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Côte d'Ivoire
Western Africa, bordering the North Atlantic Ocean, between Ghana and Liberia
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Environment
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Environmental issues
deforestation; water pollution from sewage and from industrial, mining, and agricultural effluents
International environmental agreements
Party to
Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Climate Change-Paris Agreement, Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban, Desertification, Endangered Species, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Marine Dumping-London Convention, Nuclear Test Ban, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Tropical Timber 2006, Wetlands, Whaling
Signed, but not ratified
none of the selected agreements
Climate
tropical along coast, semiarid in far north; three seasons - warm and dry (November to March), hot and dry (March to May), hot and wet (June to October)
Land use
Agricultural land
86.5% (2023 est.)
Agricultural land: arable land
arable land: 15.1% (2023 est.)
Agricultural land: permanent crops
permanent crops: 29.9% (2023 est.)
Agricultural land: permanent pasture
permanent pasture: 41.5% (2023 est.)
Forest
12.4% (2023 est.)
Other
1.1% (2023 est.)
Urbanization
Urban population
53.1% of total population (2023)
Rate of urbanization
3.38% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.)
Carbon dioxide emissions
Total emissions
16.28 million metric tonnes of CO2 (2023 est.)
From petroleum and other liquids
11.641 million metric tonnes of CO2 (2023 est.)
From consumed natural gas
4.639 million metric tonnes of CO2 (2023 est.)
Particulate matter emissions
36 micrograms per cubic meter (2019 est.)
Methane emissions
Energy
187.7 kt (2022-2024 est.)
Agriculture
192 kt (2019-2021 est.)
Waste
199.9 kt (2019-2021 est.)
Other
28.9 kt (2019-2021 est.)
Waste and recycling
Municipal solid waste generated annually
4.441 million tons (2024 est.)
Percent of municipal solid waste recycled
13.3% (2022 est.)
Total water withdrawal
Municipal
320 million cubic meters (2022 est.)
Industrial
242 million cubic meters (2022 est.)
Agricultural
600 million cubic meters (2022 est.)
Total renewable water resources
84.14 billion cubic meters (2022 est.)