Palm trees on the beach at Cocody, Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire

Who needs a visa for Côte d’Ivoire?

Sub-Saharan Africa · Yamoussoukro

Photo: Ivoire8 / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0

Of 198 nationalities, 23 enter Côte d’Ivoire with no paperwork at all. The rest: 175 must be approved before they travel.

We have not found a Côte d’Ivoire government portal we can link to with confidence, so we link to none — a lookalike is worse than nothing. Apply through Côte d’Ivoire's own immigration service or its embassy.

What do you need?

Who needs what

Visa free 23

Nothing to apply for and nothing to pay before you travel.

eTA (electronic travel authorisation) 175

Not a visa. A short online form for travellers who are already visa-exempt, usually approved automatically in minutes to hours. No appointment, no interview, no documents.

About Côte d’Ivoire

Region
Western Africa
Capital
Yamoussoukro
Population
32,711,547 2025 · 50th of 197
Size
322,463 km² 69th largest of 199
Density
101 per km²
Language
French
Currency
West African CFA franc XOF

Capital, area, languages and currency from the open country dataset, pulled 21 September 2026. Population from the World Bank, series updated 13 July 2026. Density is calculated from the two figures above.