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🇨🇻 Cape Verde
Republic of Cabo Verde
CPV CV Esc Cape Verdean escudo (CVE)
Every statistic we track for Cape Verde — 79 indicators, each with its latest value and world rank. Open the interactive profile →
$13,314
74.2 yrs
0.63
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📈 Economy
| Bank Branches | 34.8 | #10/153 | 2024 |
| Current Account Balance | -0.4% | #69/190 | 2026 |
| Exchange Rate (per US$) | 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 | 98.6% | #144/214 | 2023 |
| Internet Users | 74.7% | #110/182 | 2024 |
| Mobile Subscriptions | 113.3 | #103/209 | 2022 |
🫀 Health
| Adult Obesity | 15.6% | #139/199 | 2022 |
| Alcohol Consumption per Capita | 4.2 | #108/207 | 2022 |
| Child Mortality (under-5) | 1.1 | #116/199 | 2024 |
| Health Spending (QoG) | 6.7% | #92/189 | 2022 |
| Hypertension Prevalence | 44.1% | #35/194 | 2019 |
| Infant Mortality (QoG) | 11 | #106/191 | 2023 |
| Life Expectancy | 74.2 | #87/188 | 2013 |
| Life Expectancy | 73.1 | #95/186 | 2020 |
| Suicide Rate | 16.6 | #20/185 | 2021 |
| Tobacco Use Prevalence | 11% | #133/167 | 2022 |
| Undernourishment | 13.5% | #42/166 | 2023 |
| Universal Health Coverage Index | 71 | #100/195 | 2023 |
🎓 Education
| Education Spending (QoG) | 4.3% | #40/112 | 2023 |
🌱 Environment
| CO₂ per Capita (WB) | 1.3 | #132/203 | 2024 |
| Renewable Electricity | 30.8% | #98/195 | 2024 |
🏛️ Governance
📰 Media & news
| Press Freedom Index | 72 | #40/177 | 2026 |
🛡️ Safety
| Homicide Rate | 11.2 | #43/204 | 2023 |
| Road Traffic Deaths | 16.5 | #62/195 | 2021 |
⚠️ Risk & resilience
| Disaster Exposure (WRI) | 0.1 | #184/193 | 2025 |
| INFORM Risk Index | 2.6 | #141/191 | 2025 |
| World Risk Index | 1.2 | #175/193 | 2025 |
😊 Wellbeing
| Human Development Index | 0.7 | #135/193 | 2023 |
🧭 Attitudes & values
| Attended a Demonstration | 13.5% | #56/151 | 2017 |
| Trade Union Membership | 12.7% | #51/120 | 2017 |
| Trust in parliament | 4.8 | #64/151 | 2017 |
| Trust in the legal system | 5.6 | #46/153 | 2017 |
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