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Topic 17 of 18 · Country Index 2026
Côte d’Ivoire: Digital & Technology
How ready is a country to use, make and trade technology?
Côte d’Ivoire is placed 84th of 198 countries on digital & technology in the Country Index 2026, from 4 of its 4 key statistics. Readings behind it: GovTech Maturity Index 0.663 (2025); Government AI Readiness Index 40.74 (2025).
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Digital & Technology
84th
of 198 countries placed
Placed from 4 of 4 key statistics
- 0.663GovTech Maturity Index, 2025GTMI score (0–1)
- 40.74Government AI Readiness Index, 2025AI readiness score (0–100)
- 0.81Government Cyber Security Capacity, 2025Original latent estimate (≈ −3.6 to +3.7); higher = more capacity
- 16.74Digitally-Deliverable Services Exports, 2024Digitally-deliverable services exports (% of services exports)
01The evidence
The 4 key statistics that decide it
Only these place Côte d’Ivoire on digital & technology — one vote each. Every value is the publisher’s own, read at the edition the Country Index 2026 used; the grey ticks are every other country it was compared with, lowest on the left.
0.663
GTMI score (0–1)
Higher is better
Côte d’Ivoire: 0.663. Across the 196 countries in this edition, values run from 0.01 (North Korea) to 0.997 (South Korea); the world median is 0.63.
- World median
- 0.63
- Best in Western Africa
- 0.774 Cabo Verde
- Land neighbours
- Burkina Faso 0.433 · Ghana 0.708 · Guinea 0.51 · Liberia 0.36 · Mali 0.326
40.74
AI readiness score (0–100)
Higher is better
Ranked 95th of 195 by Oxford Insights
Côte d’Ivoire: 40.74. Across the 195 countries in this edition, values run from 12.12 (Guinea-Bissau) to 88.36 (United States); the world median is 40.19.
- World median
- 40.19
- Best in Western Africa
- 50.79 Nigeria
- Land neighbours
- Burkina Faso 29.45 · Ghana 47.42 · Guinea 17.81 · Liberia 15.65 · Mali 23.78
Key 3 of 4
Government Cyber Security Capacity
V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg
2025 edition · data for 2025 · CC BY-SA 4.0
0.81
Original latent estimate (≈ −3.6 to +3.7); higher = more capacity
Higher is better
Côte d’Ivoire: 0.81. Across the 176 countries in this edition, values run from -2.66 (Liberia) to 3.715 (Estonia); the world median is 0.196.
- World median
- 0.196
- Best in Western Africa
- 0.81 Côte d’Ivoire
- Land neighbours
- Burkina Faso 0.553 · Ghana -0.055 · Guinea 0.642 · Liberia -2.66 · Mali -1.602
Key 4 of 4
Digitally-Deliverable Services Exports
UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD)
2024 edition · data for 2024 · CC BY 3.0 IGO
16.74
Digitally-deliverable services exports (% of services exports)
Higher is better
Côte d’Ivoire: 16.74. Across the 170 countries in this edition, values run from 0.377 (Gambia) to 87.15 (Ireland); the world median is 25.42.
- World median
- 25.42
- Best in Western Africa
- 79.37 Guinea
- Land neighbours
- Burkina Faso 33.84 · Ghana 58.69 · Guinea 79.37 · Mali 42.01
02Over time
Which way Côte d’Ivoire is moving
Each key’s published value, edition by edition, beside the world median. The Country Index 2026 is the first edition of the standing, so the standing itself has no history to chart yet.
Government AI Readiness Index
AI readiness score (0–100) · higher is better
Côte d’IvoireWorld median
Côte d’Ivoire rose from 34.16 in 2020 to 40.74 in 2025; the world median went from 39.58 to 40.19.
Every year’s figures
Year Côte d’Ivoire World median 2025 41 40.2 2024 35 43.3 2023 33 41.4 2022 31 40.3 2021 37 44.1 2020 34 39.6 Government Cyber Security Capacity
Original latent estimate (≈ −3.6 to +3.7); higher = more capacity · higher is better
Côte d’IvoireWorld median
Côte d’Ivoire rose from -1.098 in 2000 to 0.81 in 2025; the world median went from -0.514 to 0.196.
Every year’s figures
Year Côte d’Ivoire World median 2025 0.8 0.20 2024 0.0 0.11 2023 0.0 0.14 2022 -0.1 0.16 2021 -0.1 0.12 2020 -0.1 0.12 2019 -0.4 0.10 2018 -0.6 -0.05 2017 -0.6 -0.08 2016 -0.6 -0.10 2015 -0.6 -0.17 2014 -0.6 -0.21 2013 -0.6 -0.21 2012 -0.6 -0.25 2011 -0.6 -0.32 2010 -1.1 -0.31 2009 -1.1 -0.50 2008 -1.1 -0.51 2007 -1.1 -0.51 2006 -1.1 -0.55 2005 -1.1 -0.55 2004 -1.1 -0.55 2003 -1.1 -0.55 2002 -1.1 -0.51 2001 -1.1 -0.51 2000 -1.1 -0.51 Digitally-Deliverable Services Exports
Digitally-deliverable services exports (% of services exports) · higher is better
Côte d’IvoireWorld median
Côte d’Ivoire fell from 35.8 in 2010 to 16.74 in 2024; the world median went from 19.88 to 25.42.
Every year’s figures
Year Côte d’Ivoire World median 2024 16.7 25.42 2023 17.4 26.03 2022 17.0 26.04 2021 21.8 29.80 2020 21.2 29.47 2019 18.1 18.36 2018 20.1 20.09 2017 19.3 18.32 2016 13.0 18.15 2015 31.8 19.57 2014 31.7 21.00 2013 30.8 20.50 2012 35.3 19.56 2011 37.2 19.21 2010 35.8 19.88
03In context
Côte d’Ivoire beside its neighbours
A position reads best beside the countries around it. Every position below is a place among all 198 countries on digital & technology, never a place within the region.
Côte d’Ivoire and the countries it borders
Standing among all 198; the key columns are the publishers’ own values.
| Country | Standing | GovTech Maturity IndexGTMI score (0–1) | Government AI Readiness IndexAI readiness score (0–100) | Government Cyber Security CapacityOriginal latent estimate (≈ −3.6 to +3.7); higher = more capacity | Digitally-Deliverable Services ExportsDigitally-deliverable services exports (% of services exports) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Ghana | 66th | 0.708 | 47.42 | -0.055 | 58.69 |
| Côte d’Ivoire | 84th | 0.663 | 40.74 | 0.81 | 16.74 |
 Guinea | 90th | 0.51 | 17.81 | 0.642 | 79.37 |
 Burkina Faso | 97th | 0.433 | 29.45 | 0.553 | 33.84 |
 Mali | =143rd | 0.326 | 23.78 | -1.602 | 42.01 |
 Liberia | 189th | 0.36 | 15.65 | -2.66 | — |
“—”: no published reading in that edition. What a standing is
Across Western Africa
Every country in the sub-region, by its place among all 198.
Placed either side on digital & technology
The countries immediately above and below Côte d’Ivoire in the topic’s list.
04Context, no vote
Where Côte d’Ivoire is ahead of the world, and behind
19 more statistics filed under digital & technology, published in full and deliberately given no vote in the standing. Select a row for the publisher, the rank and the links.
Ahead of the world median3
Statistics on which Côte d’Ivoire does better than the middle country measured.
Government Internet ShutdownsV-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg · 2025 · world median 1.0231.8731.023▲ Improved since 2015
Côte d’Ivoire: 1.873 · world median 1.023 · Original latent estimate (≈ −4 to +2); higher = fewer shutdowns. V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg, 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from -3.547 to 2.081; higher is better.
Position 21st of 176 · derived.
Made or Received a Digital PaymentWorld Bank Group · 2024 · world median 51.6556.4751.65▲ Improved since 2014
Côte d’Ivoire: 56.47 · world median 51.65 · Adults who made or received a digital payment in the past year (% of population aged 15+). World Bank Group, 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 12.26 to 94.91; higher is better.
Position 41st of 98 · derived.
Digital Services Trade Restrictiveness IndexOECD · 2025 · world median 0.2060.180.206▲ Improved since 2015
Côte d’Ivoire: 0.18 · world median 0.206 · Digital STRI (0 = open, 1 = closed). OECD, 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from 0.021 to 0.649; lower is better.
Position 75th of 125 · derived, 1st = worst.
Behind the world median12
Statistics on which Côte d’Ivoire does worse than the middle country measured.
AI User Share of the Working-Age PopulationMicrosoft AI Economy Institute · 2026 · world median 15.4513.715.45No real change since 2025
Côte d’Ivoire: 13.7 · world median 15.45 · Generative-AI users (% of population aged 15–64). Microsoft AI Economy Institute, 2026 edition, data for 2026.
Published values in that edition run from 6.1 to 73.3; higher is better.
Government Dissemination of False Information (Domestic)V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg · 2025 · world median -0.114-0.45-0.114▼ Worsened since 2015
Côte d’Ivoire: -0.45 · world median -0.114 · Original latent estimate (≈ −3.6 to +3.2); higher = less disinformation. V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg, 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from -3.392 to 2.93; higher is better.
Position 102nd of 176 · derived.
Mobile Phone OwnershipWorld Bank Group · 2024 · world median 91.6889.1991.68No earlier reading
Côte d’Ivoire: 89.19 · world median 91.68 · Adults who own a mobile phone (% of population aged 15+). World Bank Group, 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 45.83 to 100; higher is better.
Position 82nd of 140 · derived.
Firms with Their Own WebsiteWorld Bank Group · 2026 · world median 62.3957.9762.39No earlier reading
Côte d’Ivoire: 57.97 · world median 62.39 · Firms with their own website (%). World Bank Group, 2026 edition, data for 2026.
Published values in that edition run from 1.824 to 97.88; higher is better.
Position 107th of 181 · derived.
Government Social Media CensorshipV-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg · 2025 · world median 0.505-0.0460.505▼ Worsened since 2015
Côte d’Ivoire: -0.046 · world median 0.505 · Original latent estimate (≈ −4.5 to +2.4); higher = less censorship. V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg, 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from -3.721 to 2.295; higher is better.
Position 106th of 176 · derived.
ICT Goods ExportsUNCTAD · 2024 · world median 0.9750.260.975No real change since 2014
Côte d’Ivoire: 0.26 · world median 0.975 · ICT goods exports (% of total goods exports). UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD), 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 0 to 61.45; higher is better.
Position 83rd of 119 · derived.
Frontier Technology Readiness IndexUNCTAD · 2023 · world median 0.4850.2510.485▲ Improved since 2013
Côte d’Ivoire: 0.251 · world median 0.485 · Frontier Technology Readiness Index (0–1). UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD), 2023 edition, data for 2023.
Published values in that edition run from 0 to 1; higher is better.
Position 137th of 170 · derived.
Internet Use Among AdultsWorld Bank Group · 2024 · world median 83.0547.2283.05No earlier reading
Côte d’Ivoire: 47.22 · world median 83.05 · Adults who used the internet in the past three months (% of population aged 15+). World Bank Group, 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 11.06 to 99.12; higher is better.
Position 113th of 140 · derived.
Smartphone OwnershipWorld Bank Group · 2024 · world median 78.7845.7178.78No earlier reading
Côte d’Ivoire: 45.71 · world median 78.78 · Adults whose main mobile phone is a smartphone (% of population aged 15+). World Bank Group, 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 8.663 to 97.36; higher is better.
Position 115th of 140 · derived.
Share of Firms' Payments Made ElectronicallyWorld Bank Group · 2026 · world median 64.2224.4364.22No earlier reading
Côte d’Ivoire: 24.43 · world median 64.22 · Payments made electronically in a typical month, excluding payroll and payments to government (%). World Bank Group, 2026 edition, data for 2026.
Published values in that edition run from 2.172 to 99.91; higher is better.
Firms Experiencing Internet DisruptionsWorld Bank Group · 2026 · world median 32.3566.2232.35No earlier reading
Côte d’Ivoire: 66.22 · world median 32.35 · Firms that experienced internet outages or slow-downs (%). World Bank Group, 2026 edition, data for 2026.
Published values in that edition run from 0.735 to 82.39; lower is better.
Position 15th of 163 · derived, 1st = worst.
Primary Schools with Internet for TeachingUIS · 2024 · world median 98.661.20698.66No earlier reading
Côte d’Ivoire: 1.206 · world median 98.66 · Primary schools with internet access for teaching (%). UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS), 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 0 to 100; higher is better.
No better end4
These describe the shape of a country — more is not better or worse, only different — so they are never ahead or behind.
GitHub DevelopersGitHub · 2026 · world median 84,670112,93584,670Moved since 2020
Côte d’Ivoire: 112,935 · world median 84,670 · Developer accounts located in the economy (as of quarter end). GitHub, 2026 edition, data for 2026.
Published values in that edition run from 110 to 32,410,529.
GitHub RepositoriesGitHub · 2026 · world median 141,454184,262141,454Moved since 2020
Côte d’Ivoire: 184,262 · world median 141,454 · Public repositories located in the economy (as of quarter end). GitHub, 2026 edition, data for 2026.
Published values in that edition run from 142 to 77,284,974.
GitHub Git PushesGitHub · 2025 · world median 148,714108,334148,714Moved since 2020
Côte d’Ivoire: 108,334 · world median 148,714 · Git pushes during the quarter. GitHub, 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from 1,967 to 40,768,192.
Anthropic AI Usage IndexAnthropic · 2026 · world median 0.960.30.96No earlier reading
Côte d’Ivoire: 0.3 · world median 0.96 · Claude usage index (1 = in proportion to working-age population). Anthropic, 2026 edition, data for 2026.
Published values in that edition run from 0.07 to 6.4.
No current reading for Côte d’Ivoire
ICT Services Exports (last 2022) and Share of Graduates from ICT Programmes. Listed rather than hidden, so the page can be checked against it.
“Position · derived” is this site’s ordering of the published values, 1st = best unless the row says otherwise; the publisher ranks no country on it. Rank, position and standing
05Country Index 2026
Digital & Technology among Côte d’Ivoire’s 16 topics
Digital & Technology is Côte d’Ivoire’s 2nd best-placed topic of 16. Strongest first, each marker at its share of that topic’s field.
- Environment & Sustainability46th of 1864/4 keys
- Digital & Technology84th of 1984/4 keys
- Gender & Equality83rd of 1834/4 keys
- Mobility & Trade98th of 1773/4 keys
- Governance & Institutions108th of 1944/4 keys
- Work & Labour106th of 1824/4 keys
- Risk & Resilience115th of 1934/4 keys
- Democracy & Civil Liberties121st of 1984/4 keys
- Energy102nd of 1653/3 keys
- Peace & Securityjoint 112th of 1774/4 keys
- Poverty & Inequality106th of 1593/3 keys
- Economy & Innovation127th of 1764/4 keys
- Food & Agriculture136th of 1844/4 keys
- Health & Wellbeing165th of 2004/4 keys
- Development & Human Capital171st of 1963/3 keys
- Education & Knowledge173rd of 1984/4 keys
06The top of the list
Who leads on digital & technology
The three countries placed highest of 198, and the leaders Côte d’Ivoire can most readily be measured against.
=1
EstoniaNorthern Europe
Joint 1st of 198 · 4 of 4 keys
Photo: Andrus Uuetalu derivative work: Jjtkk · CC BY-SA 3.0 ee, greyscale
=1
South KoreaEastern Asia
Joint 1st of 198 · 4 of 4 keys
Photo: Unknown author · CC BY-SA 2.0, greyscale
3
SingaporeSouth-eastern Asia
3rd of 198 · 4 of 4 keys
Photo: Khairul Nizam . · CC BY 2.0, greyscale
Placed highest nearby
Highest in Africa
Mauritius20th4/4 keysHighest in Western Africa
Ghana66th4/4 keysThis page
Côte d’Ivoire84th4/4 keys
Positions out of 198 placed on the topic. A country needs readings on enough keys to be placed, and the top of the list is often held on fewer of them.
07Questions
Côte d’Ivoire on digital & technology: questions answered
Every answer is built from the numbers on this page, so none can say something the page does not.
How does Côte d’Ivoire rank on digital & technology?
Côte d’Ivoire is placed 84th of 198 countries on Digital & Technology in the Country Index 2026, from 4 of its 4 key statistics (GovTech Maturity Index, Government AI Readiness Index, Government Cyber Security Capacity and Digitally-Deliverable Services Exports). The position is this site’s ordering of published statistics, not a rank any publisher printed.
What is the latest GovTech Maturity Index figure for Côte d’Ivoire?
0.663 in 2025 (gTMI score (0–1)), according to World Bank Group. The world median in the same edition was 0.63.
What is the latest Government AI Readiness Index figure for Côte d’Ivoire?
40.74 in 2025 (aI readiness score (0–100)), according to Oxford Insights. The world median in the same edition was 40.19.
How does Côte d’Ivoire compare with Ghana on digital & technology?
Ghana is placed 66th of 198, and Côte d’Ivoire 84th. GovTech Maturity Index: Ghana 0.708, Côte d’Ivoire 0.663; Government AI Readiness Index: Ghana 47.42, Côte d’Ivoire 40.74; Government Cyber Security Capacity: Ghana -0.055, Côte d’Ivoire 0.81; Digitally-Deliverable Services Exports: Ghana 58.69, Côte d’Ivoire 16.74.
How have Côte d’Ivoire’s digital & technology figures changed?
Government AI Readiness Index rose from 34.16 in 2020 to 40.74 in 2025; Government Cyber Security Capacity rose from -1.098 in 2000 to 0.81 in 2025; Digitally-Deliverable Services Exports fell from 35.8 in 2010 to 16.74 in 2024.
Which digital & technology statistics are missing for Côte d’Ivoire?
No current reading is published for Côte d’Ivoire on ICT Services Exports and Share of Graduates from ICT Programmes. They are listed rather than hidden, so the evidence on the page can be checked against it.
08Method
Method, sources and how to cite
What this topic does not measure
Broadband and mobile subscriptions, connection speeds and the cost of getting online are absent, for the licence reason above; internet use and phone ownership, from the World Bank’s own household survey, and firms’ websites and internet disruptions, from its Enterprise Surveys, are published here as context. The ICT share of goods exports votes under Mobility & Trade. Digital public services and data-protection law are not held yet. Research and development spending is filed under Education & Knowledge, and what an economy knows how to make is under Economy & Innovation.
How the Digital & Technology standing is decided
A standing is this site’s ordering, named with its edition — never a publisher’s rank. 4 key statistics vote, one vote each; every country’s published value becomes a place within that key’s own field, the places are averaged, and the average is never published. A country needs 2 of the 4 keys to be placed.
The digital & technology method, step by stepHow every standing on this site is built
The key statistics and their licences
- GovTech Maturity Index — World Bank Group, CC BY 4.0
- Government AI Readiness Index — Oxford Insights, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Government Cyber Security Capacity — V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Digitally-Deliverable Services Exports — UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD), CC BY 3.0 IGO
The other 19 statistics on this page come from 8 publishers, each named beside its numbers, with every edition and licence on the datasets pages.
The standing itself is part of the Country Index 2026, published under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Photographs
Côte d’Ivoire’s banner and the countries placed highest, from their profiles: Wikimedia Commons, shown in greyscale, each used under the licence named.
- Côte d’Ivoire (banner) — Axe derivative work: Jjtkk, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Estonia — Andrus Uuetalu derivative work: Jjtkk, CC BY-SA 3.0 ee
- South Korea — Unknown author, CC BY-SA 2.0
- Singapore — Khairul Nizam ., CC BY 2.0
Cite this page
Nations Inquiry (2026). Côte d’Ivoire: Digital & Technology — standing and statistics, Country Index 2026. https://nationsinquiry.com/countries/cote-d-ivoire/digital