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Cabo Verde

Cabo Verde reports more, and more often, than most of the continent. Eight of ten datasets here reach 2025; two stop earlier, and this page shows where.

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Where Cabo Verde ranks in 2024, of 53 · change since 2014
47thGDP$2.7bn1
19thMobile112 per 1009
7thInternet use74.7%1
Last updated 1 Jul 2026 · World Bank · IMF · UNHCR
No land borders, 965 km of coast.
CapitalPraiaLanguagesPortugueseCurrencyCape Verdean escudo · CVEArea4,033 km²

At a glance

527,000 people, half of them under 30, in an economy of $3.4bn in 2026, growing 4.8% a year.

Cabo Verde’s economy is measured monthly and its households are measured by census. That split runs through everything below: exchange rates and market prices arrive within days, while access to water and power is estimated years after the fact.

One of the four figures beside this is modelled rather than reported. The page marks which is which everywhere, so a number you cite is a number you can defend.

How current the record is
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Current to 2025To 2024Stop by 2023
Population527kpeople · Reported · 2025
Median age29.5years · Modelled · 2026
GDP per capita$6,670current US$ · Reported · 2026
Internet use74.7%of population · Reported · 2024
Coverage — ten datasets, ten years

Eight of ten datasets carry a 2025 figure. Climate stops at 2024; policies stops at 2021. Hatching is the absence of a figure, not a low one.

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ReportedModelledNo figure
/v1/data?country_code=cv
Goods trade balanceExports and imports, US$ billions
01220142024ImportsExports
Imports have run at roughly 43% above exports over the decade; the band is the deficit.World BankSources →
Where exports goTop destinations, 2024
Spain$0.05bnItaly$0.01bnPortugal$0.01bn
Spain takes more of Cabo Verde’s goods than Italy and Portugal combined.Trade partners recordSources →
Where imports come fromTop origins, 2024
Portugal$0.44bnSpain$0.09bnNetherlands$0.05bn
Portugal alone supplies more than Spain and Netherlands together.Trade partners recordSources →
GDP per capitaCurrent US$, not inflation-adjusted
$3k$4.5k$6k20142024$5,170
Reported every year, including the 2020 dip in dollar terms.IMFSources →
InflationAnnual change in consumer prices
0%5%10%201420241.0%
1.0% in 2024; the decade’s peak was 7.9% in 2022.IMFSources →
Remittances receivedUS$ billions, current prices
00.20.420142024$0.33bn
1.7 times the 2014 figure.World BankSources →
Goods exports by value2024 · top categories
Meat$0.06bnApparel$0.00bnFootwear$0.00bn
Meat alone is 90% of the recorded top categories; services are excluded here.Trade products recordSources →
Public debtGross central government debt, share of GDP
80%130%180%20142024112.8%
Up 7 points since 2014.IMFSources →
Escudo per US dollarAnnual average exchange rate
609012020142024101.9
Lost 11% of its dollar value in 2022, then recovered in 2023.World Bank GEMSources →
Access to electricityShare of population with a connection
0501002014202498.4%
Up 13.1 points over the decade.World BankSources →
Under-five mortalityDeaths before age five, per 1,000 live births
010202014202411.1
Falling steadily; modelled between census years.WHOSources →
Life expectancy at birthYears
60801002014202476.2 yrs
The 2020 dip is the pandemic, in vermilion.World BankSources →
Mobile subscriptionsPer 100 people · 100 marks parity
8011014020142024112
More subscriptions than people since 2014.World BankSources →
Urban populationShare living in urban areas
60%80%100%2014202476.8%
Reported every year the record allows.World BankSources →
Who holds powerFive heads of state since 1975, and every office beneath the current one as the record holds it
/v1/government/overview/cv
19752026
The executive as of
Oct 2026Where it stands

José Maria Neves has held the office of President of Cape Verde since Nov 2021. The record holds five current ministers, and a Prime Minister of Cabo Verde.

ElectedAppointed
José Maria NevesJosé Maria NevesPresident of Cape Verdein office since Nov 2021
No second seatthe deputy for this date is not in the record
Francisco CarvalhoFrancisco CarvalhoPrime Minister of Cabo Verdein office since Jun 2026
6 seats confirmed current · 5 recorded for 2025
5Ministersone per portfolio · as the record holds them for this date
Health Minister of Cape VerdePresidency of the Council of MinistersForeign AffairsInfrastructure of Cape VerdeFinance of Cape Verde
—Junior ministersjunior ministers for this date are not in the record
No ministers of state, delegates or deputy ministers are in the record for this date — hatching marks what we do not hold.
Outside the chain
—No subnational recordgovernors and provincial offices are not held

The record follows the national executive only. Governors, provincial administrators and other offices outside this chain are not held for Cabo Verde.

Read this first Coverage varies by country and institution. Recorded offices are not a complete government roster. Marked current is a source claim. Missing dates are shown as uncertain. Office groups are classifications. Connections are recorded Wikidata relationships, not verified reporting lines.

Wikidata · offices, terms and their dates as the record classifies them · structure as of 18 Oct 2026 · Portraits: Wikimedia Commons, licences per imageAll offices and people →Data and sources →
Cabo Verde
The whole table

Seven measures, with the year each one was taken

Reporting periods differ by source
IndicatorLatestYear2014ChangeCertaintySource
Access to electricity98.4%202485.3%+13.1 ptsReportedWorld Bank
Clean cooking fuel89.0%202474.0%+15.0 ptsReportedWorld Bank
Under-five mortality11.1202420.9−9.7 per 1,000ModelledWHO
Life expectancy at birth76.2 yrs202473.8 yrs+2.4 yrsReportedWorld Bank
Urban population77.6%202565.8%+11.8 ptsReportedWorld Bank
Internet use74.7%202440.3%+34.5 ptsReportedWorld Bank
Mobile subscriptions112 / 1002024120 / 100−8ReportedWorld Bank

Every indicator we hold for Cabo Verde

149 of 207 indicators carry a figure for Cabo Verde. Each opens its own page with the full history, the source and the API request.

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How Cabo Verde ranks across Africa

Cabo Verde's position on 148 indicators, among the countries with a recent figure for each. A higher place means a higher value, not a better result. Each links to the full ranking.

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Compare Cabo Verde with other African countries

The record for every other African country, by region, and side-by-side comparisons where we publish them.

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Sources, method & citation

Every figure on this page is traceable to a named publication and a retrieval date. Where we model a value we say so; where no one has reported, we leave it empty.

Upstream sources
World Bank2025
IMF2026
UNHCR2025
ITU2025
Sources & methods
Cite this page

Africa API (2026) — “Cabo Verde: country record”. Retrieved 18 Oct 2026.

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