The Venture Capital & Private Equity
Country Attractiveness Index
Alexander Groh, Heinrich Liechtenstein, Karsten Lieser and Markus Biesinger

Ivory Coast  
Rank: 86 · Score: 33.8  

Basic facts        
Population (millions) 28.2   IPOs and pulic issues (quartile) 3rd
GDP (US$ billions) 68.3   M&A volume (quartile) 2nd
GDP per capita (US$) 2,426.6   Venture capital investments (quartile) 2nd
GDP growth (per cent) 6.2   Private equity investments (quartile) Bottom
 
 
 
Performance Overview
Indicator   Rank / 125 Rank Trend Score
VC/PE Country Attractiveness Index 86 38, 41, 41, 38, 39 33.8
1 Economic Activity 48 73, 79, 80, 71, 77 76.7
2 Depth of Capital Market 81 47, 62, 51, 44, 44 25.7
3 Taxation 78 9, 8, 53, 51, 47 84.3
4 Investor Protection and Corporate Governance 110 18, 15, 14, 15, 15 39.0
5 Human and Social Environment 81 42, 39, 41, 43, 44 28.4
6 Entrepreneurial Opportunities 110 11, 17, 14, 15, 15 24.4


 
Historic performance, 2019-2023   Key driver performance, 2023
 

   
VC/PE Rank  
VC Rank  
PE Rank
Ivory Coast  
Africa
 
 
 
Peer Group Comparison
 
Regional Peers Economic Activity Depth of Capital Market Taxation Investor Protection and
Corporate Governance
Human and Social
Environment
Entrepreneurial
Opportunites
Tanzania 76.5 31.5 55.1 48.3 30.2 34.9
Rwanda 48.3 24.1 73.9 73.4 34.6 33.4
Namibia 41.2 26.2 55.7 75.8 32.5 32.8
Ivory Coast 76.7 25.7 84.3 39.0 28.4 24.4
Botswana 37.6 13.9 89.4 64.5 32.7 37.3
Uganda 72.0 17.3 65.7 48.6 23.5 26.6
Zambia 65.6 13.7 72.2 51.1 22.2 31.3
Last updated: 4 Nov 2023