Country of origin | Source | Data date | Population | |
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Liberia | UNHCR, Government | 12 Jun 2017 | 59.2% | 864 |
Central African Rep. | UNHCR, Government | 12 Jun 2017 | 20.5% | 300 |
Dem. Rep. of the Congo | UNHCR, Government | 12 Jun 2017 | 7.5% | 110 |
Others | UNHCR, Government | 12 Jun 2017 | 6.3% | 92 |
Congo | UNHCR, Government | 12 Jun 2017 | 3.5% | 51 |
Rwanda | UNHCR, Government | 12 Jun 2017 | 2.9% | 43 |
Location name | Source | Data date | Population | |
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Montagnes | UNHCR, Government | 12 Jun 2017 | 11.0% | 160 |
Bas-Sassandra | UNHCR, Government | 12 Jun 2017 | 45.0% | 657 |
District Autonome d'Abidjan | UNHCR, Government | 12 Jun 2017 | 44.0% | 643 |
Loading Stateless persons
There are over 30,000 Ivorian refugees hosted in Ghana, Guinea, Liberia and Togo. To date, over 60,000 returned to the country and they continue to do so in safety and dignity.
According to UNHCR estimates, statelessness affects up to 10 million people worldwide, over 1 million of which are in West Africa. There are many factors contributing to the risk of statelessness in the region, which suggest that the population at risk is very large.
Nigerian Tribune, 11 May 2017
Ms Marie-Pierre Poirier, Regional Director, United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), says about 40 million children under five are unregistered in the West African region Poirier made this known in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Tuesday in Banjul at the end of the Ministerial... Read more
UNHCR COTE D'IVOIRE, 11 May 2017
Objectif : Contribuer à atteindre les objectifs stratégiques de l’UNHCR en Côte d’Ivoire à travers des activités de communication efficace et efficiente. Read more
UNHCR CÔTE D'IVOIRE, 11 May 2017
Appel d'Offre pour l'installation de kits scolaires pour les centres de santé de Gopoubleu, Dronguine, Bohobly, Soublaké et Souke dans les regions de Guiglo et Tabou Chers soumissionnaires, nous voudrions par ce message vous informer qu’au niveau de Guiglo le site de Bohobly est remplacé par la m... Read more
Africanews, 10 May 2017
The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has a adopted strategies to eradicate statelessness in the sub-region by 2024. During a 3-day ministerial conference that began on Monday in Gambia’s capital Banjul, experts from the bloc’s 15 member states resolved to finalize a plan of acti... Read more
Namibian, 10 May 2017
DAKAR – West Africa has become the first region in the world to adopt an action plan to end statelessness, aiming to help more than one million people without a nationality gain identity papers with new laws and better data, human rights experts said on Monday. Stateless people, sometimes referred ... Read more
IBELONG | |
Join the Campaign to End Statelessness | |
Statelessness regional ministerial meeting 2017 | |
Réunion ministérielle pour l’apatridie 2017 | |
The World Bank | |
Data | |
La Banque Mondiale | |
Données | |
UNHCR West Africa | |
Facebook page of UNHCR West Africa | |
UNHCR West Africa Statelessness | |
Facebook page of UNHCR West Africa Statelessness | |
Kora | |
Voices of Refugees in West and Central Africa | |
AFJCI | |
Association des Femmes Juristes de la Côte d’Ivoire | |
Ministère de la Justice, des Droits de l'Homme et des Libertés Publiques | |
Government Partner | |
SAARA | |
Service d’Aide et d’Assistance aux Réfugiés et Apatrides | |
Caritas | |
Caritas - Côte d'Ivoire | |
ASAPSU | |
Association de Soutien à l'Autopromotion Sanitaire et Urbaine |
Capital |
Yamoussoukro
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Languages |
fr
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Population |
22,671,331
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Area |
318,000 km2
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GDP |
N/A
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GDP growth |
N/A
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Income level |
Lower middle income
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Gini index |
41.5
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Currency |
XOF
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Literacy rate |
N/A
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