Sri Lanka’s coastline is 2.6 times as long as Ivory Coast’s

Ivory Coast: 515 km (2026 edition) · Sri Lanka: 1,340 km (2026 edition)

Sri Lanka’s highest peak towers 772 m above Ivory Coast’s

Ivory Coast: 1,752 m (2026 edition) · Sri Lanka: 2,524 m (2026 edition)

Farmland covers 84% of Ivory Coast, versus 49% of Sri Lanka

Ivory Coast: 83.9% (2024) · Sri Lanka: 48.8% (2024)

Ivory Coast has 50% more people than Sri Lanka

Ivory Coast: 32.7 million (2025) · Sri Lanka: 21.8 million (2025)

Sri Lanka is 3.4 times as densely populated as Ivory Coast

Ivory Coast: 103 per km² (2025) · Sri Lanka: 352 per km² (2025)

The typical person in Sri Lanka is 15 years older than in Ivory Coast

Ivory Coast: 18.1 years (2023) · Sri Lanka: 32.8 years (2023)

Women in Ivory Coast have 2.3 more children on average than in Sri Lanka

Ivory Coast: 4.23 children per woman (2024) · Sri Lanka: 1.95 children per woman (2024)

12% of people in Sri Lanka are 65 or older, versus 2.7% in Ivory Coast

Ivory Coast: 2.7% (2025) · Sri Lanka: 12.5% (2025)

Ivory Coast hosts 233 times as many refugees per resident as Sri Lanka

Ivory Coast: 2.3 per 1,000 (2025) · Sri Lanka: 0.0098 per 1,000 (2025)

Ivory Coast and Sri Lanka are practically level

Ivory Coast: 0 (2026) · Sri Lanka: 0 (2026)

Sri Lanka has 2 official languages, Ivory Coast 1

Ivory Coast: 1 (2026) · Sri Lanka: 2 (2026)

Sri Lanka’s economy is 9% larger than Ivory Coast’s

Ivory Coast: $99.8 billion (2025) · Sri Lanka: $109 billion (2025)

Sri Lanka produces 2.1 times as much per person as Ivory Coast

Ivory Coast: Int$8,209 (2025) · Sri Lanka: Int$17,065 (2025)

Income is more unequally shared in Sri Lanka than in Ivory Coast (Gini 2.4 points higher)

Ivory Coast: 35.3 (2021) · Sri Lanka: 37.7 (2019)

21% of people in Ivory Coast live on less than $3 a day, versus 2.7% in Sri Lanka

Ivory Coast: 20.8% (2021) · Sri Lanka: 2.7% (2019)

Unemployment is 4.0% in Sri Lanka, versus 2.3% in Ivory Coast

Ivory Coast: 2.3% (2025) · Sri Lanka: 4% (2025)

Sri Lanka spends 1.3% of its GDP on the military, Ivory Coast 0.8%

Ivory Coast: 0.8% (2025) · Sri Lanka: 1.3% (2025)

Ivory Coast’s central government collects 13% of GDP in tax, Sri Lanka’s 9.9%

Ivory Coast: 13% (2023) · Sri Lanka: 9.9% (2023)

Ivory Coast’s price level (US = 100) is 1.3× Sri Lanka’s

Ivory Coast: 37% (2025) · Sri Lanka: 29% (2025)

Sri Lanka spends 53% more on health per person than Ivory Coast

Ivory Coast: $88 (2023) · Sri Lanka: $134 (2023)

A baby in Ivory Coast is 8.6 times as likely to die before turning one as in Sri Lanka

Ivory Coast: 44.8 per 1,000 (2024) · Sri Lanka: 5.2 per 1,000 (2024)

Sri Lanka has 6.8 times as many doctors per person as Ivory Coast

Ivory Coast: 0.2 per 1,000 (2023) · Sri Lanka: 1.1 per 1,000 (2023)

Ivory Coast: no data · Sri Lanka: 3.9 per 1,000 (2023)

The suicide rate in Ivory Coast is 18% higher than in Sri Lanka

Ivory Coast: 16.5 per 100k (2023) · Sri Lanka: 14 per 100k (2023)

12% of adults in Ivory Coast are obese, versus 11% in Sri Lanka

Ivory Coast: 12% (2024) · Sri Lanka: 11.2% (2024)

21% of adults in Sri Lanka smoke, versus 7.3% in Ivory Coast

Ivory Coast: 7.3% (2024) · Sri Lanka: 20.7% (2024)

People in Ivory Coast rate their lives 1.13 points higher than in Sri Lanka

Ivory Coast: 5.15 (2025) · Sri Lanka: 4.01 (2025)

Adults in Ivory Coast drink 68% more alcohol than in Sri Lanka

Ivory Coast: 4.2 litres (2023) · Sri Lanka: 2.5 litres (2023)

Ivory Coast has 4% more meat per person than Sri Lanka

Ivory Coast: 12 kg (2023) · Sri Lanka: 11.6 kg (2023)

Ivory Coast has 263 kcal more food per person per day than Sri Lanka

Ivory Coast: 2,938 kcal (2023) · Sri Lanka: 2,675 kcal (2023)

Workers in Ivory Coast put in 50 more hours a year than in Sri Lanka

Ivory Coast: 2,103 hours (2023) · Sri Lanka: 2,053 hours (2023)

Adults in Sri Lanka went to school 5.9 years longer than in Ivory Coast

Ivory Coast: 4.9 years (2023) · Sri Lanka: 10.8 years (2023)

Ivory Coast: no data · Sri Lanka: 0.03 (2022)

Sri Lanka has 3 more World Heritage sites than Ivory Coast (8 against 5)

Ivory Coast: 5 (2026) · Sri Lanka: 8 (2026)

Ivory Coast has won 5 Olympic medals, Sri Lanka 2

Ivory Coast: 5 (2026 edition) · Sri Lanka: 2 (2026 edition)

55% of people in Sri Lanka are online, versus 41% in Ivory Coast

Ivory Coast: 41% (2024) · Sri Lanka: 55% (2024)

Home internet in Ivory Coast is 36% faster than in Sri Lanka

Ivory Coast: 85 Mbps (2026) · Sri Lanka: 63 Mbps (2026)

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

Ivory Coast: 72.9% (2024) · Sri Lanka: 100% (2024)

55% of people in Ivory Coast live in cities, versus 20% in Sri Lanka

Ivory Coast: 55% (2025) · Sri Lanka: 20% (2025)

Ivory Coast has 184 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Sri Lanka 133

Ivory Coast: 184 (2024) · Sri Lanka: 133 (2024)

Sri Lanka’s railway network is 2.4 times as long as Ivory Coast’s

Ivory Coast: 639 km (2021) · Sri Lanka: 1,562 km (2019)

Airlines from Sri Lanka fly 8.1 times as many passengers per resident as those from Ivory Coast

Ivory Coast: 0.02 (2023) · Sri Lanka: 0.18 (2023)

Forest covers 34% of Sri Lanka, but only 12% of Ivory Coast

Ivory Coast: 12.1% (2024) · Sri Lanka: 34.4% (2024)

The average person in Sri Lanka emits 94% more CO₂ than someone in Ivory Coast

Ivory Coast: 0.5 t (2024) · Sri Lanka: 0.9 t (2024)

62% of Sri Lanka’s electricity is renewable, versus 29% in Ivory Coast

Ivory Coast: 28.9% (2024) · Sri Lanka: 61.6% (2025)

The air in Sri Lanka carries 2% more fine dust than in Ivory Coast

Ivory Coast: 20.2 µg/m³ (2024) · Sri Lanka: 20.7 µg/m³ (2024)

Ivory Coast: no data · Sri Lanka: 3.3 per 100k (2019)

Roads in Ivory Coast are 46% deadlier than in Sri Lanka

Ivory Coast: 30.9 per 100k (2023) · Sri Lanka: 21.1 per 100k (2023)

Sri Lanka and Ivory Coast are practically level

Ivory Coast: 26.8°C (2016–2025 avg) · Sri Lanka: 26.8°C (2016–2025 avg)

Sri Lanka gets 50% more rain than Ivory Coast

Ivory Coast: 1,226 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Sri Lanka: 1,839 mm (2016–2025 avg)