Relationship dossier
Italy
Ivory Coast
Relationship assessment
Practical cooperation, with initiatives advanced during the 2024 Italian visit to Abidjan
Italy toward Ivory Coast
+35Italy has pursued development and economic cooperation with Côte d’Ivoire. During Giorgia Meloni’s 2024 visit to Abidjan, Italy advanced cooperation with the Ivorian government in areas including energy, agriculture, education and migration.
Ivory Coast toward Italy
+30Côte d’Ivoire engaged the Italian government in bilateral cooperation initiatives during Meloni’s 2024 visit to Abidjan, including in energy, agriculture, education and migration.
Overall relationship
+35The relationship includes practical cooperation in development and several policy areas, with initiatives advanced during a high-level Italian visit in 2024. The breadth and implementation of these initiatives remain unclear, so the relationship is best characterized as cooperative but not demonstrably a close partnership.
How to read these scores
Scores are rough judgments, not objective measurements or current verification. Directional scores describe government policy and conduct, not public opinion. The overall score is an independent estimate, never an average.
- −100
- Extreme sustained hostility
- −50
- Substantially adversarial
- 0
- Mixed or neutral, supported by knowledge
- +50
- Substantially cooperative
- +100
- Exceptionally close sustained partnership
“Not assessed” means there is no recorded score. Pair existence makes no claim about diplomatic recognition or established relations.
Relationship context
Overview
Italy and Côte d’Ivoire have pursued practical cooperation, including development and economic engagement. During Giorgia Meloni’s 2024 visit to Abidjan, the governments advanced cooperation in areas including energy, agriculture, education and migration. The scope and implementation of these initiatives are not clear enough to characterize the relationship as a close partnership.
Key developments
During Giorgia Meloni’s visit to Abidjan, Italy and Côte d’Ivoire advanced bilateral cooperation in areas including energy, agriculture, education and migration.
Major uncertainties
- The scope and implementation of cooperation initiatives agreed during the 2024 visit are unclear.
- Details of ongoing Italian development cooperation with Côte d’Ivoire are limited.