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Topic 03 of 18 · Country Index 2026
Côte d’Ivoire: Work & Labour
Can people find work, and on what terms?
Côte d’Ivoire is placed 106th of 182 countries on work & labour in the Country Index 2026, from 4 of its 4 key statistics. Readings behind it: Employment-to-Population Ratio 65.53 (2025); Labour Income Share 30.95 (2025).
Work & Labour
106th
of 182 countries placed
Placed from 4 of 4 key statistics
01The evidence
The 4 key statistics that decide it
Only these place Côte d’Ivoire on work & labour — one vote each. Every value is the publisher’s own, read at the edition the Country Index 2026 used; the grey ticks are every other country it was compared with, lowest on the left.
Key 1 of 4
Employment-to-Population Ratio
International Labour Organization (ILO)
Why it is a key: How much of the working-age population is actually in work — the half of the picture unemployment hides, because people who stop looking stop being counted.
2025 edition · data for 2025 · CC BY 4.0
65.53
Employed share of the population aged 15+ (%)
Higher is better
Côte d’Ivoire: 65.53. Across the 182 countries in this edition, values run from 21.21 (São Tomé and Príncipe) to 86.9 (Qatar); the world median is 57.72.
- World median
- 57.72
- Best in Western Africa
- 79.99 Nigeria
- Land neighbours
- Burkina Faso 67.57 · Ghana 56.78 · Guinea 49.89 · Liberia 74.37 · Mali 65.14
Each grey tick is one of 182 countries in the 2025 edition.
Key 3 of 4
Unemployment Rate
International Labour Organization (ILO)
Why it is a key: The share of people looking for work who cannot find it.
2025 edition · data for 2025 · CC BY 4.0
2.323
Unemployment (% of labour force)
Lower is better
Côte d’Ivoire: 2.323. Across the 182 countries in this edition, values run from 0.13 (Qatar) to 34.2 (Eswatini); the world median is 5.084.
- World median
- 5.084
- Best in Western Africa
- 0.394 Niger
- Land neighbours
- Burkina Faso 3.477 · Ghana 2.979 · Guinea 5.163 · Liberia 2.884 · Mali 2.831
Each grey tick is one of 182 countries in the 2025 edition.
Key 4 of 4
Vulnerable Employment
International Labour Organization (ILO)
Why it is a key: How much work is own-account or unpaid family labour, carrying no contract and no protection.
2025 edition · data for 2025 · CC BY 4.0
69.43
Vulnerable employment (% of total employment)
Lower is better
Côte d’Ivoire: 69.43. Across the 182 countries in this edition, values run from 0.456 (Qatar) to 90.22 (Chad); the world median is 28.67.
- World median
- 28.67
- Best in Western Africa
- 34.26 Cabo Verde
- Land neighbours
- Burkina Faso 80.56 · Ghana 59.96 · Guinea 79.17 · Liberia 76.85 · Mali 75.76
Each grey tick is one of 182 countries in the 2025 edition.
02Over time
Which way Côte d’Ivoire is moving
Each key’s published value, edition by edition, beside the world median. The Country Index 2026 is the first edition of the standing, so the standing itself has no history to chart yet.
Employment-to-Population Ratio
Employed share of the population aged 15+ (%) · higher is better
Côte d’IvoireWorld median
Côte d’Ivoire rose from 62.31 in 2000 to 65.53 in 2025; the world median went from 55.86 to 57.72.
Every year’s figures
Year Côte d’Ivoire World median 2025 65.53 57.720 2024 65.58 57.694 2023 65.61 58.158 2022 65.60 57.688 2021 64.50 56.066 2020 63.21 55.691 2019 63.13 57.871 2018 63.54 56.911 2017 63.96 56.738 2016 65.56 56.845 2015 65.22 56.788 2014 64.86 56.774 2013 64.30 56.229 2012 62.41 56.289 2011 62.33 56.297 2010 62.55 56.212 2009 62.43 56.255 2008 62.42 57.308 2007 62.35 56.933 2006 62.38 56.685 2005 62.24 56.129 2004 62.17 55.465 2003 62.07 55.630 2002 62.15 55.843 2001 62.22 56.018 2000 62.31 55.861 Labour Income Share
Labour income share of GDP (%) · higher is better
Côte d’IvoireWorld median
Côte d’Ivoire fell from 31.69 in 2004 to 30.95 in 2025; the world median went from 46.01 to 46.23.
Every year’s figures
Year Côte d’Ivoire World median 2025 30.96 46.230 2024 31.08 46.060 2023 31.00 45.900 2022 31.03 45.615 2021 30.10 45.433 2020 30.08 47.267 2019 30.28 46.277 2018 30.54 46.187 2017 29.70 46.467 2016 29.60 46.798 2015 29.71 46.876 2014 29.28 47.281 2013 29.05 46.887 2012 29.02 46.231 2011 28.33 45.679 2010 30.89 46.024 2009 30.79 47.071 2008 30.19 45.312 2007 32.49 45.246 2006 32.17 45.670 2005 32.23 46.265 2004 31.69 46.012 Unemployment Rate
Unemployment (% of labour force) · lower is better
Côte d’IvoireWorld median
Côte d’Ivoire fell from 4.835 in 2000 to 2.323 in 2025; the world median went from 6.918 to 5.084.
Every year’s figures
Year Côte d’Ivoire World median 2025 2.323 5.08 2024 2.273 5.15 2023 2.263 5.21 2022 2.310 5.34 2021 2.623 6.04 2020 2.588 6.38 2019 2.401 5.36 2018 2.852 5.35 2017 3.272 5.59 2016 1.896 5.90 2015 2.573 6.41 2014 3.274 6.58 2013 4.255 6.71 2012 7.223 6.79 2011 7.144 6.90 2010 6.607 7.04 2009 6.573 6.67 2008 6.382 5.79 2007 6.284 6.00 2006 6.017 6.50 2005 6.023 7.09 2004 5.915 6.80 2003 5.847 6.95 2002 5.508 6.91 2001 5.195 6.96 2000 4.835 6.92 Vulnerable Employment
Vulnerable employment (% of total employment) · lower is better
Côte d’IvoireWorld median
Côte d’Ivoire fell from 80.06 in 2000 to 69.43 in 2025; the world median went from 35.67 to 28.67.
Every year’s figures
Year Côte d’Ivoire World median 2025 69.431 28.67 2024 69.779 29.04 2023 70.107 29.33 2022 70.436 29.67 2021 70.876 30.01 2020 71.438 30.54 2019 70.632 29.98 2018 71.695 30.15 2017 72.686 29.93 2016 72.056 29.91 2015 73.344 30.26 2014 74.559 30.47 2013 75.831 31.14 2012 77.945 31.00 2011 78.345 31.41 2010 78.668 32.37 2009 79.066 32.59 2008 79.605 31.76 2007 79.856 33.47 2006 79.985 34.27 2005 80.136 34.66 2004 80.162 35.51 2003 80.184 35.90 2002 80.151 35.96 2001 80.183 35.27 2000 80.059 35.67
03In context
Côte d’Ivoire beside its neighbours
A position reads best beside the countries around it. Every position below is a place among all 182 countries on work & labour, never a place within the region.
Côte d’Ivoire and the countries it borders
The standing is each country’s place among all 182 placed on the topic; the other columns are the publishers’ own values, read at the edition the standing used.
| Country | Standing | Employment-to-Population RatioEmployed share of the population aged 15+ (%) | Labour Income ShareLabour income share of GDP (%) | Unemployment RateUnemployment (% of labour force) | Vulnerable EmploymentVulnerable employment (% of total employment) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Burkina Faso | =95th | 67.57 | 43.47 | 3.477 | 80.56 |
 Liberia | 101st | 74.37 | 35.71 | 2.884 | 76.85 |
 Mali | 105th | 65.14 | 37.7 | 2.831 | 75.76 |
| Côte d’Ivoire | 106th | 65.53 | 30.95 | 2.323 | 69.43 |
 Ghana | =112th | 56.78 | 42.5 | 2.979 | 59.96 |
 Guinea | 169th | 49.89 | 36.18 | 5.163 | 79.17 |
“—” means the publisher gives no reading for that country in that edition. A country needs readings on enough keys to be placed.
Across Western Africa
Every country in the sub-region, by its place among all 182.
Placed either side on work & labour
The countries immediately above and below Côte d’Ivoire in the topic’s list.
04Context, no vote
Where Côte d’Ivoire is ahead of the world, and behind
14 more statistics filed under work & labour, published in full and deliberately given no vote in the standing. Select a row for the publisher, the rank and the links.
Ahead of the world median3
Statistics on which Côte d’Ivoire does better than the middle country measured.
Youth Unemployment RateILO · 2025 · world median 12.834.01112.83▼ Worsened since 2015
Côte d’Ivoire: 4.011 · world median 12.83 · Unemployment, ages 15-24 (% of youth labour force). International Labour Organization (ILO), 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from 0.457 to 76.77; lower is better.
Position 163rd of 182 — derived here by ordering the published values, 1st = worst. The publisher ranks no country on this.
Labour Force Participation RateILO · 2025 · world median 61.6667.0961.66No real change since 2015
Côte d’Ivoire: 67.09 · world median 61.66 · Population aged 15+ in the labour force (%). International Labour Organization (ILO), 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from 23.34 to 87.01; higher is better.
Position 43rd of 182 — derived here by ordering the published values, 1st = best. The publisher ranks no country on this.
Female Labour Force Participation RateILO · 2025 · world median 53.3659.4553.36No real change since 2015
Côte d’Ivoire: 59.45 · world median 53.36 · Women aged 15+ in the labour force (%). International Labour Organization (ILO), 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from 4.663 to 82.91; higher is better.
Position 51st of 182 — derived here by ordering the published values, 1st = best. The publisher ranks no country on this.
Behind the world median6
Statistics on which Côte d’Ivoire does worse than the middle country measured.
Working Poverty RateILO · 2025 · world median 4.88517.674.885▲ Improved since 2015
Côte d’Ivoire: 17.67 · world median 4.885 · Employed people living in extreme poverty (%). International Labour Organization (ILO), 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from 0.007 to 86.02; lower is better.
Trade Union DensityILO · 2020 · world median 16.6810.6216.68No earlier reading
Côte d’Ivoire: 10.62 · world median 16.68 · Employees who are trade union members (%). International Labour Organization (ILO), 2020 edition, data for 2020.
Published values in that edition run from 0.2 to 91.42; higher is better.
Position 98th of 139 — derived here by ordering the published values, 1st = best. The publisher ranks no country on this.
Firms with a Female Top ManagerWorld Bank Group · 2025 · world median 19.1611.5619.16No earlier reading
Côte d’Ivoire: 11.56 · world median 19.16 · Firms with a female top manager (%). World Bank Group, 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from 1.429 to 62.9; higher is better.
Position 135th of 179 — derived here by ordering the published values, 1st = best. The publisher ranks no country on this.
GDP per Person EmployedWorld Bank Group · 2025 · world median 47,38417,97747,384▲ Improved since 2015
Côte d’Ivoire: 17,977 · world median 47,384 · GDP per person employed (constant 2021 international $). World Bank Group, 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from 2,456 to 262,554; higher is better.
Position 128th of 168 — derived here by ordering the published values, 1st = best. The publisher ranks no country on this.
Labour Productivity per Hour WorkedILO · 2025 · world median 22.168.3122.16▲ Improved since 2015
Côte d’Ivoire: 8.31 · world median 22.16 · Output per hour worked (constant 2021 international $ at PPP). International Labour Organization (ILO), 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from 0.92 to 164.65; higher is better.
Position 139th of 182 — derived here by ordering the published values, 1st = best. The publisher ranks no country on this.
Informal Employment RateILO · 2025 · world median 36.8391.1936.83No earlier reading
Côte d’Ivoire: 91.19 · world median 36.83 · Informal employment (% of total employment). International Labour Organization (ILO), 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from 0.857 to 94.44; lower is better.
Position 7th of 97 — derived here by ordering the published values, 1st = worst. The publisher ranks no country on this.
No better end5
These describe the shape of a country — more is not better or worse, only different — so they are never ahead or behind.
Employment in AgricultureILO · 2025 · world median 14.3845.3714.38No real change since 2015
Côte d’Ivoire: 45.37 · world median 14.38 · Employment in agriculture (% of total employment). International Labour Organization (ILO), 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from 0.095 to 85.34.
Position 28th of 182 — derived here by ordering the published values, counted from the highest value. The publisher ranks no country on this.
Self-Employment RateILO · 2025 · world median 31.8470.9731.84No real change since 2015
Côte d’Ivoire: 70.97 · world median 31.84 · Self-employed (% of total employment). International Labour Organization (ILO), 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from 0.832 to 91.56.
Position 30th of 182 — derived here by ordering the published values, counted from the highest value. The publisher ranks no country on this.
Average Weekly Hours WorkedILO · 2025 · world median 38.8941.4838.89Moved since 2015
Côte d’Ivoire: 41.48 · world median 38.89 · Average weekly hours actually worked per employed person. International Labour Organization (ILO), 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from 23.64 to 54.7.
Position 59th of 182 — derived here by ordering the published values, counted from the highest value. The publisher ranks no country on this.
Employment in IndustryILO · 2025 · world median 18.8814.3318.88Moved since 2015
Côte d’Ivoire: 14.33 · world median 18.88 · Employment in industry (% of total employment). International Labour Organization (ILO), 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from 3.103 to 39.44.
Position 144th of 182 — derived here by ordering the published values, counted from the highest value. The publisher ranks no country on this.
Employment in ServicesILO · 2025 · world median 59.5140.359.51Moved since 2015
Côte d’Ivoire: 40.3 · world median 59.51 · Employment in services (% of total employment). International Labour Organization (ILO), 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from 11.56 to 92.17.
Position 151st of 182 — derived here by ordering the published values, counted from the highest value. The publisher ranks no country on this.
No current reading for Côte d’Ivoire
Fatal Occupational Injuries, Female Share of Senior and Middle Management (last 2017), Public Sector Employment and Youth Not in Education, Employment or Training (last 2022). Listed rather than hidden, so the page can be checked against it.
05Country Index 2026
Work & Labour among Côte d’Ivoire’s 16 topics
Work & Labour is Côte d’Ivoire’s 8th best-placed topic of 16. Strongest first; each marker sits at the position divided by that topic’s field, so fields of different sizes compare fairly.
- Environment & Sustainabilityjoint 35th of 1813/3 keys
- Mobility & Trade65th of 1472/3 keys
- Gender & Equality84th of 1834/4 keys
- Digital & Technologyjoint 100th of 1983/3 keys
- Governance & Institutions108th of 1944/4 keys
- Risk & Resilience107th of 1923/3 keys
- Democracy & Civil Libertiesjoint 112th of 1983/3 keys
- Work & Labour106th of 1824/4 keys
- Energyjoint 119th of 1933/3 keys
- Peace & Securityjoint 112th of 1774/4 keys
- Poverty & Inequality102nd of 1592/2 keys
- Economy & Innovation127th of 1764/4 keys
- Food & Agriculturejoint 131st of 1754/4 keys
- Health & Wellbeing164th of 2004/4 keys
- Education & Knowledgejoint 146th of 1714/4 keys
- Development & Human Capital171st of 1963/3 keys
06The top of the list
Who leads on work & labour
The three countries placed highest of 182, and the leaders Côte d’Ivoire can most readily be measured against.
1
IcelandNorthern Europe
1st of 182 · 4 of 4 keys
Photo: Hansueli Krapf · CC BY-SA 3.0, greyscale
2
JapanEastern Asia
2nd of 182 · 4 of 4 keys
Photo: JurriaanH · CC BY-SA 3.0, greyscale
3
South KoreaEastern Asia
3rd of 182 · 4 of 4 keys
Photo: Unknown author · CC BY-SA 2.0, greyscale
Placed highest nearby
Highest in Africa
Nigeria16th4/4 keysThis page
Côte d’Ivoire106th4/4 keys
Positions out of 182 placed on the topic. A country needs readings on enough keys to be placed, and the top of the list is often held on fewer of them.
07Analysis
Charts and analysis about Côte d’Ivoire and work & labour
On work & labour
Countries in Asia with the highest average salaries 2024
Thirteen Asian countries by gross average monthly wage, each carrying its WORLD rank rather than an Asian one — so the numbers skip, from 11th place to 45th.
On work & labour
Countries With The Highest Average Salaries in 2024
The ten highest-paying countries of 2024, their bars coloured by continent, and six more added for comparison — from Australia in 13th place to India in 85th.
On work & labour
Countries With The Lowest Average Salaries in 2024
The bottom ten of 196 countries, and six more added for comparison. Niger, Madagascar and Liberia are all published at US$47 a month and still carry three different ranks.
08Questions
Côte d’Ivoire on work & labour: questions answered
Every answer is built from the numbers on this page, so none can say something the page does not.
How does Côte d’Ivoire rank on work & labour?
Côte d’Ivoire is placed 106th of 182 countries on Work & Labour in the Country Index 2026, from 4 of its 4 key statistics (Employment-to-Population Ratio, Labour Income Share, Unemployment Rate and Vulnerable Employment). The position is this site’s ordering of published statistics, not a rank any publisher printed.
What is the latest Employment-to-Population Ratio figure for Côte d’Ivoire?
65.53 in 2025 (employed share of the population aged 15+ (%)), according to International Labour Organization (ILO). The world median in the same edition was 57.72.
What is the latest Labour Income Share figure for Côte d’Ivoire?
30.95 in 2025 (labour income share of GDP (%)), according to International Labour Organization (ILO). The world median in the same edition was 46.23.
How does Côte d’Ivoire compare with Ghana on work & labour?
Ghana is placed joint 112th of 182, and Côte d’Ivoire 106th. Employment-to-Population Ratio: Ghana 56.78, Côte d’Ivoire 65.53; Labour Income Share: Ghana 42.5, Côte d’Ivoire 30.95; Unemployment Rate: Ghana 2.979, Côte d’Ivoire 2.323; Vulnerable Employment: Ghana 59.96, Côte d’Ivoire 69.43.
How have Côte d’Ivoire’s work & labour figures changed?
Employment-to-Population Ratio rose from 62.31 in 2000 to 65.53 in 2025; Labour Income Share fell from 31.69 in 2004 to 30.95 in 2025; Unemployment Rate fell from 4.835 in 2000 to 2.323 in 2025; Vulnerable Employment fell from 80.06 in 2000 to 69.43 in 2025.
Which work & labour statistics are missing for Côte d’Ivoire?
No current reading is published for Côte d’Ivoire on Fatal Occupational Injuries, Female Share of Senior and Middle Management, Public Sector Employment and Youth Not in Education, Employment or Training. They are listed rather than hidden, so the evidence on the page can be checked against it.
09Keep reading
Explore further
Côte d’Ivoire, topic by topic
- Governance & Institutions108th of 194
- Economy & Innovation127th of 176
- Education & Knowledge=146th of 171
- Health & Wellbeing164th of 200
- Development & Human Capital171st of 196
- Environment & Sustainability=35th of 181
- Gender & Equality84th of 183
- Democracy & Civil Liberties=112th of 198
- Peace & Security=112th of 177
- Risk & Resilience107th of 192
- Mobility & Trade65th of 147
- Food & Agriculture=131st of 175
- Poverty & Inequality102nd of 159
- Energy=119th of 193
- Digital & Technology=100th of 198
- The full Côte d’Ivoire profile
Nearby, on work & labour
The key statistics, for every country
10Method
Method, sources and how to cite
What this topic does not measure
Wages in money terms are not a key here, because pay figures are hard to compare fairly across countries with very different prices. Labour productivity, working hours, youth unemployment and the balance between farming, industry and services are published on this page as context. The size and growth of the wider economy belong to Economy & Innovation.
How the Work & Labour standing is decided, step by step
A standing is a place in a list, not a mark out of anything. This one is part of the Country Index 2026, and it is worked out like this.
- A few key indicators decide it; the rest are context. 4 indicators on this topic are keys and 18 are charted alongside them without a vote. That split is the point: if every statistic voted, importing five more of one kind would quietly change what the topic is about.
- Each key is read at one edition. All of them describe 2025.
- Every country’s published value is turned into a place within that one key’s own field, and then expressed as a share of that field — how far down this key’s list the country sits, rather than how many countries are above it. Keys where a higher published number is worse (terrorism, hunger, disaster risk) are turned round first, so the good end is always the same end.
- Dividing by the field first is the whole reason this works. A place carries the size of its list inside it: 22nd of 44 and 108th of 215 are the same showing, and averaging the numbers 22 and 108 says loudly that they are not. Fields on this site run from about 44 countries to about 215, so averaging raw places would reward a country for happening to be measured in small ones. Dividing each place by its own field removes the size and leaves only the showing.
- The shares are averaged, plainly. One key, one vote — no key is weighted above another, because any weighting would be this site’s opinion presented as a measurement. Countries are then put in order by that average, and the average itself is never published. It is our arithmetic with nothing anchoring it, so printing it would invite it to be read as a measurement somebody made. The position it produces, the band, and the keys it was built from are all published instead — every one of them checkable against the tables on this page.
- A country needs 2 of this topic’s 4 keys — half, rounded up, and never fewer than 2. A standing built from one reading, printed beside one built from four, is two different things sharing a column heading. 182 countries clear the bar here.
- A key has to earn its vote every edition. It must measure at least 120 countries (below that it starts measuring who was surveyed rather than the world), it must not have more than 10% of its field tied at either end, and it must not repeat another key in the same topic — Spearman correlation above 0.92 counts as repeating. A topic needs at least 2 surviving keys to place anyone at all; this one has 4.
- A standing is relative, and the grouping is ours. It says where a country places against the others measured alongside it, so it moves when they move. The publishers listed on this page did not agree to be read together, and each measures its subject its own way: the underlying numbers are theirs, the ordering on top is this site’s — the same method as the rest of the Country Index, applied to one subject instead of all of them.
The key statistics and their licences
- Employment-to-Population Ratio — International Labour Organization (ILO), CC BY 4.0
- Labour Income Share — International Labour Organization (ILO), CC BY 4.0
- Unemployment Rate — International Labour Organization (ILO), CC BY 4.0
- Vulnerable Employment — International Labour Organization (ILO), CC BY 4.0
The other 14 statistics on this page come from 2 publishers, each named beside its numbers, with every edition and licence on the datasets pages.
The standing itself is part of the Country Index 2026, published under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Photographs
Côte d’Ivoire’s banner and the countries placed highest, from their profiles: Wikimedia Commons, shown in greyscale, each used under the licence named.
- Côte d’Ivoire (banner) — Axe derivative work: Jjtkk, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Iceland — Hansueli Krapf, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Japan — JurriaanH, CC BY-SA 3.0
- South Korea — Unknown author, CC BY-SA 2.0
Cite this page
Nations Inquiry (2026). Côte d’Ivoire: Work & Labour — standing and statistics, Country Index 2026. https://nationsinquiry.com/countries/cote-d-ivoire/work