Reserves of foreign exchange and gold:
$1.42 billion (2005 est.)
Debt - external:
$13.43 billion (2005 est.)
Economic aid - recipient:
ODA, $1 billion (1996 est.)
Currency (code):
Communaute Financiere Africaine franc (XOF); note - responsible
authority is the Central Bank of the West African States
Currency code:
XOF
Exchange rates:
Communaute Financiere Africaine francs (XOF) per US dollar - 527.47
(2005), 528.29 (2004), 581.2 (2003), 696.99 (2002), 733.04 (2001)
Fiscal year:
calendar year
Communications Cote d'Ivoire
Telephones - main lines in use:
257,900 (2004)
Telephones - mobile cellular:
2.19 million (2005)