🇨🇻 Cape Verde
Republic of Cabo Verde
Every statistic we track for Cape Verde — 109 indicators, each with its latest value and world rank. Open the interactive profile →
$13,314
73.1 yrs
0.63
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All indicators
📈 Economy
| Bank Branches | 34.8 | #10/153 | 2024 |
| Current Account Balance | -0.4% | #69/190 | 2026 |
| Economic Freedom of the World | 7.4 | #46/163 | 2022 |
| Economy Seen as Good (Afrobarometer) | 8.4% | #37/39 | 2023 |
| Exchange Rate (per US$) | 101.9 | #58/197 | 2024 |
| Extreme Poverty | 0% | #83/237 | 2023 |
| Fiscal Balance | -0.9% | #41/189 | 2026 |
| GDP (current US$) | 3.4 | #166/190 | 2026 |
| GDP (PPP) | 6.9 | #169/191 | 2026 |
| GDP per Capita | 6,670 | #114/190 | 2026 |
| GDP per Capita (Long Run) | 7,203 | #110/165 | 2022 |
| GDP per Capita (PPP) | 13,314 | #123/191 | 2026 |
| GDP per Capita Growth | 2.8% | #87/184 | 2019 |
| Government Debt | 95.9% | #23/185 | 2026 |
| Income per Person | 4,734 | #122/183 | 2018 |
| Inflation (CPI) | 2.2% | #155/191 | 2026 |
| Real GDP Growth | 4.8% | #33/191 | 2026 |
| Share of World GDP (PPP) | 0% | #169/191 | 2026 |
| Total GDP (Long Run) | 4,251,154,554 | #155/165 | 2022 |
| Unemployment Rate | 8.5% | #20/103 | 2026 |
👥 Demographics
| Fertility Rate (WB) | 1.5 | #150/217 | 2024 |
| Gender Inequality Index | 0.3 | #96/172 | 2023 |
| Median Age | 29.5 | #138/235 | 2026 |
| Population | 0.5 | #172/229 | 2013 |
| Population | 0.5 | #165/191 | 2026 |
| Population Density | 131.4 | #97/235 | 2026 |
| Refugees by Country of Origin | 15 | #177/195 | 2025 |
| Urban Population | 76.8% | #68/213 | 2024 |
🌐 Connectivity
| Access to Electricity | 98.4% | #140/214 | 2024 |
| Get News from the Internet (Afrobarometer) | 68.5% | #3/39 | 2023 |
| Internet Users | 74.7% | #110/182 | 2024 |
| Mobile Subscriptions | 113.3 | #103/209 | 2022 |
🫀 Health
🎓 Education
| Education Spending (QoG) | 4.3% | #40/112 | 2023 |
🌱 Environment
| CO₂ per Capita (WB) | 1.3 | #132/203 | 2024 |
| Environmental Performance Index | 38 | #138/179 | 2024 |
| Renewable Electricity | 30.8% | #98/195 | 2024 |
🏛️ Governance
📰 Media & news
| Press Freedom Index | 72 | #40/177 | 2026 |
🛡️ Safety
| Felt Unsafe in the Neighbourhood (Afrobarometer) | 41.4% | #32/39 | 2023 |
| Homicide Rate | 11.2 | #43/204 | 2023 |
| Road Traffic Deaths | 16.5 | #63/195 | 2021 |
| Trust in the Police (Afrobarometer) | 59.6% | #10/39 | 2023 |
⚠️ Risk & resilience
| Disaster Exposure (WRI) | 0.1 | #174/193 | 2026 |
| INFORM Risk Index | 2.6 | #141/191 | 2025 |
| World Risk Index | 1.5 | #168/193 | 2026 |
😊 Wellbeing
| Human Development Index | 0.7 | #135/193 | 2023 |
| Went Without a Cash Income (Afrobarometer) | 62.9% | #35/39 | 2023 |
| Went Without Enough Food (Afrobarometer) | 29.7% | #35/39 | 2023 |
🧭 Attitudes & values
| Attended a Demonstration | 13.5% | #56/151 | 2017 |
| China’s Influence Seen as Positive (Afrobarometer) | 84.9% | #4/39 | 2023 |
| Country Going in the Right Direction (Afrobarometer) | 35.3% | #15/39 | 2023 |
| Trade Union Membership | 12.7% | #51/120 | 2017 |
| Trust in Fellow Citizens (Afrobarometer) | 66.8% | #11/39 | 2023 |
| Trust in parliament | 4.8 | #64/151 | 2017 |
| Trust in the legal system | 5.6 | #46/153 | 2017 |
| US Influence Seen as Positive (Afrobarometer) | 87.3% | #1/39 | 2023 |
Latest available period per indicator. The rank counts down from the highest value, whatever that means for the series: on child mortality or extreme poverty the country at #1 is the worst in the world, not the best. Sources are credited on each indicator page.