LEAD. Leaders' Visits & Agreements Database
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Ivory Coast

497 recorded engagements by Ivory Coast's heads of state, heads of government and foreign ministers, 1990–2025.

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497Engagements
496Visits
1Phone calls
0Video conferences
86Signed agreements
58Destination countries
18Officials recorded
220Multilateral summits

LEAD records 86 signed agreements for Ivory Coast; registered users can browse them in the Agreements register.

At a glance

Between 1990 and 2025, Ivory Coast's leaders recorded 497 engagements: 496 in-person visits, 1 phone calls and 0 video conferences. Activity peaked in 2013, with 32 engagements that year. The most frequent destination was France (87 engagements), followed by Ghana and Nigeria. Diplomacy and Foreign Relations was the most common topic, present in 100% of engagements. 86 engagements produced a signed agreement, and 220 took place at multilateral summits. The most active official on record is Alassane Ouattara (President), with 274 engagements between 2011 and 2025.

Activity by year

Every engagement recorded for Ivory Coast, 1990–2025. Hover a bar for the exact count.

1990: 2 engagements1991: 1 engagement1992: 7 engagements1993: 4 engagements1994: 6 engagements1995: 5 engagements1996: 8 engagements1997: 5 engagements1998: 5 engagements1999: 9 engagements2000: 11 engagements2001: 25 engagements2002: 10 engagements2003: 16 engagements2004: 17 engagements2005: 16 engagements2006: 8 engagements2007: 14 engagements2008: 10 engagements2009: 13 engagements2010: 8 engagements2011: 22 engagements2012: 26 engagements2013: 32 engagements2014: 20 engagements2015: 26 engagements2016: 23 engagements2017: 21 engagements2018: 13 engagements2019: 25 engagements2020: 11 engagements2021: 17 engagements2022: 23 engagements2023: 15 engagements2024: 16 engagements2025: 7 engagements19901995200020052010201520202025

Most-visited countries

  • France87
  • Ghana40
  • Nigeria39
  • United States of America33
  • Burkina Faso29
  • Togo23
  • Senegal18
  • Gabon16
  • Ethiopia15
  • Benin13
  • China12
  • Guinea12

Discussion topics

  • Diplomacy and Foreign Relations495
  • Regional Organizations and Multilateral Affairs224
  • Trade and Economic Relations121
  • Education and Culture8
  • Development and Aid7
  • International Conflicts and Crises3
  • Symbolic and Ceremonial Issues3
  • Peace and Security2
  • Environment and Climate Change2
  • Security and Defense2
  • Peace Negotiations and Mediation1
  • Financial and Monetary Issues1

Cite this profile

Ozturk, Y., Atabas, H., Guler, E., Duyar, B., & Yucel, R. (2026). Leaders' Visits & Agreements Database [Data set]. Africa Foundation. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.22976211 [Ivory Coast country profile. Accessed 22 October 2026. https://lead-database.netlify.app/country/cote-divoire.html]

Every part of the site quotes this same reference; other formats (MLA, Chicago, Harvard, BibTeX) are on the About page, which also describes the coding rules and sources. Figures here were generated from the dataset on 2026-10-22 and describe outbound engagements by Ivory Coast's own officials.