in 2023
- Child mortalityCôte d’Ivoire: 6.5 per 100 live births in 2024Niger: 11.1 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityCôte d’Ivoire: 51.7 per 1,000 live births in 2023Niger: 64.6 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- DepressionCôte d’Ivoire: 3.34% in 2017Niger: 3.46% in 2017
- Suicide rateCôte d’Ivoire: 13.9 per 100,000 people in 2017Niger: 7.6 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationCôte d’Ivoire: 31.2 million people in 2023Niger: 26.2 million people in 2023
- Population growthCôte d’Ivoire: 2.45% a year in 2023Niger: 3.31% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateCôte d’Ivoire: 4.28 births per woman in 2023Niger: 6.06 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationCôte d’Ivoire: 54.6% in 2025Niger: 18.4% in 2025
- Median ageCôte d’Ivoire: 18.1 years in 2023Niger: 15.3 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overCôte d’Ivoire: 2.6% in 2023Niger: 2.6% in 2023
- Net migration rateCôte d’Ivoire: 0.2 per 1,000 people in 2023Niger: 0 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingCôte d’Ivoire: 0.77% of GDP in 2025Niger: 2.14% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsCôte d’Ivoire: $721M in 2025Niger: $450M in 2025
- Military spending per personCôte d’Ivoire: $24 in 2025Niger: $18 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingCôte d’Ivoire: 3.8% of government spending in 2025Niger: 15.2% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelCôte d’Ivoire: 27,000 people in 2020Niger: 10,000 people in 2020
- National powerCôte d’Ivoire: 0.16% of world capability in 2022Niger: 0.11% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersCôte d’Ivoire: 0.25% of the labour force in 2020Niger: 0.11% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsCôte d’Ivoire: 15 million TIV in 2025Niger: 4 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exportsCôte d’Ivoire: 1 million TIV in 1971Niger: 0 TIV in 1973
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Good to know
- Sources: UN, Gapminder and UN IGME, IHME, World Bank, IMF, UNESCO, Our World in Data, V-Dem, UCDP, SIPRI, IISS, Correlates of War, ERA5, CMIP6, EDGAR, ITU and FAO. Each measure’s page names its own and what it counts.
- Values are drawn on today’s borders. Years without a published value are left empty, never filled in.
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