Dial Ivory Coast directly through your phone carrier using country code 225 — convenient, but international rates can add up fast.
Prepaid calling cards let you reach Ivory Coast at lower rates, though you'll juggle access numbers and PINs each time.
MeraTalk connects you to Ivory Coast over the internet with HD-clear audio, low rates, and no hardware to set up.
Both. 225 is the country code for Ivory Coast, and 225 is also a North American area code for Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
The form of the number tells you which. A number written +225 followed by the national number is Ivory Coast. A ten-digit number beginning 225 with no plus sign, dialled as 1 225 XXX XXXX, is in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. It was split from area code 504 on 17 August 1998 and covers the nine-parish Baton Rouge metropolitan area.
Dial 011, then 225, then the number in full — nothing is dropped.
On a mobile you can replace the exit code with a + sign and dial +225 directly, which works from any country without knowing the local exit code.
Full dialing sequence
Start by dialing your own country's international access code. From the US or Canada this is 011; from most of Europe it's 00. This tells your network you're making an international call.
Immediately follow with Ivory Coast's country code — no spaces or dashes. This routes your call to Ivory Coast's telephone network. On smartphones, replace the exit code with a + sign.
Ivory Coast has no trunk prefix, so there is nothing to drop. Dial the number exactly as it is written — the same digits are used at home and from abroad. Ivorian mobile numbers begin 01, 05 or 07 and are ten digits in total.
Enter all remaining digits of the local number exactly as written. For mobile numbers, include every digit — no abbreviations. Press call and your carrier does the rest.
A strong, stable internet connection is the foundation of every clear call — use Wi-Fi or solid data whenever you can.
A quality headset sharpens both ends of the conversation, making your calls to Ivory Coast clearer and more comfortable.
Keep the time difference in mind — UTC+0 — so you reach people at a reasonable hour and not in the middle of the night.
The price of calling Ivory Coast swings widely depending on whether you use a carrier, a calling card, or VoIP — and VoIP usually wins.
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Phone numbers in Ivory Coast follow set ranges after the 225 country code, distinguishing mobiles, landlines, and special services.
Since the 2021 renumbering the first two digits identify the operator and whether the line is mobile or fixed, rather than the region.
225 is not an area code — it is the country code for Côte d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast). A call showing +225 comes from Ivory Coast, in West Africa.
Every Ivorian number is ten digits, and the first two tell you the operator and line type rather than the location:
Regional codes still exist, but they are no longer at the front of the number. On a landline they are the two digits after the operator prefix: +225 27 20 is Plateau in Abidjan, +225 27 31 is Bouaké, +225 27 30 is Yamoussoukro.
On 31 January 2021 Côte d'Ivoire moved from eight-digit to ten-digit numbers, prepending two digits to every existing number based on service and carrier. It was the country's second such expansion — the first, from six digits to eight, took place on 15 January 2000.
If you are holding an Ivorian number written before 2021 with only eight digits, it will not connect. Two digits are missing from the front, and which two depends on the carrier and whether the line is fixed or mobile.
Ivory Coast has no trunk prefix: the same ten digits are dialled at home and from abroad, with +225 in front.
Ivorian regional codes, shown inside the ten-digit number as you dial it from abroad.
Since the 2021 renumbering these regional codes are no longer the first digits of the number — they follow the two-digit operator prefix. A landline in Plateau, Abidjan is +225 27 20 XX XX XX: 27 for the operator, then 20 for the district.
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