Land
Size, shape and altitude
How big is it, really?
Morocco is 38% bigger than Ivory Coast
Ivory Coast: 322,460 km² (2024) · Morocco: 446,550 km² (2024)
How much coast is there?
Morocco’s coastline is 5.7 times as long as Ivory Coast’s
Ivory Coast: 515 km (2026 edition) · Morocco: 2,945 km (2026 edition)
How high can you climb?
Morocco’s highest peak towers 2,413 m above Ivory Coast’s
Ivory Coast: 1,752 m (2026 edition) · Morocco: 4,165 m (2026 edition)
How much of the land is farmed?
Farmland covers 84% of Ivory Coast, versus 67% of Morocco
Ivory Coast: 83.9% (2024) · Morocco: 67.2% (2024)
People
Who lives there, and how closely
How many people live there?
Morocco has 17% more people than Ivory Coast
Ivory Coast: 32.7 million (2025) · Morocco: 38.4 million (2025)
How crowded is it?
Ivory Coast is 19% more densely populated than Morocco
Ivory Coast: 103 per km² (2025) · Morocco: 86 per km² (2025)
How tall are the men?
Men in Morocco are 8.1 cm taller than in Ivory Coast
Ivory Coast: 168.2 cm (2019) · Morocco: 176.4 cm (2019)
How tall are the women?
Women in Morocco are 2.5 cm taller than in Ivory Coast
Ivory Coast: 158.7 cm (2019) · Morocco: 161.2 cm (2019)
How old is the typical person?
The typical person in Morocco is 11 years older than in Ivory Coast
Ivory Coast: 18.1 years (2023) · Morocco: 29.2 years (2023)
How many children per woman?
Women in Ivory Coast have 2.0 more children on average than in Morocco
Ivory Coast: 4.23 children per woman (2024) · Morocco: 2.21 children per woman (2024)
How many people are 65 or older?
8.5% of people in Morocco are 65 or older, versus 2.7% in Ivory Coast
Ivory Coast: 2.7% (2025) · Morocco: 8.5% (2025)
How many refugees does it host?
Ivory Coast hosts 12 times as many refugees per resident as Morocco
Ivory Coast: 2.3 per 1,000 (2025) · Morocco: 0.2 per 1,000 (2025)
How many Nobel laureates were born there?
Morocco has produced 0.3 Nobel laureates per 10 million people, Ivory Coast none
Ivory Coast: 0 (2026) · Morocco: 0.3 (2026)
How many official languages?
Morocco has 2 official languages, Ivory Coast 1
Ivory Coast: 1 (2026) · Morocco: 2 (2026)
Money
What an economy looks like per person
How big is the economy?
Morocco’s economy is 83% larger than Ivory Coast’s
Ivory Coast: $99.8 billion (2025) · Morocco: $182 billion (2025)
How much is produced per person?
Morocco produces 35% more per person than Ivory Coast
Ivory Coast: Int$8,209 (2025) · Morocco: Int$11,112 (2025)
How evenly is income shared?
Ivory Coast: 35.3 (2021) · Morocco: no data
How many live on less than $3 a day?
Ivory Coast: 20.8% (2021) · Morocco: no data
How many people are looking for work?
Unemployment is 9.0% in Morocco, versus 2.3% in Ivory Coast
Ivory Coast: 2.3% (2025) · Morocco: 9% (2025)
How much goes to the military?
Morocco spends 3.5% of its GDP on the military, Ivory Coast 0.8%
Ivory Coast: 0.8% (2025) · Morocco: 3.5% (2025)
How much does the central government collect in tax?
Morocco’s central government collects 23% of GDP in tax, Ivory Coast’s 13%
Ivory Coast: 13% (2023) · Morocco: 22.7% (2024)
How expensive is it?
Morocco’s price level (US = 100) is 1.1× Ivory Coast’s
Ivory Coast: 37% (2025) · Morocco: 42% (2025)
Health
Long lives, small beginnings
How much is spent on health?
Morocco spends 2.6 times as much on health per person as Ivory Coast
Ivory Coast: $88 (2023) · Morocco: $232 (2023)
How long do people live?
People in Morocco live 13 years longer than in Ivory Coast
Ivory Coast: 62.1 years (2024) · Morocco: 75.5 years (2024)
How many babies don’t reach their first birthday?
A baby in Ivory Coast is 3 times as likely to die before turning one as in Morocco
Ivory Coast: 44.8 per 1,000 (2024) · Morocco: 14.7 per 1,000 (2024)
How many doctors are there?
Morocco has 4.5 times as many doctors per person as Ivory Coast
Ivory Coast: 0.2 per 1,000 (2023) · Morocco: 0.7 per 1,000 (2021)
How many hospital beds are there?
Ivory Coast: no data · Morocco: 0.7 per 1,000 (2023)
How common is suicide?
The suicide rate in Ivory Coast is 4.9 times that in Morocco
Ivory Coast: 16.5 per 100k (2023) · Morocco: 3.4 per 100k (2023)
How common is obesity?
22% of adults in Morocco are obese, versus 12% in Ivory Coast
Ivory Coast: 12% (2024) · Morocco: 22% (2024)
How many adults smoke?
13% of adults in Morocco smoke, versus 7.3% in Ivory Coast
Ivory Coast: 7.3% (2024) · Morocco: 12.5% (2024)
Everyday life
Plates, glasses and happiness
How do people rate their lives?
People in Ivory Coast rate their lives 0.50 points higher than in Morocco
Ivory Coast: 5.15 (2025) · Morocco: 4.65 (2025)
How much do people drink?
Adults in Ivory Coast drink 9.2 times as much alcohol as in Morocco
Ivory Coast: 4.2 litres (2023) · Morocco: 0.5 litres (2023)
How much meat is on the menu?
Morocco has 2.7 times as much meat per person as Ivory Coast
Ivory Coast: 12 kg (2023) · Morocco: 32.8 kg (2023)
How much food is there per day?
Morocco has 416 kcal more food per person per day than Ivory Coast
Ivory Coast: 2,938 kcal (2023) · Morocco: 3,354 kcal (2023)
How long do people work?
Workers in Morocco put in 71 more hours a year than in Ivory Coast
Ivory Coast: 2,103 hours (2023) · Morocco: 2,174 hours (2023)
How long do people go to school?
Adults in Morocco went to school 1.3 years longer than in Ivory Coast
Ivory Coast: 4.9 years (2023) · Morocco: 6.2 years (2023)
How many tourists visit?
Ivory Coast: no data · Morocco: 0.29 (2022)
How many World Heritage sites?
Morocco has 4 more World Heritage sites than Ivory Coast (9 against 5)
Ivory Coast: 5 (2026) · Morocco: 9 (2026)
How many Olympic medals has it won?
Morocco has won 26 Olympic medals, Ivory Coast 5
Ivory Coast: 5 (2026 edition) · Morocco: 26 (2026 edition)
Connected
Online, electrified, urban
How many people are online?
91% of people in Morocco are online, versus 41% in Ivory Coast
Ivory Coast: 41% (2024) · Morocco: 91% (2024)
How fast is home internet?
Home internet in Ivory Coast is 13% faster than in Morocco
Ivory Coast: 85 Mbps (2026) · Morocco: 76 Mbps (2026)
Who has electricity at home?
100% of people in Morocco have electricity, versus 73% in Ivory Coast
Ivory Coast: 72.9% (2024) · Morocco: 100% (2024)
How many live in cities?
63% of people in Morocco live in cities, versus 55% in Ivory Coast
Ivory Coast: 55% (2025) · Morocco: 63% (2025)
How many phones per person?
Ivory Coast has 184 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Morocco 153
Ivory Coast: 184 (2024) · Morocco: 153 (2024)
How much railway is there?
Morocco’s railway network is 3.6 times as long as Ivory Coast’s
Ivory Coast: 639 km (2021) · Morocco: 2,295 km (2021)
How much do they fly?
Airlines from Morocco fly 11 times as many passengers per resident as those from Ivory Coast
Ivory Coast: 0.02 (2023) · Morocco: 0.24 (2023)
Planet
Air, forests and energy
How much of the land is forest?
Forest covers 13% of Morocco, but only 12% of Ivory Coast
Ivory Coast: 12.1% (2024) · Morocco: 12.8% (2024)
How much CO₂ does each person emit?
The average person in Morocco emits 3.9 times as much CO₂ as someone in Ivory Coast
Ivory Coast: 0.5 t (2024) · Morocco: 1.8 t (2024)
How green is the power grid?
29% of Ivory Coast’s electricity is renewable, versus 24% in Morocco
Ivory Coast: 28.9% (2024) · Morocco: 24% (2025)
How clean is the air?
The air in Ivory Coast carries 16% more fine dust than in Morocco
Ivory Coast: 20.2 µg/m³ (2024) · Morocco: 17.4 µg/m³ (2024)
Safety
Measured risk, not vibes
How common is murder?
Ivory Coast: no data · Morocco: 1.7 per 100k (2024)
How dangerous are the roads?
Roads in Ivory Coast are 39% deadlier than in Morocco
Ivory Coast: 30.9 per 100k (2023) · Morocco: 22.2 per 100k (2023)
Climate
What the year feels like
How warm is it?
Ivory Coast is on average 7.5 °C warmer than Morocco
Ivory Coast: 26.8°C (2016–2025 avg) · Morocco: 19.3°C (2016–2025 avg)
How much rain falls?
Ivory Coast gets 5.1 times as much rain as Morocco
Ivory Coast: 1,226 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Morocco: 239 mm (2016–2025 avg)
Between them
People, goods and passports that cross from one to the other
Quick answers
Is Ivory Coast bigger than Morocco?
Morocco is larger. Morocco is 38% bigger than Ivory Coast.
Which has more people, Ivory Coast or Morocco?
Morocco has 17% more people than Ivory Coast (2025 estimates).
Where do people live longer, Ivory Coast or Morocco?
People in Morocco live 13 years longer than in Ivory Coast. Life expectancy at birth is 62.1 years in Ivory Coast and 75.5 in Morocco.
Are people taller in Ivory Coast or Morocco?
Men in Morocco are 8.1 cm taller than in Ivory Coast (NCD-RisC, cohort born 2019).
