The Ivorian economy remains dominated by agriculture. In 2018, the agricultural sector thus represented 28% of GDP, employed a little less than half of the workforce and supported two-thirds of the population.

It also represents 60% of the country’s export earnings in 2022 Cocoa alone constitutes 10% of Ivorian GDP, 40% of export earnings and supports 5 to 6 million people in the country.

COCOA

Côte d’Ivoire is still the world’s largest cocoa producer, with 40% of the total, ahead of Ghana. National production reached 1.335 million tons in 2003-2004, the share of exports being 1.060 million tons for the same period1. Côte d’Ivoire is nicknamed the “Republic of cocoa”.