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Ivory Coast air quality today The AQI right now, city by city

Right now the 20 cities Airleaf measures in Ivory Coast average AQI 51 (moderate). The worst air is in Anyama, at AQI 76, and the cleanest in Abidjan, at AQI 55.

At ground stations alone, which measure rather than estimate, the average is AQI 64 across 3 cities. None of the 20 measured cities is over AQI 100 today, and 40% have Good air.

Average right now

AQI 51

Moderate

US EPA index, across 20 cities
cities measured
20
worst air: Anyama
76
cleanest air: Abidjan
55
average tree cover
19.0%

Updated . Lower is better on the US EPA index: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous. Measured by Airleaf.

Air quality right now in the 8 largest cities in Ivory Coast

Yamoussoukro

2 km around Habitat

Moderate

Air quality now

AQI 71

25.8%
tree cover

12.9K more trees would reach 30% tree cover

Satellite image Jan 26, 2026

Abidjan

2 km around Mermoz

Moderate

Air quality now

AQI 55

18.0%
tree cover

37.7K more trees would reach 30% tree cover

Satellite image Oct 22, 2026

Bouaké

2 km around Bouake

Moderate

Air quality now

AQI 52

14.0%
tree cover

50.3K more trees would reach 30% tree cover

Satellite image Jun 5, 2026

Korhogo

2 km around Koko

Moderate

Air quality now

AQI 61

11.5%
tree cover

57.7K more trees would reach 30% tree cover

Satellite image Oct 28, 2026

Daloa

2 km around Daloa

Good

Air quality now

AQI 30

17.2%
tree cover

40.2K more trees would reach 30% tree cover

Satellite image Aug 4, 2026

San-Pédro

2 km around San-Pedro

Good

Air quality now

AQI 42

18.8%
tree cover

34.1K more trees would reach 30% tree cover

Satellite image May 8, 2026

Gagnoa

2 km around Gagnoa

Moderate

Air quality now

AQI 60

15.4%
tree cover

45.9K more trees would reach 30% tree cover

Satellite image Aug 4, 2026

Sinfra

2 km around Sinfra

Good

Air quality now

AQI 33

23.0%
tree cover

22.0K more trees would reach 30% tree cover

Satellite image Aug 4, 2026

Across the country

How clean is the air across Ivory Coast today?

None of the 20 measured cities is over AQI 100 today, and 40% have Good air. Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.

20 measured cities

  • Good8 (40%)
  • Moderate12 (60%)

Every measured city, including model estimates where no ground station is near.

In aggregate

Ivory Coast in numbers

Every figure below is read the same way over the same 2 km area per city, so they add up and compare like for like. Averaged across the 20 of 20 cities measured so far in Ivory Coast.

Average air quality
AQI 51Mean of the latest reading per city
Average tree cover
19.0%18 of 20 below their target
Trees counted
1.2MAcross every measured area
More trees needed
699KTo bring each area to its target

Against everywhere else

How does Ivory Coast compare with other countries?

Right now the cities of Ivory Coast average cleaner air than 54% of the 171 countries Airleaf has enough cities to average, and more tree cover than 39%.

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Deforestation · 2001–2025

How much forest has Ivory Coast lost?

Since 2001, Ivory Coast has lost about 4.21 million hectares of forest (about 42,000 km²): 28% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (97%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for farms, pasture and plantations.

Forest lost since 2001
4.21 million haabout 42,000 km²
Share of its forest
28%of what there was in 2000
Cleared for good
4.08 million hadeforestation: turned into farms, mines or towns
Forest lost each year in Ivory Coast, 2001–2025

Hectares of forest lost each year

Forest lost each year in Ivory Coast, 2001–2025. Use the left and right arrow keys to read each year.359K

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Forest lost each year in Ivory Coast, 2001–2025
YearCleared for goodCan grow backTotal
2001122,000 ha1,480 ha123,000 ha
2002143,000 ha2,080 ha145,000 ha
200385,400 ha1,240 ha86,600 ha
200446,900 ha1,140 ha48,000 ha
200563,800 ha1,530 ha65,400 ha
200696,100 ha1,710 ha97,800 ha
200788,900 ha1,580 ha90,500 ha
2008124,000 ha3,310 ha128,000 ha
2009107,000 ha1,340 ha109,000 ha
201091,000 ha1,650 ha92,600 ha
2011123,000 ha1,860 ha125,000 ha
201294,300 ha1,930 ha96,200 ha
2013171,000 ha4,920 ha176,000 ha
2014339,000 ha8,620 ha348,000 ha
2015147,000 ha6,360 ha153,000 ha
2016212,000 ha9,890 ha222,000 ha
2017343,000 ha16,400 ha359,000 ha
2018313,000 ha13,100 ha326,000 ha
2019233,000 ha9,910 ha243,000 ha
2020240,000 ha9,750 ha249,000 ha
2021176,000 ha7,560 ha184,000 ha
2022167,000 ha6,620 ha174,000 ha
2023185,000 ha6,930 ha192,000 ha
2024160,000 ha7,150 ha167,000 ha
2025206,000 ha8,830 ha215,000 ha

Forest loss is slowing down: about 186,000 hectares a year in 2021–2025, down from 280,000 hectares a year in 2016–2020. The worst year was 2017, when about 359,000 hectares of forest were lost.

What is causing deforestation in Ivory Coast?

  • Farms, pasture and plantationscleared for good95% · 4 million ha
  • Shifting farmingcan grow back3.1% · 130,000 ha
  • Towns and roadscleared for good1.5% · 62,000 ha

Also: mining and energy, logging, storms, floods and other natural causes, wildfires, unknown causes.

Causes for 2025 are estimates, based on what caused forest loss in the same places up to 2024.

Source: Hansen/UMD/Google/USGS/NASA, Global Forest Change (GFC-2025-v1.13); causes: WRI/Google DeepMind drivers of forest loss; both CC BY 4.0, summed by Airleaf for each area. How it's measured

Ivory Coast as a whole

12.1% of Ivory Coast was forested as of 2024, against a 30% benchmark. Closing that gap nationally would take roughly 5.7B trees across 5.7M hectares. Source: World Bank (FAO).

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Air quality in Ivory Coast: your questions answered

What is the air quality in Ivory Coast today?

Right now the 20 cities Airleaf measures in Ivory Coast average AQI 51 (moderate). The worst air is in Anyama, at AQI 76, and the cleanest in Abidjan, at AQI 55. At ground stations alone, which measure rather than estimate, the average is AQI 64 across 3 cities. None of the 20 measured cities is over AQI 100 today, and 40% have Good air.

Which city in Ivory Coast has the worst air right now?

Anyama, at AQI 76 (Moderate) on the US EPA index. Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.

Which city in Ivory Coast has the cleanest air right now?

Abidjan, at AQI 55 (Moderate). Both lists rank current readings, from ground stations wherever Ivory Coast has at least three cities with one.

Is the air in Ivory Coast safe to breathe today?

It depends on the city. 8 cities are Good, 12 cities are Moderate. At the national average of AQI 51: Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.

How much forest has Ivory Coast lost since 2001?

About 4.21 million ha from 2001 to 2025, 28% of the forest it had in 2000, from the University of Maryland's yearly satellite maps of forest loss. 4.08 million ha of it was cleared for good, for farms, mines or towns.

Which city in Ivory Coast has the most trees?

Séguéla, with 32.5% tree cover within 2 km of its center, measured from Sentinel-2 satellite images.

How does Airleaf measure air quality in Ivory Coast?

Each city's reading is the US EPA air quality index, from ground monitoring stations where one has reported recently nearby, and from the CAMS atmospheric model elsewhere; each city's report says which. Tree cover is measured over the same 2 km radius in every city, so the cities compare like for like.

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