The Socio-Culture Environment in Cote d'lvoire
Cote d'Ivoire has 62.72 points, the 9th highest healthcare price index in Africa and 68th highest globally (2017).
Regions and Languages
- Languages are spoken in Cote d’Ivoire French (official), 60 native dialects of which Dioula is the most widely spoken
- There are many different religions in Code d’Ivoire. They are: Muslim 42.9%, Catholic 17.2%, Evangelical 11.8%, Methodist 1.7%, other Christian 3.2%, animist 3.6%, other religion 0.5%, none 19.1% (2014 est.).
- Akan 28.9%, Voltaique or Gur 16.1%, Northern Mande 14.5%, Kru 8.5%, Southern Mande 6.9%, unspecified 0.9%, non-Ivoirian 24.2% (2014 est.)
Population
- Population in Cote d’Ivoire is about 28,713,423 (2022, 52nd most populous globally).
- Population Growth Annual Rate: 2.19% (2022)_ranked 36 globally
- Urban Population: 52.7% as of the year 2022.
- Infant Mortality Rate: 55.67 per 1,000 births (2022)- ranked 16 globally.
- Life Expectancy at birth: 62.26 years (2020).
2.91% of the population aged 65 and above, is the 34th in Africa and 163rd globally (2021). - The age dependency ratio for Cote d’Ivoire is 80.47% ranking 24 in Africa and 25 globally (2021).
- Cote d’Ivoire’s population is likely to continue growing for the foreseeable future because almost 60% of the populace is younger than 25.
- The 2010 presidential election prompted some 250,000 people to seek refuge in Liberia and other neighboring countries and again internally displaced as many as a million people. By July 2012, the majority had returned home.
Negative impacts of
the Socio-Culture of Cote d'Ivoire
- Human flight and brain drain index is 6.1/10 making it the 38th lowest in Africa and 71st highest globally (2022).
- Contraceptive use is under 20%.
- As of 2015, only 53% of men and 33% of women were literate.
- Many Ivoirians lack documentation proving their nationality, which prevents them from accessing education and healthcare; birth on Ivorian soil does not automatically result in citizenship.
- Cote d’Ivoire has 78 deaths of children under 5 years per 1000 live births, the 13th in Africa and the 13th highest globally (2020).
- Cote d’Ivoire is ranked 159/191 on the Human Development Index(HDI) with a 0.550 value, a 0.001 decrease from 2020, which is below the global average of 0.722 (2021). Cote d’Ivoire HDI value is a low Human Development Classification.
