Relationship dossier
Ivory Coast
United Kingdom
Relationship assessment
Trade arrangements anchor a cooperative relationship, with broader engagement following Côte d’Ivoire’s Commonwealth accession.
Ivory Coast toward United Kingdom
+25Côte d’Ivoire participates in the interim Economic Partnership Agreement with the United Kingdom, maintaining preferential trade arrangements that took effect in 2021. The scope of other bilateral government cooperation is unclear.
United Kingdom toward Ivory Coast
+25The United Kingdom implemented an interim Economic Partnership Agreement with Côte d’Ivoire, preserving preferential trade arrangements from 2021. The United Kingdom also accepted Côte d’Ivoire’s accession to the Commonwealth in 2022; the practical effects of that engagement are unclear.
Overall relationship
+20The relationship has a durable cooperative foundation in the interim trade agreement, alongside a broader Commonwealth framework after Côte d’Ivoire joined in 2022. The known bilateral structure is positive, while the extent of cooperation outside trade is uncertain.
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
Côte d’Ivoire and the United Kingdom have a concrete trade framework: their interim Economic Partnership Agreement preserves preferential trade arrangements and took effect in 2021. Côte d’Ivoire’s accession to the Commonwealth in 2022 also expanded the framework for engagement, though membership alone does not establish the depth of bilateral cooperation. The scope of cooperation beyond trade is unclear.
Key developments
The United Kingdom and Côte d’Ivoire signed an interim Economic Partnership Agreement, preserving preferential trade arrangements.
Côte d’Ivoire joined the Commonwealth, expanding the framework for engagement with the United Kingdom.
Major uncertainties
- The scope and implementation of cooperation beyond trade are unclear.
- The extent of practical bilateral engagement following Côte d’Ivoire’s Commonwealth accession is unclear.