Cote d'Ivoire
Capital: Yamoussoukro · Lower middle income · Pop. 31.9 million
Source: World Bank Open Data (WHO/UNICEF JMP & FAO AQUASTAT) · drinking water 2024
In Cote d'Ivoire, 36.45% of the population uses safely managed drinking water — an improved source, located on premises, available when needed, and free from contamination (2024 estimate). That leaves roughly 20.3 million people without safely managed drinking water at home.
Sanitation tracks closely: 27.1% use safely managed sanitation services and 40.41% have at least a basic service (2024).
Cote d'Ivoire has about 2,528 cubic meters of renewable internal freshwater per person each year. It withdraws the equivalent of 2% of those internal resources annually (low water stress).
Agriculture accounts for about 52% of Cote d'Ivoire's water withdrawals, the rest going to households and industry.
Common questions
How many people in Cote d'Ivoire have safe drinking water?
36.45% of Cote d'Ivoire's population uses safely managed drinking water (2024), per WHO/UNICEF data; about 20.3 million people do not.
Does Cote d'Ivoire have enough freshwater?
Cote d'Ivoire has roughly 2,528 m³ of renewable internal freshwater per person per year, and uses about 2% of it annually (low stress).