▲Cote d'Ivoire SKETCH SCORE: 62/100▲Cote d'Ivoire moved +3 this week▪Cote d'Ivoire's safety score rose to 62 out of 100 today, though the US and Canada still maintain a level 2 advisory for the country. There are currently no active health notices for travelers.▲Cote d'Ivoire SKETCH SCORE: 62/100▲Cote d'Ivoire moved +3 this week▪Cote d'Ivoire's safety score rose to 62 out of 100 today, though the US and Canada still maintain a level 2 advisory for the country. There are currently no active health notices for travelers.
Cote d'Ivoire

Go with a plan.

Cote d'Ivoire's safety score rose to 62 out of 100 today, though the US and Canada still maintain a level 2 advisory for the country. There are currently no active health notices for travelers.

Verified Jul 12, 2026Confidence med▲ +3 this week
62Sketch Score
90-day trend

Governments, one trip

What they're telling their own citizens about Cote d'Ivoire

United States

Lv 2

Level 2: Exercise Increased Caution

Canada

Lv 2

Exercise a high degree of caution (with regional advisories)

The real score

The breakdown

67advisoryConsensus
44Political Stability
38Police Trust
92Health
90LGBTQ+

See it from your perspective

62

Go with a plan.

The general Sketch Score, unweighted for any specific traveler.

Staying healthy

What to watch out for, health-wise

Active notices

No active CDC travel health notices right now.

Vaccines

Recommended:

From people who've been there

Local know-how

Staying safe

  • •Côte d'Ivoire experiences periodic political unrest and violence in northern regions, and it is recommended to contact your embassy or consult other travellers about the present situation prior to travel inland.
  • •The UK's Foreign and Commonwealth office as well as the US State Department advises against all but essential travel to the western regions of Dix-Huit Montagnes, Haut-Sassandra, Moyen-Cavally and Bas-Sassandra of Côte d'Ivoire at this time.
  • •Most of the crime committed in Abidjan is by unemployed youth.
  • •On 14 March 2016, militants killed at least 16 people in a gun attack on a Grand Bassam beach resort about 40 km from Abidjan.
  • •If you drive at night do not stop fully at lights or signs.

Staying healthy

  • •HIV/AIDS had once reached epidemic proportions in the country but has since seen huge improvements with an adult prevalence of 2.7% as of 2016.
  • •Tap water is generally not drinkable. Stick to bottled water.

Adapted from Wikivoyage, CC BY-SA — edited by travelers, not us.

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Plug & voltage

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Emergency

police: 110 or 111 or 170 / ambulance: 185 / fire: 180

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