Ivory Coast

Unreached people groups

An overview of the country's people groups, focusing on those who still have little or no access to the gospel in their own language and culture.

Overview

Ivory Coast is home to more than a hundred people groups, of which about thirty remain unreached by the gospel, totaling millions of people. The largest groups without full access include the Bete and the Senufo, many linked to ethnic religions, along with peoples of Muslim tradition in the north, such as the Malinke and Dioula. While the church grows in the south, vast fields in the center and north still await the Word reaching them in their own language.

In the country i
37,1%Christians
12,7%evangelicals
By population i
21,5%unreached
48,6%significantly reached
  • 6.9M Unreached 21,5%
  • 531K Minimally reached 1,7%
  • 50K Superficially reached 0,2%
  • 9M Partially reached 28%
  • 15.6M Significantly reached 48,6%
By people groups i
105people groups
32unreached · 30,5%
  • 32 Unreached 30,5%
  • 7 Minimally reached 6,7%
  • 2 Superficially reached 1,9%
  • 55 Partially reached 52,4%
  • 9 Significantly reached 8,6%

Source of people group data: Joshua Project (joshuaproject.net). Estimates, may vary.

Source: Joshua Project. Estimates, may vary.

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