Côte d'Ivoire vs Zimbabwe

Côte d'Ivoire and Zimbabwe compared on 10 key figures from official sources. Each value is the latest one published for that country, so the year is shown with it.

• Côte d'Ivoire has about 1.9 times as many people as Zimbabwe: 32.7 million against 17 million in 2025.
• GDP per person is about the same in Côte d'Ivoire ($3,050) and Zimbabwe ($3,021) in 2025.
• The economy grew faster in Zimbabwe (8.1%) than in Côte d'Ivoire (6.5%), a difference of 1.6 percentage points in 2025.
• Consumer prices rose faster in Zimbabwe (104.7% in 2022) than in Côte d'Ivoire (0.1% in 2025), a difference of 104.6 percentage points.
• The unemployment rate was higher in Zimbabwe (9.3%) than in Côte d'Ivoire (2.3%), a difference of 7 percentage points in 2025.
• A baby born in Zimbabwe can expect to live 1 years longer than one born in Côte d'Ivoire: 63.1 years against 62.1 years in 2024.
• Half of the population is older than about 18.1 years in both Côte d'Ivoire and Zimbabwe in 2023.
• A larger share of people used the internet in Zimbabwe (41.6%) than in Côte d'Ivoire (41.4%), a difference of 0.2 percentage points in 2024.
• CO2 emissions per person in Zimbabwe (0.77 tonnes) are 31% higher than in Côte d'Ivoire (0.59 tonnes) in 2024.
• Forest covers a larger share of the land in Zimbabwe (35.7%) than in Côte d'Ivoire (12.1%), a difference of 23.6 percentage points in 2024.