Education in Ivory Coast continues to face many challenges. The literacy rate for adults remains low: in 2000, it was estimated that only 48.7% of the total population was literate (60.8% of males and 38.6% of females).
Currency in Ivory Coast: Communaute Financiere Africaine franc (XOF); note - responsible authority is the Central Bank of the West African States.
Ivory Coast is administratively reorganised into twelve districts plus two district-level autonomous cites. The districts were further divided into 31 regions, then sub-divided into departments and sub-prefectures.