Côte d'Ivoire's armed forces personnel, total was 27,000 in 2020, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is up 8% from 25,000 in 2015 (1.55% a year on average, compounded).
Key figures
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | 27,000 | 2020 |
| Five years earlier | 25,000 | 2015 |
| Highest | 134,000 | 2019 |
| Lowest | 15,000 | 1989 |
| Average since 2014 | 41,429 | 2014–2020 |
| First recorded | 15,000 | 1989 |
Over five years it is up 8% from 25,000 in 2015 (1.55% a year on average, compounded). Since 1989 it is up 80% from 15,000 in 1989 (1.91% a year on average, compounded). The World Bank has no value for 9 of the years in between; the chart leaves those gaps open rather than joining across them.
What the numbers say
In 2020, Côte d'Ivoire's armed forces personnel, total fell 79.9% on 2019 (from 134,000 to 27,000).
Across the 18 yearly changes before that (1990 to 2019), the average change was +22.6% and a typical year strayed about 93.3% from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 1.1 standard deviations below that average, so it was larger than a typical year, though not out of the range seen before.
On record, the biggest yearly rise was 396.3% in 2019 and the biggest yearly fall was 79.9% in 2020. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.
Worked out from the yearly values above. How the checks work: standard deviation, z-scores and straight-line trends.
How it compares
In 2020, Côte d'Ivoire had the 91st highest value of the 170 economies reporting that year. Higher is not always better: for some indicators the lowest value is the one to aim for. See the full ranking.
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Côte d'Ivoire | 27,000 | 2020 |
| World | 27.41 million | 2020 |
| Sub-Saharan Africa | 1.73 million | 2020 |
| Lower middle income | 7.56 million | 2020 |
Closest to Côte d'Ivoire in the 2020 ranking
What this measures
Armed forces personnel are active duty military personnel, including paramilitary forces if the training, organization, equipment, and control suggest they may be used to support or replace regular military forces.
Limitations: Data excludes personnel not on active duty, therefore it underestimates the share of the labor force working for the defense establishment. The cooperation of governments of all countries listed in “The Military Balance” has been sought by IISS and, in many cases, received. However, some data in “The Military Balance” is estimated.
Regional and income-group figures are computed by the World Bank as a sum.
All 23 values
| Year | Armed forces personnel, total |
|---|---|
| 2020 | 27,000 |
| 2019 | 134,000 |
| 2018 | 27,000 |
| 2017 | 27,000 |
| 2016 | 25,000 |
| 2015 | 25,000 |
| 2014 | 25,000 |
| 2013 | no data |
| 2012 | no data |
| 2011 | no data |
| 2010 |
Armed forces personnel, total in nearby economies
- Angola — 117,000 (2020)
- Benin — 12,000 (2020)
- Botswana — 9,000 (2020)
- Burkina Faso — 11,000 (2020)
- Burundi — 31,000 (2020)
- Cabo Verde — 1,000 (2020)
- Cameroon — 34,000 (2020)
- Central African Republic — 10,000 (2020)
- Chad — 45,000 (2020)
- Congo, Dem. Rep. — 134,000 (2020)
- Congo, Rep. — 12,000 (2020)
More public sector data for Côte d'Ivoire
- Military expenditure (current USD) — 759.44 million (2025)
- Military expenditure (current LCU) — 441.6 billion (2025)
- Military expenditure (% of GDP) — 0.77% (2025)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values) — 15 million (2025)
- Taxes on exports (current LCU) — 995.2 billion (2023)
- Taxes on exports (% of tax revenue) — 15.58% (2023)
- Taxes on goods and services (current LCU) — 2.44 trillion (2023)
- Taxes on goods and services (% of industry and services value added) — 6.54% (2023)
- Customs and other import duties (current LCU) — 756.49 billion (2023)
Reading data like this
Questions people ask
- What is Côte d'Ivoire's armed forces personnel, total?
- 27,000 in 2020, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).
- How has it changed since 1989?
- It is up 80% from 15,000 in 1989 (1.91% a year on average, compounded). The highest value was 134,000 in 2019 and the lowest 15,000 in 1989.
- How does Côte d'Ivoire rank?
- 91st highest of 170 economies with data for 2020.
- Is the latest change in armed forces personnel, total unusual for Côte d'Ivoire?
- In 2020, Côte d'Ivoire's armed forces personnel, total fell 79.9% on 2019 (from 134,000 to 27,000). Across the 18 yearly changes before that (1990 to 2019), the average change was +22.6% and a typical year strayed about 93.3% from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 1.1 standard deviations below that average, so it was larger than a typical year, though not out of the range seen before.
Source
World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator MS.MIL.TOTL.P1, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: The Military Balance, International Institute for Strategic Studies Figures are fetched from the World Bank API and refreshed monthly; see the series on data.worldbank.org. The full definition and method are in the World Bank's metadata glossary. Comparisons use the same World Bank release.
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