Côte d'Ivoire's external balance on goods and services (current LCU) was 2.91 trillion in 2025, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is up 438.5% from 540.49 billion in 2015 (18.34% a year on average, compounded).
Key figures
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | 2.91 trillion | 2025 |
| Five years earlier | 16.07 billion | 2020 |
| Ten years earlier | 540.49 billion | 2015 |
| Highest | 2.91 trillion | 2025 |
| Lowest | -1.93 trillion | 2023 |
| Average since 2016 | 68.37 billion | 2016–2025 |
| First recorded | 15.18 billion |
What the numbers say
In 2025, Côte d'Ivoire's external balance on goods and services (current LCU) rose 2.49 trillion on 2024 (from 417.83 billion to 2.91 trillion).
Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1995 to 2024), the average change was −3.33 billion and a typical year strayed about 699.1 billion from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 3.6 standard deviations above that average, so it was unusually large compared with the rest of the record.
On record, the biggest yearly rise was 2.49 trillion in 2025 and the biggest yearly fall was 1.71 trillion in 2022. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.
From 2016 to 2025 there is no clear straight-line trend: a straight line explains less than 1% of the movement over 10 observed years, so the value is moving around more than it is heading anywhere.
Worked out from the yearly values above. How the checks work: standard deviation, z-scores and straight-line trends.
How it compares
In 2025, Côte d'Ivoire had the 13th highest value of the 137 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.
Closest to Côte d'Ivoire in the 2025 ranking
- Hungary — 10th of 137: 3.9 trillion
- Gabon — 11th of 137: 3.25 trillion
- Costa Rica — 12th of 137: 3.22 trillion
- Cambodia — 14th of 137: 2.48 trillion
- Chad — 15th of 137: 1.59 trillion
- Equatorial Guinea — 16th of 137: 1.35 trillion
What this measures
The balance of international trade in goods and services is the difference between the exports and imports of goods and services. This indicator is expressed in current prices, meaning no adjustment has been made to account for price changes over time. This series is expressed in local currency units.
All 66 values
| Year | External balance on goods and services (current LCU) |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 2,910,534,550,000 |
| 2024 | 417,831,373,800 |
| 2023 | -1,933,656,000,000 |
| 2022 | -1,916,279,000,000 |
| 2021 | -210,512,000,000 |
| 2020 | 16,073,000,000 |
| 2019 | 233,702,000,000 |
| 2018 | -211,000,000,000 |
| 2017 | 712,000,000,000 |
| 2016 | 665,000,000,000 |
External balance on goods and services (current LCU) in nearby economies
- Angola — 14.62 trillion (2025)
- Benin — -430.6 billion (2025)
- Botswana — -14.74 billion (2025)
- Burkina Faso — 800.13 billion (2025)
- Cabo Verde — -34.03 billion (2025)
- Cameroon — -2.47 trillion (2025)
- Central African Republic — -253.67 billion (2025)
- Chad — 1.59 trillion (2025)
- Comoros — -176.53 billion (2025)
More economic policy & debt data for Côte d'Ivoire
- Final consumption expenditure (current US$) — US$75.51 billion (2025)
- Final consumption expenditure (current LCU) — 43.94 trillion (2025)
- Final consumption expenditure (% of GDP) — 75.69% (2025)
- Gross national expenditure (current US$) — US$94.77 billion (2025)
- Gross national expenditure (current LCU) — 55.15 trillion (2025)
- Gross national expenditure (% of GDP) — 94.99% (2025)
- Exports of goods and services (current US$) — US$29.72 billion (2025)
- Exports of goods and services (current LCU) — 17.29 trillion (2025)
- Exports of goods and services (% of GDP) — 29.79% (2025)
Reading data like this
Questions people ask
- What is Côte d'Ivoire's external balance on goods and services (current LCU)?
- 2.91 trillion in 2025, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).
- How has it changed since 1960?
- It is up 19,073% from 15.18 billion in 1960 (8.42% a year on average, compounded). The highest value was 2.91 trillion in 2025 and the lowest -1.93 trillion in 2023.
- How does Côte d'Ivoire rank?
- 13th highest of 137 economies with data for 2025.
- Is the latest change in external balance on goods and services (current LCU) unusual for Côte d'Ivoire?
- In 2025, Côte d'Ivoire's external balance on goods and services (current LCU) rose 2.49 trillion on 2024 (from 417.83 billion to 2.91 trillion). Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1995 to 2024), the average change was −3.33 billion and a typical year strayed about 699.1 billion from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 3.6 standard deviations above that average, so it was unusually large compared with the rest of the record.
Source
World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator NE.RSB.GNFS.CN, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: Country official statistics, National Statistical Organizations and/or Central Banks; National Accounts data files, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD); Staff estimates, World Bank (WB) 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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