Country
Cape Verde
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
- Income group
- upper middle income
- Capital
- Praia
- ISO code
- CV · CPV
72 indicators. Each shows the value, the rank among the world’s countries and the change over time – click to see the map.
- Population
- 527K
- GDP per capita (PPP)
- 10,396 int-$ (PPP, 2021 prices)
- Life expectancy
- 76.2 years
- CO₂ emissions per person
- 1.3 t CO₂
Population
- Population 527K 2025 172nd of 214
- Population density 130 people/km² 2024 82nd of 212
- Population growth 0.47 % per year 2025 139th of 214
- Natural increase 7.3 per 1,000 people 2023 118th of 228
- Net migration -2.4 per 1,000 people 2025 168th of 214
- Fertility rate 1.51 births per woman 2024 148th of 214
- Urban population 77.6 % 2025 66th of 214
- Median age 27.9 years 2023 143rd of 228
- Population aged 65+ 7.2 % 2025 121st of 214
- Old-age dependency ratio 10.5 per 100 people aged 15–64 2025 124th of 214
- Children under 15 24.7 % 2025 95th of 214
Health
- Life expectancy 76.2 years 2024 96th of 214
- Life expectancy, women 79.4 years 2024 94th of 214
- Life expectancy, men 73.0 years 2024 94th of 214
- Life expectancy gap, women vs men 6.3 years 2024 49th of 214
- Infant mortality 10.6 per 1,000 births 2024 110th of 195
- Under-5 mortality 11.1 per 1,000 births 2024 116th of 195
- Maternal mortality 40 per 100,000 births 2023 103rd of 193
- Health spending per person 290 USD 2023 114th of 190
- Health spending (PPP) 617 $ (PPP) 2023 120th of 191
- Physicians 0.73 per 1,000 people 2023 118th of 179
- Hospital beds 2.2 per 1,000 people 2022 84th of 150
- Measles immunization 95 % 2024 59th of 191
- Undernourishment 8.1 % 2024 61st of 165
- Tobacco use 10.4 % 2024 130th of 165
- Calorie supply 2,794 kcal per day 2023 118th of 175
- Meat supply 43.8 kg per person per year 2023 106th of 175
Economy
- GDP 3.1B USD 2025 162nd of 185
- GDP per capita 5,796 USD 2025 111th of 185
- GDP per capita (PPP) 10,396 int-$ (PPP, 2021 prices) 2025 122nd of 184
- GDP per capita since 1820 7,203 int-$ (2011 prices) 2022 110th of 165
- GDP growth 6.3 % 2025 29th of 185
- GDP per capita growth 5.8 % 2025 15th of 185
- Inflation 2.3 % 2025 102nd of 169
- Unemployment 11.9 % 2025 25th of 181
- Youth unemployment 28.4 % 2025 22nd of 181
- Youth not in education, employment or training 28.0 % 2019 not ranked – no value for 2025
- Trade 97 % of GDP 2024 62nd of 172
- Income inequality (Gini) 42.4 2015 27th of 151
- Extreme poverty 14.6 % 2015 41st of 151
- Agriculture in the economy 4.9 % of GDP 2024 105th of 187
- Women in the labour force 50.5 % 2025 116th of 181
Education and society
- Human Development Index (HDI) 0.668 2023 134th of 192
- Literacy rate 88.5 % 2024 69th of 122
- Education spending 4.7 % of GDP 2022 57th of 163
- Secondary school enrolment 96 % 2022 not ranked – no value for 2023
- Tertiary enrolment 24 % 2018 not ranked – no value for 2023
- Primary completion rate 99 % 2022 not ranked – no value for 2023
- Women in parliament 44.4 % 2025 17th of 183
- Homicide rate 7.0 per 100,000 people 2020 37th of 129
Technology and infrastructure
Environment and energy
- CO₂ emissions 0.7 Mt CO₂ 2024 170th of 201
- CO₂ emissions per person 1.3 t CO₂ 2024 131st of 201
- CO₂ emissions per person since 1850 1.13 t CO₂ 2024 154th of 212
- Cumulative CO₂ emissions 0.0 Gt CO₂ 2024 180th of 212
- Greenhouse gases per person 1.7 t CO₂e 2024 159th of 201
- Forest area 12.5 % of land 2024 150th of 208
- Water stress 60 % 2022 28th of 176
- Arable land 18.0 % of land 2024 60th of 205
- Renewable energy 22.6 % of final energy 2021 99th of 210
- Renewable electricity 30.8 % of electricity 2024 98th of 193
- Nuclear electricity 0.0 % of electricity 2024 32nd of 193
- Electricity from coal 0.0 % of electricity 2024 82nd of 193
- Electricity from wind 15.4 % of electricity 2024 20th of 193
- Electricity from solar 15.4 % of electricity 2024 23rd of 193
- Carbon intensity of electricity 463 g CO₂e/kWh 2024 99th of 193
- Electricity generation per person 991 kWh 2024 133rd of 190
- PM2.5 air pollution 20.2 µg/m³ 2023 82nd of 199
Cape Verde on other Ominuvo maps
- Languages of the worldPortuguese · official languageSource: Unicode CLDR (Unicode License v3)
- Prices around the worldCape Verdean escudo (CVE)Source: ISO 4217
- Time zones mapUTC−1Source: IANA tz database (public domain)
- Plugs and sockets of the worldType C, F · 230 V · 50 Hz
- National dishes of the world1 national dish
- Plants of the world5 characteristic plants
- Castles map1 castleSource: Wikidata (CC0 1.0)
- Volcano & earthquake map2 volcanoesSource: Smithsonian GVP (Smithsonian Terms of Use)
- VPN provider mapServers of 1 VPN providerSource: VPN Map (Ominuvo) (CC BY 4.0)