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Côte d'Ivoire vs Liberia

108 shared metrics.

Côte d'IvoireLeads in 65

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LiberiaLeads in 43

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What matters for both sides

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Côte d'Ivoire

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Identity

Formal name: Republic of Côte d'Ivoire.

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Identity

Name origin: name, which means "Ivory Coast" in French, reflects the ivory trade in the region from the 15th to 17th centuries.

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Liberia

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Identity

Formal name: Republic of Liberia.

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Identity

Name origin: name derives from the Latin word liber, meaning "free.

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Analysis

Côte d'Ivoire leads in 65 of 108 shared metrics, while Liberia leads in 43.

Côte d'Ivoire's Electricity Generation is 27.5x that of Liberia (11.13 TWh vs 0.39 TWh).

Côte d'Ivoire's Irrigated Land is 23.3x that of Liberia (730 km² vs 30 km²).

Côte d'Ivoire's Total CO2 Emissions is 20.7x that of Liberia (18.81 Mt CO2e vs 0.87 Mt CO2e).

Côte d'Ivoire's Water Stress (%) is 19.7x that of Liberia (1.5% vs 0.07%).

Côte d'Ivoire's GDP (Nominal) is 17.2x that of Liberia ($87,113,179,149.28 vs $4,779,300,900).

Key Comparisons

Electricity GenerationCôte d'Ivoire leads

Côte d'Ivoire

11.13 TWh

Liberia

0.39 TWh

Irrigated LandCôte d'Ivoire leads

Côte d'Ivoire

730 km²

Liberia

30 km²

Total CO2 EmissionsCôte d'Ivoire leads

Côte d'Ivoire

18.81 Mt CO2e

Liberia

0.87 Mt CO2e

Water Stress (%)Côte d'Ivoire leads

Côte d'Ivoire

1.5%

Liberia

0.07%

GDP (Nominal)Côte d'Ivoire leads

Côte d'Ivoire

$87,113,179,149.28

Liberia

$4,779,300,900

Armed Forces PersonnelCôte d'Ivoire leads

Côte d'Ivoire

27.0K

Liberia

2.0K

All Metrics

Electricity Generation

Côte d'Ivoire

11.13 TWh

Liberia

0.39 TWh

2754% higher

Irrigated Land

Côte d'Ivoire

730 km²

Liberia

30 km²

2333% higher

Total CO2 Emissions

Côte d'Ivoire

18.81 Mt CO2e

Liberia

0.87 Mt CO2e

2069% higher

Water Stress (%)

Côte d'Ivoire

1.5%

Liberia

0.07%

1972% higher

GDP (Nominal)

Côte d'Ivoire

$87,113,179,149.28

Liberia

$4,779,300,900

1723% higher

Armed Forces Personnel

Côte d'Ivoire

27.0K

Liberia

2.0K

1250% higher

Electric Generating Capacity

Côte d'Ivoire

2.31M kW

Liberia

199.0K kW

1063% higher

Scientific Publications

Côte d'Ivoire

297.65

Liberia

25.91

1049% higher

High-Tech Exports (%)

Côte d'Ivoire

5.3%

Liberia

0.64%

717% higher

Water Withdrawal

Côte d'Ivoire

1.2 B m³

Liberia

0.15 B m³

696% higher

Mobile Subscriptions (%)

Côte d'Ivoire

184 per 100 people

Liberia

32 per 100 people

475% higher

Population

Côte d'Ivoire

31.86M

Liberia

5.56M

473% higher

Protected Land (%)

Côte d'Ivoire

22.8%

Liberia

4.0%

470% higher

Seafood Consumption per Person

Côte d'Ivoire

22.8 kg/person/yr

Liberia

4.3 kg/person/yr

434% higher

Agricultural Land (%)

Côte d'Ivoire

86.48%

Liberia

19.97%

333% higher

GDP Per Capita (PPP)

Côte d'Ivoire

$7,669.23

Liberia

$1,871.04

310% higher

Beer Consumption

Côte d'Ivoire

1.1 L/person/yr

Liberia

0.34 L/person/yr

237% higher

GNI Per Capita

Côte d'Ivoire

$2,530

Liberia

$760

233% higher

Land Area

Côte d'Ivoire

318.0K km²

Liberia

96.3K km²

230% higher

CO2 Per Capita

Côte d'Ivoire

0.46 t/person/yr

Liberia

0.15 t/person/yr

203% higher

Comparison of Côte d'Ivoire and Liberia across 108 metrics
				Winner
Electricity Generation	11.13 TWh	0.39 TWh	2754% higher	Côte d'Ivoire
Irrigated Land	730 km²	30 km²	2333% higher	Côte d'Ivoire
Total CO2 Emissions	18.81 Mt CO2e	0.87 Mt CO2e	2069% higher	Côte d'Ivoire
Water Stress (%)	1.5%	0.07%	1972% higher	Côte d'Ivoire
GDP (Nominal)	$87,113,179,149.28	$4,779,300,900	1723% higher	Côte d'Ivoire
Armed Forces Personnel	27.0K	2.0K	1250% higher	Côte d'Ivoire
Electric Generating Capacity	2.31M kW	199.0K kW	1063% higher	Côte d'Ivoire
Scientific Publications	297.65	25.91	1049% higher	Côte d'Ivoire
High-Tech Exports (%)	5.3%	0.64%	717% higher	Côte d'Ivoire
Water Withdrawal	1.2 B m³	0.15 B m³	696% higher	Côte d'Ivoire
Mobile Subscriptions (%)	184 per 100 people	32 per 100 people	475% higher	Côte d'Ivoire
Population	31.86M	5.56M	473% higher	Côte d'Ivoire
Protected Land (%)	22.8%	4.0%	470% higher	Côte d'Ivoire
Seafood Consumption per Person	22.8 kg/person/yr	4.3 kg/person/yr	434% higher	Côte d'Ivoire
Agricultural Land (%)	86.48%	19.97%	333% higher	Côte d'Ivoire
GDP Per Capita (PPP)	$7,669.23	$1,871.04	310% higher	Côte d'Ivoire
Beer Consumption	1.1 L/person/yr	0.34 L/person/yr	237% higher	Côte d'Ivoire
GNI Per Capita	$2,530	$760	233% higher	Côte d'Ivoire
Land Area	318.0K km²	96.3K km²	230% higher	Côte d'Ivoire
CO2 Per Capita	0.46 t/person/yr	0.15 t/person/yr	203% higher	Côte d'Ivoire
Electricity Access (%)	72.4%	32.5%	123% higher	Côte d'Ivoire
Milk Consumption per Person	6.4 kg/person/yr	3.0 kg/person/yr	109% higher	Côte d'Ivoire
Land Border Length	3.5K km	1.7K km	107% higher	Côte d'Ivoire
Minimum Paid Vacation Days	20 days/yr	10 days/yr	100% higher	Côte d'Ivoire
Broadband Access (%)	1.0 per 100 people	202 per 100 people	100% lower	Liberia
Merchant Fleet Size	25	4.8K	99% lower	Liberia
Forest Coverage (%)	7.9%	78.14%	90% lower	Liberia
Solar Electricity Share	0.19%	1.8%	89% lower	Liberia
Spirits Consumption	0.21 L/person/yr	1.8 L/person/yr	88% lower	Liberia
Vehicles per 1,000 People	34.84 per 1k people	248.13 per 1k people	86% lower	Liberia
EV Chargers per 100,000 PeopleSource: © OpenStreetMap contributors - Open Database License (ODbL)	0.02 per 100k people	0.11 per 100k people	82% lower	Liberia
Credit Card Ownership	2.9% of adults	1.6% of adults	81% higher	Côte d'Ivoire
Youth Unemployment Rate	4.0% of youth labor force	2.3% of youth labor force	75% higher	Côte d'Ivoire
Sanitation Access (%)	40.41%	23.34%	73% higher	Côte d'Ivoire
Health Spending (% GDP)	3.6% of GDP	13.47% of GDP	73% lower	Liberia
Population Density	98.01 /km²	57.03 /km²	72% higher	Côte d'Ivoire
FDI Inflows (% GDP)	4.4% of GDP	15.63% of GDP	72% lower	Liberia
Internet Users (%)	41%	24%	71% higher	Côte d'Ivoire
Forest Area	25.0K km²	75.3K km²	67% lower	Liberia
Border Neighbors	5.0	3.0	67% higher	Côte d'Ivoire
Government Debt (% GDP)	47% of GDP	28.3% of GDP	66% higher	Côte d'Ivoire
Inflation Rate	3.5%	8.2%	57% lower	Liberia
Corruption Perceptions Index	43 pts	28 pts	54% higher	Côte d'Ivoire
Railway Length	660 km	429 km	54% higher	Côte d'Ivoire
Airports	29	19	53% higher	Côte d'Ivoire
Education Spending (% GDP)	3.4% of GDP	2.3% of GDP	51% higher	Côte d'Ivoire
GDP Growth Rate	6.0%	4.0%	50% higher	Côte d'Ivoire
ATMs per 100,000 Adults	5.7 per 100k	3.9 per 100k	46% higher	Côte d'Ivoire
Firms with Female Top Manager	11.56% of firms	21.48% of firms	46% lower	Liberia
Liberal Democracy Index	0.23	0.42	45% lower	Liberia
Tobacco Use Prevalence	7.1% of adults	5.2% of adults	37% higher	Côte d'Ivoire
Renewable Energy (%)	58.2%	92.8%	37% lower	Liberia
Obesity Rate	10.59%	16.21%	35% lower	Liberia
Road Traffic Death Rate	20.6 per 100k	15.3 per 100k	35% higher	Côte d'Ivoire
Electoral Democracy Index	0.39	0.60	34% lower	Liberia
Political Corruption Index	0.60	0.88	32% lower	Liberia
Meat Consumption per Person	12.38 kg/person/yr	18.27 kg/person/yr	32% lower	Liberia
Firms Making Informal Payments	20.84% of firms	16.02% of firms	30% higher	Côte d'Ivoire
Electricity Carbon Intensity	405.01 gCO2/kWh	315.79 gCO2/kWh	28% higher	Côte d'Ivoire
Teen Birth Rate	92.08 per 1k	126.01 per 1k	27% lower	Liberia
Firms Hit by Power Outages	80.35% of firms	64.48% of firms	25% higher	Côte d'Ivoire
Suicide Rate	7.4 per 100k	6.0 per 100k	24% higher	Côte d'Ivoire
Women in Parliament (%)	13.39%	10.96%	22% higher	Côte d'Ivoire
Unemployment Rate	2.3%	2.9%	21% lower	Liberia
Elderly Population (%)	2.6%	3.3%	21% lower	Liberia
Highest Elevation	1.8K m	1.4K m	21% higher	Côte d'Ivoire
Life Evaluation Score	5.1 pts	4.3 pts	20% higher	Côte d'Ivoire
Freedom of Expression Index	0.68	0.84	19% lower	Liberia
Air Pollution (PM2.5)	49.5 µg/m³	42.36 µg/m³	17% higher	Côte d'Ivoire
Women's Political Empowerment	0.70	0.82	15% lower	Liberia
Death Rate	6.9 per 1k	8.2 per 1k	15% lower	Liberia
Women in Senior Management	22.16% of managers	26.06% of managers	15% lower	Liberia
Human Development Index	0.58	0.51	14% higher	Côte d'Ivoire
Health Spending Per Capita	$86.15	$99.65	14% lower	Liberia
Digital Payments Used	56.47% of adults	50.19% of adults	13% higher	Côte d'Ivoire
Mobile Money Accounts	53.38% of adults	47.53% of adults	12% higher	Côte d'Ivoire
Coastline Length	515 km	579 km	11% lower	Liberia
Average Weekly Work Hours	42.61 hrs/week	47.64 hrs/week	11% lower	Liberia
Infant Mortality	46.6 per 1k births	52.6 per 1k births	11% lower	Liberia
Insufficient Physical Activity	20.05% of adults	22.24% of adults	10% lower	Liberia
Hypertension Prevalence	37.3% of adults	41.2% of adults	9% lower	Liberia
Child Mortality	67.1 per 1k births	72.9 per 1k births	8% lower	Liberia
Can Raise Emergency Money	88.27% of adults	95.76% of adults	8% lower	Liberia
Smoking Rate	8.8%	8.2%	7% higher	Côte d'Ivoire
Military Spending	0.76% of GDP	0.71% of GDP	7% higher	Côte d'Ivoire
Doctors (per 1,000)	0.17 per 1k	0.18 per 1k	6% lower	Liberia
Birth Rate	29.87 per 1k	31.72 per 1k	6% lower	Liberia
Firms Asked for Bribes	19.85% of firms	20.58% of firms	4% lower	Liberia
Dependency Ratio	76.93% of working-age pop.	74.93% of working-age pop.	3% higher	Côte d'Ivoire
Youth Population (%)	40.87%	39.53%	3% higher	Côte d'Ivoire
Urban Population (%)	53.97%	55.54%	3% lower	Liberia
Informal Employment Share	92.13% of employed people	89.35% of employed people	3% higher	Côte d'Ivoire
Food Waste per Person	129.94 kg/person/yr	132.75 kg/person/yr	2% lower	Liberia
Median Age	18.1 years	18.4 years	1% lower	Liberia
Time Zones Count	2.0 time zones	2.0 time zones	equal	Côte d'Ivoire
Coal Electricity Share	0%	0%	ranked higher	Côte d'Ivoire
Wind Electricity Share	0%	0%	ranked higher	Côte d'Ivoire
Nurses & Midwives	0.80 per 1k	0.79 per 1k	equal	Côte d'Ivoire
Skilled Birth Attendance (%)	84%	84.4%	equal	Liberia
Life Expectancy	61.9 years	62.2 years	equal	Liberia
Fertility Rate	3.9 children/woman	3.8 children/woman	equal	Côte d'Ivoire
Alcohol Consumption	2.9 L/adult/yr	2.9 L/adult/yr	equal	Liberia
Nobel Laureates Born per Million People	0 per 1M people	0.36 per 1M people	ranked lower	Liberia
Lowest Elevation	0 m	0 m	ranked higher	Côte d'Ivoire
Official Languages Count	1.0	1.0	equal	Côte d'Ivoire
Current Account Balance (% of GDP)	-1.1% of GDP	-6.3% of GDP	ranked higher	Côte d'Ivoire
UNESCO World Heritage Sites	5.0 sites	0 sites	ranked higher	Côte d'Ivoire
McDonald's Outlets per Million PeopleSource: © OpenStreetMap contributors - Open Database License (ODbL)	0 per 1M people	0 per 1M people	ranked higher	Côte d'Ivoire

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Analysis

Côte d'Ivoire leads in 65 of 108 shared metrics, while Liberia leads in 43.

Côte d'Ivoire's Electricity Generation is 27.5x that of Liberia (11.13 TWh vs 0.39 TWh).

Côte d'Ivoire's Irrigated Land is 23.3x that of Liberia (730 km² vs 30 km²).

Côte d'Ivoire's Total CO2 Emissions is 20.7x that of Liberia (18.81 Mt CO2e vs 0.87 Mt CO2e).

Côte d'Ivoire's Water Stress (%) is 19.7x that of Liberia (1.5% vs 0.07%).

Côte d'Ivoire's GDP (Nominal) is 17.2x that of Liberia ($87,113,179,149.28 vs $4,779,300,900).

Key Comparisons

Electricity GenerationCôte d'Ivoire leads

Côte d'Ivoire

11.13 TWh

Liberia

0.39 TWh

Irrigated LandCôte d'Ivoire leads

Côte d'Ivoire

730 km²

Liberia

30 km²

Total CO2 EmissionsCôte d'Ivoire leads

Côte d'Ivoire

18.81 Mt CO2e

Liberia

0.87 Mt CO2e

Water Stress (%)Côte d'Ivoire leads

Côte d'Ivoire

1.5%

Liberia

0.07%

GDP (Nominal)Côte d'Ivoire leads

Côte d'Ivoire

$87,113,179,149.28

Liberia

$4,779,300,900

Armed Forces PersonnelCôte d'Ivoire leads

Côte d'Ivoire

27.0K

Liberia

2.0K

Electricity Generation

11.13 TWh

0.39 TWh

Irrigated Land

730 km²

30 km²

Total CO2 Emissions

18.81 Mt CO2e

0.87 Mt CO2e

Water Stress (%)

1.5%

0.07%

GDP (Nominal)

$87,113,179,149.28

$4,779,300,900

Armed Forces Personnel

27.0K

2.0K

Electric Generating Capacity

2.31M kW

199.0K kW

Scientific Publications

297.65

25.91

High-Tech Exports (%)

5.3%

0.64%

Water Withdrawal

1.2 B m³

0.15 B m³

Mobile Subscriptions (%)

184 per 100 people

32 per 100 people

Population

31.86M

5.56M

Protected Land (%)

22.8%

4.0%

Seafood Consumption per Person

22.8 kg/person/yr

4.3 kg/person/yr

Agricultural Land (%)

86.48%

19.97%

GDP Per Capita (PPP)

$7,669.23

$1,871.04

Beer Consumption

1.1 L/person/yr

0.34 L/person/yr

GNI Per Capita

$2,530

$760

Land Area

318.0K km²

96.3K km²

CO2 Per Capita

0.46 t/person/yr

0.15 t/person/yr

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Key Comparisons

All Metrics

Electricity Generation

Irrigated Land

Total CO2 Emissions

Water Stress (%)

GDP (Nominal)

Armed Forces Personnel

Electric Generating Capacity

Scientific Publications

High-Tech Exports (%)

Water Withdrawal

Mobile Subscriptions (%)

Population

Protected Land (%)

Seafood Consumption per Person

Agricultural Land (%)

GDP Per Capita (PPP)

Beer Consumption

GNI Per Capita

Land Area

CO2 Per Capita

Electricity Access (%)

Milk Consumption per Person

Land Border Length

Minimum Paid Vacation Days

Broadband Access (%)

Merchant Fleet Size

Forest Coverage (%)

Solar Electricity Share

Spirits Consumption

Vehicles per 1,000 People

EV Chargers per 100,000 People

Credit Card Ownership

Youth Unemployment Rate

Sanitation Access (%)

Health Spending (% GDP)

Population Density

FDI Inflows (% GDP)

Internet Users (%)

Forest Area

Border Neighbors

Government Debt (% GDP)

Inflation Rate

Corruption Perceptions Index

Railway Length

Airports

Education Spending (% GDP)

GDP Growth Rate

ATMs per 100,000 Adults

Firms with Female Top Manager

Liberal Democracy Index

Tobacco Use Prevalence

Renewable Energy (%)

Obesity Rate

Road Traffic Death Rate

Electoral Democracy Index

Political Corruption Index

Meat Consumption per Person

Firms Making Informal Payments

Electricity Carbon Intensity

Teen Birth Rate

Firms Hit by Power Outages

Suicide Rate

Women in Parliament (%)

Unemployment Rate

Elderly Population (%)

Highest Elevation

Life Evaluation Score

Freedom of Expression Index

Air Pollution (PM2.5)

Women's Political Empowerment

Death Rate

Women in Senior Management