Which countries border Ivory Coast?
Ivory Coast shares a land border with five countries: Burkina Faso, Ghana, Guinea, Liberia and Mali. That is more than 98 of the 157 countries that have a land border.
Ivory Coast and its neighbours on a map
Ivory Coast is shown in green and its five neighbours in blue. Click a neighbour to see the countries that border it.
- Ivory Coast
- Land neighbours
Every neighbour of Ivory Coast
| Country | Its own land neighbours |
|---|---|
| Burkina Faso | 6 |
| Ghana | 3 |
| Guinea | 6 |
| Liberia | 3 |
| Mali | 7 |
Two borders away
These eight countries border a neighbour of Ivory Coast but not Ivory Coast itself, so you cross exactly two borders to reach them by land.
Think you know your neighbours?
Border Chain gives you two countries and you connect them by naming neighbours, one border at a time. A new puzzle every day.
How far are you from Ivory Coast?
On a phone this uses GPS. The calculator shows the straight-line distance to the nearest country border from where you are.
Questions
Which countries border Ivory Coast?
Ivory Coast shares a land border with five countries: Burkina Faso, Ghana, Guinea, Liberia and Mali.
How many countries border Ivory Coast?
Five. That is more than 98 of the 157 countries that have a land border.
Which countries are two borders away from Ivory Coast?
Algeria, Benin, Guinea-Bissau, Mauritania, Niger, Senegal, Sierra Leone and Togo. Each one borders a neighbour of Ivory Coast without touching Ivory Coast itself.
Are borders across the sea counted?
No. Only land borders count. Countries that face Ivory Coast across water are not listed here, and neither are borders of overseas territories far from the mainland. This is the same list the Border Chain game plays with.
Countries with the most neighbours
Land borders as used by the Border Chain game, checked October 8, 2026. Country outlines from Natural Earth.