Country profile

Cote d'Ivoire

Sub-Saharan Africa Lower middle income31.93M inhabitants

Last updated December 22, 2025

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Composite GEFRI Score

Severely underprepared

Cote d'Ivoire is severely underprepared (24th percentile worldwide). Key structural conditions limit capacity to plan, implement, and sustain forward-looking reforms. Higher scores indicate a system that is better prepared to anticipate and shape the future of learning.

31.71Composite score
Global percentile
24th
Global rank
#136
Regional rank
#13
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Infrastructure
44.65
28th percentileGlobal avg. 56.42
Human Capital
25.60
11th percentileGlobal avg. 46.98
Innovation
34.24
38th percentileGlobal avg. 42.60
Governance
44.08
48th percentileGlobal avg. 47.71
Access & Parity
10.00
31st percentileGlobal avg. 50.60

Country profile

Cote d'Ivoire trails global peers in Infrastructure (45, 28th percentile) and Human Capital (26, 11th percentile). A coordinated reform effort is needed to strengthen education futures readiness.

Uneven scores across dimensions highlight areas that need targeted coordination. Limited electricity or internet coverage still constrains classrooms, preventing large-scale digital instruction. Literacy or tertiary enrollment gaps thin the talent pipeline and limit the country’s capacity to develop future-ready skills.

Sparse R&D investment and a small research workforce slow experimentation and delay new ideas from reaching learners. Policy execution and regulatory capacity remain weak, leaving reforms fragmented and hard to sustain. Gender parity leans toward boys in secondary pathways, signalling persistent barriers for girls.

Governance presents a near-term leapfrog opportunity: performance is just below the global average, backed by enough observed data to support forward planning. Regionally, Cote d'Ivoire leads most clearly in Infrastructure, sitting well above the peer average.

Note: Most indicators rely on observed data, offering a dependable evidence base for decisions.

Key insights

  • Falls below many peers at the 24th percentile.
  • Places 136th worldwide.
  • Holds a regional position of 13th within Sub-Saharan Africa .
  • Scores range from Infrastructure (44.6) to Access & Parity (10.0), reflecting variation across dimensions.
  • Leads regional peers most clearly in Infrastructure.

Regional peers: Sub-Saharan Africa

Composite GEFRI score

Global rankRegional rankCountryScore
671South Africa57.14
682Mauritius56.87
——SeychellesMicrostate55.72
743Botswana55.44
1084Namibia43.86
1115Ghana40.92
1136Cabo Verde39.81
1157Sierra Leone38.84
——Sao Tome and PrincipeFCSMicrostate38.53
1198Eswatini37.54
1279Senegal35.31
12810Gabon34.39
13011Rwanda33.46
13212Kenya33.01
13613Cote d'Ivoire31.71
13814Gambia, The30.79
14015Lesotho29.76
14116Equatorial Guinea29.48
14217Benin29.14
14318Zambia28.93
14419ZimbabweFCS28.92
14620Tanzania28.51
14721Togo28.14
14822CameroonFCS27.69
15023Mauritania25.98
15124ComorosFCS25.84
15225Angola25.63
15426Congo, Rep.FCS24.72
15527MozambiqueFCS24.40
15628NigeriaFCS24.09
15729EthiopiaFCS24.04
15830Madagascar23.66
15931Malawi23.03
16032MaliFCS23.02
16133Burkina FasoFCS22.80
16234Uganda22.60
16435Guinea22.13
16636Liberia21.10
16737NigerFCS20.37
16838SudanFCS20.10
16939BurundiFCS18.87
17040Guinea-BissauFCS18.69
17141EritreaFCS18.19
17242Congo, Dem. Rep.FCS17.22
17443ChadFCS15.73
17544South SudanFCS15.65
17645Somalia, Fed. Rep.FCS14.75
17746Central African RepublicFCS13.33