France’s coastline is 9.4 times as long as Ivory Coast’s

France: 4,853 km (2026 edition) · Ivory Coast: 515 km (2026 edition)

France’s highest peak towers 3,058 m above Ivory Coast’s

France: 4,810 m (2026 edition) · Ivory Coast: 1,752 m (2026 edition)

Farmland covers 84% of Ivory Coast, versus 53% of France

France: 52.8% (2024) · Ivory Coast: 83.9% (2024)

France has 2.1 times as many people as Ivory Coast

France: 68.7 million (2025) · Ivory Coast: 32.7 million (2025)

France is 24% more densely populated than Ivory Coast

France: 128 per km² (2025) · Ivory Coast: 103 per km² (2025)

The typical person in France is 24 years older than in Ivory Coast

France: 41.8 years (2023) · Ivory Coast: 18.1 years (2023)

Women in Ivory Coast have 2.6 more children on average than in France

France: 1.61 children per woman (2024) · Ivory Coast: 4.23 children per woman (2024)

23% of people in France are 65 or older, versus 2.7% in Ivory Coast

France: 22.5% (2025) · Ivory Coast: 2.7% (2025)

France hosts 5 times as many refugees per resident as Ivory Coast

France: 11.5 per 1,000 (2025) · Ivory Coast: 2.3 per 1,000 (2025)

France has produced 9.5 Nobel laureates per 10 million people, Ivory Coast none

France: 9.5 (2026) · Ivory Coast: 0 (2026)

France and Ivory Coast are practically level

France: 1 (2026) · Ivory Coast: 1 (2026)

France’s economy is 34 times the size of Ivory Coast’s

France: $3.37 trillion (2025) · Ivory Coast: $99.8 billion (2025)

France produces 7.8 times as much per person as Ivory Coast

France: Int$63,975 (2025) · Ivory Coast: Int$8,209 (2025)

Income is more unequally shared in Ivory Coast than in France (Gini 3.5 points higher)

France: 31.8 (2023) · Ivory Coast: 35.3 (2021)

21% of people in Ivory Coast live on less than $3 a day, versus 0.1% in France

France: 0.1% (2023) · Ivory Coast: 20.8% (2021)

Unemployment is 7.5% in France, versus 2.3% in Ivory Coast

France: 7.5% (2025) · Ivory Coast: 2.3% (2025)

France spends 2.0% of its GDP on the military, Ivory Coast 0.8%

France: 2% (2025) · Ivory Coast: 0.8% (2025)

France’s central government collects 23% of GDP in tax, Ivory Coast’s 13%

France: 22.8% (2024) · Ivory Coast: 13% (2023)

France’s price level (US = 100) is 2.1× Ivory Coast’s

France: 77% (2025) · Ivory Coast: 37% (2025)

France spends 61 times as much on health per person as Ivory Coast

France: $5,327 (2024) · Ivory Coast: $88 (2023)

A baby in Ivory Coast is 13 times as likely to die before turning one as in France

France: 3.4 per 1,000 (2024) · Ivory Coast: 44.8 per 1,000 (2024)

France has 20 times as many doctors per person as Ivory Coast

France: 3.3 per 1,000 (2022) · Ivory Coast: 0.2 per 1,000 (2023)

France: 5.7 per 1,000 (2022) · Ivory Coast: no data

The suicide rate in Ivory Coast is 19% higher than in France

France: 13.9 per 100k (2023) · Ivory Coast: 16.5 per 100k (2023)

13% of adults in France are obese, versus 12% in Ivory Coast

France: 12.5% (2024) · Ivory Coast: 12% (2024)

34% of adults in France smoke, versus 7.3% in Ivory Coast

France: 33.6% (2024) · Ivory Coast: 7.3% (2024)

People in France rate their lives 1.44 points higher than in Ivory Coast

France: 6.59 (2025) · Ivory Coast: 5.15 (2025)

Adults in France drink 2.7 times as much alcohol as in Ivory Coast

France: 11.2 litres (2023) · Ivory Coast: 4.2 litres (2023)

France has 6.7 times as much meat per person as Ivory Coast

France: 80.3 kg (2023) · Ivory Coast: 12 kg (2023)

France has 552 kcal more food per person per day than Ivory Coast

France: 3,490 kcal (2023) · Ivory Coast: 2,938 kcal (2023)

Workers in Ivory Coast put in 616 more hours a year than in France

France: 1,487 hours (2023) · Ivory Coast: 2,103 hours (2023)

Adults in France went to school 6.9 years longer than in Ivory Coast

France: 11.8 years (2023) · Ivory Coast: 4.9 years (2023)

France: 1.35 (2019) · Ivory Coast: no data

France has 51 more World Heritage sites than Ivory Coast (56 against 5)

France: 56 (2026) · Ivory Coast: 5 (2026)

France has won 985 Olympic medals, Ivory Coast 5

France: 985 (2026 edition) · Ivory Coast: 5 (2026 edition)

89% of people in France are online, versus 41% in Ivory Coast

France: 89% (2024) · Ivory Coast: 41% (2024)

Home internet in France is 5.4 times as fast as in Ivory Coast

France: 460 Mbps (2026) · Ivory Coast: 85 Mbps (2026)

100% of people in France have electricity, versus 73% in Ivory Coast

France: 100% (2024) · Ivory Coast: 72.9% (2024)

79% of people in France live in cities, versus 55% in Ivory Coast

France: 79% (2025) · Ivory Coast: 55% (2025)

Ivory Coast has 184 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, France 117

France: 117 (2023) · Ivory Coast: 184 (2024)

France’s railway network is 43 times as long as Ivory Coast’s

France: 27,716 km (2021) · Ivory Coast: 639 km (2021)

Airlines from France fly 43 times as many passengers per resident as those from Ivory Coast

France: 0.94 (2023) · Ivory Coast: 0.02 (2023)

Forest covers 33% of France, but only 12% of Ivory Coast

France: 32.9% (2024) · Ivory Coast: 12.1% (2024)

The average person in France emits 8.5 times as much CO₂ as someone in Ivory Coast

France: 4 t (2024) · Ivory Coast: 0.5 t (2024)

29% of Ivory Coast’s electricity is renewable, versus 26% in France

France: 26.1% (2025) · Ivory Coast: 28.9% (2024)

The air in Ivory Coast carries 2.3 times as much fine dust as in France

France: 8.9 µg/m³ (2024) · Ivory Coast: 20.2 µg/m³ (2024)

France: 1.3 per 100k (2024) · Ivory Coast: no data

Roads in Ivory Coast are 4.1 times as deadly as in France

France: 7.6 per 100k (2023) · Ivory Coast: 30.9 per 100k (2023)

Ivory Coast is on average 12.7 °C warmer than France

France: 14.1°C (2016–2025 avg) · Ivory Coast: 26.8°C (2016–2025 avg)

Ivory Coast gets 6% more rain than France

France: 1,158 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Ivory Coast: 1,226 mm (2016–2025 avg)