Côte d’Ivoire vs Nigeria
Côte d’Ivoire vs Nigeria: Adult literacy
Adult literacy: 50% in Côte d’Ivoire in 2021 and 70.4% in Nigeria in 2024, by UNESCO estimates. In 2021 the value was higher in Nigeria, by 13.2 percentage points, or 1.26 times that in Côte d’Ivoire.
% of adults · UNESCO
What the numbers say
- Nigeria has been higher in every year both have figures for since 2016.
- The world as a whole: 87.2% in 2021.
Every year
% of adults · UNESCO
| Year | Côte d’Ivoire | Nigeria | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | – | 70.4 | 87.7 |
| 2023 | – | – | 87.6 |
| 2022 | – | – | 87.4 |
| 2021 | 50 | 63.2 | 87.2 |
| 2020 | – | – | 87 |
| 2019 | 57 | – | 86.8 |
| 2018 | – | – | 86.8 |
| 2017 | – | – | 86.5 |
| 2016 | 50 | 58.2 | 86.3 |
| 2015 | – | – | 86 |
| 2014 | 43.9 | – | 85.6 |
| 2013 | – | – | 85.2 |
| 2012 | – | – | 84.9 |
| 2011 | – | – | 84.7 |
| 2010 | – | – | 84.4 |
| 2009 | – | – | 83.8 |
| 2008 | – | – | 83.5 |
| 2007 | – | – | 83.1 |
| 2006 | – | 70.2 | 82.5 |
| 2005 | – | – | 82.6 |
| 2004 | – | – | 82.6 |
| 2003 | – | 54.8 | 82.2 |
| 2002 | – | – | 81.7 |
| 2001 | – | – | 81.4 |
| 2000 | 48.7 | – | 81.1 |
| 1999 | – | – | 80.9 |
| 1998 | 36.4 | – | 80.5 |
| 1997 | – | – | 79.3 |
| 1996 | – | – | 77.3 |
| 1995 | – | – | 76.9 |
| 1994 | – | – | 76.4 |
| 1993 | – | – | 76 |
| 1992 | – | – | 75.5 |
| 1991 | – | 55.5 | 75.1 |
| 1990 | – | – | 74.6 |
| 1989 | – | – | 74.1 |
| 1988 | 34.1 | – | 73.6 |
| 1987 | – | – | 71.9 |
| 1986 | – | – | 71.3 |
| 1985 | – | – | 70.7 |
| 1984 | – | – | 70.2 |
| 1983 | – | – | 69.5 |
| 1982 | – | – | 68.9 |
| 1981 | – | – | 68.4 |
| 1980 | – | – | 67.8 |
| 1979 | – | – | 67.2 |
| 1978 | – | – | 66.5 |
| 1977 | – | – | 65.9 |
| 1976 | – | – | 65.6 |
| 1975 | – | – | 65.4 |
Each country on its own
Good to know
- The share of people aged 15 and over who can read and write a short, simple statement about their everyday life.
- Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics, via the World Bank.
- The faint line is the world as a whole, as the same source counts it.
How the layers work, where their data comes from and what they can’t tell you: Countries through time
Côte d’Ivoire vs Nigeria
Health
- Life expectancyCôte d’Ivoire: 61.9 years in 2023Nigeria: 54.5 years in 2023
- Child mortalityCôte d’Ivoire: 6.5 per 100 live births in 2024Nigeria: 11.6 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityCôte d’Ivoire: 51.7 per 1,000 live births in 2023Nigeria: 69.5 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- Safe drinking waterCôte d’Ivoire: 43.9% in 2022Nigeria: 29% in 2022
- DepressionCôte d’Ivoire: 3.34% in 2017Nigeria: 3.92% in 2017
- Suicide rateCôte d’Ivoire: 13.9 per 100,000 people in 2017Nigeria: 7.5 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationCôte d’Ivoire: 31.2 million people in 2023Nigeria: 228 million people in 2023
- Population growthCôte d’Ivoire: 2.45% a year in 2023Nigeria: 2.1% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateCôte d’Ivoire: 4.28 births per woman in 2023Nigeria: 4.48 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationCôte d’Ivoire: 54.6% in 2025Nigeria: 63.8% in 2025
- Median ageCôte d’Ivoire: 18.1 years in 2023Nigeria: 17.8 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overCôte d’Ivoire: 2.6% in 2023Nigeria: 3% in 2023
- Net migration rateCôte d’Ivoire: 0.2 per 1,000 people in 2023Nigeria: -0.3 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingCôte d’Ivoire: 0.77% of GDP in 2025Nigeria: 0.91% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsCôte d’Ivoire: $721M in 2025Nigeria: $1.76B in 2025
- Military spending per personCôte d’Ivoire: $24 in 2025Nigeria: $9 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingCôte d’Ivoire: 3.8% of government spending in 2025Nigeria: 5.9% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelCôte d’Ivoire: 27,000 people in 2020Nigeria: 223,000 people in 2020
- National powerCôte d’Ivoire: 0.16% of world capability in 2022Nigeria: 1.16% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersCôte d’Ivoire: 0.25% of the labour force in 2020Nigeria: 0.23% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsCôte d’Ivoire: 15 million TIV in 2025Nigeria: 21 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exportsCôte d’Ivoire: 1 million TIV in 1971Nigeria: 4 million TIV in 2022