Q 01/05

What is the official political capital of Ivory Coast?

A) Abidjan

B) Yamoussoukro

C) Bouaké

D) Grand-Bassam

Answer · why

B) Yamoussoukro

It has been the legal capital since 1983, though the old capital keeps most political functions and nearly every embassy.

Q 02/05

Which port city is Ivory Coast's largest city and economic centre?

A) Sassandra

B) San-Pédro

C) Abidjan

D) Dakar

Answer · why

C) Abidjan

With 6.3 million people it is the sixth most populous city proper in Africa and the largest French-speaking city in West Africa.

Q 03/05

Ivory Coast is the world's largest exporter of which commodity?

A) Palm oil

B) Coffee

C) Rubber

D) Cocoa beans

Answer · why

D) Cocoa beans

The country produced 45% of the world's crop as of 2024, and it also became Africa's leading exporter of pineapples and palm oil.

Q 04/05

Roughly what share of the world's cocoa did Ivory Coast produce as of 2024?

A) 55%

B) 45%

C) 65%

D) 80%

Answer · why

B) 45%

West Africa collectively supplies two-thirds of the world's crop, and the bean makes up 40% of Ivorian export income.

Q 05/05

Ivory Coast overtook which neighbour as the world's leading cocoa producer in 1978?

A) Nigeria

B) Ghana

C) Cameroon

D) Liberia

Answer · why

B) Ghana

Indonesia later became the biggest producer outside West Africa, pushing that neighbour into third place.