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Cabo Verde
Sub-Saharan Africa · Upper middle income · capital Praia
Reports 20 of 21 indicators tracked here.
Every figure below is the most recent year this country reported — the years differ, sometimes by a decade. Nothing is interpolated or carried forward.
Health
Life expectancy
2024 · 2 years old76.2years
Ranks 98 of 217 in 2024
2% above world median · 19% above Sub-Saharan Africa
Medians computed across 217 countries reporting in 2024 — not a published figure
Under-5 mortality
2024 · 2 years old11.1per 1,000 live births
Ranks 80 of 196 in 2024
26% below world median · 77% below Sub-Saharan Africa
Medians computed across 196 countries reporting in 2024 — not a published figure
Maternal mortality
2023 · 3 years old40per 100,000 live births
Ranks 91 of 194 in 2023
15% below world median · 84% below Sub-Saharan Africa
Medians computed across 194 countries reporting in 2023 — not a published figure
Child stunting
2018 · 8 years old6.0% of under-5s
Ranks 7 of 48 in 2018
74% below world median · 81% below Sub-Saharan Africa
Medians computed across 48 countries reporting in 2018 — not a published figure
Health spending
2023 · 3 years old5.85% of GDP
Not ranked — no better end
8% below world median
Medians computed across 192 countries reporting in 2023 — not a published figure
Fertility rate
2024 · 2 years old1.51births per woman
Not ranked — no better end
20% below world median
Medians computed across 217 countries reporting in 2024 — not a published figure
Education
Adult literacy
2024 · 2 years old88.5% of adults 15+
Ranks 22 of 29 in 2024
6% below world median · 15% above Sub-Saharan Africa
Medians computed across 29 countries reporting in 2024 — not a published figure
Primary enrolment
2022 · 4 years old103.0% gross
Ranks 52 of 165 in 2022
3% above world median · 5% above Sub-Saharan Africa
Medians computed across 165 countries reporting in 2022 — not a published figure
Education spending
2023 · 3 years old4.35% of GDP
Ranks 42 of 121 in 2023
19% above world median · 30% above Sub-Saharan Africa
Medians computed across 121 countries reporting in 2023 — not a published figure
Economy
GDP per capita
2025 · 1 year old5,796current US$
Ranks 112 of 186 in 2025
26% below world median · 3.3× above Sub-Saharan Africa
Medians computed across 186 countries reporting in 2025 — not a published figure
GDP per capita (PPP)
2025 · 1 year old12,165international $
Ranks 122 of 185 in 2025
40% below world median · 1.7× above Sub-Saharan Africa
Medians computed across 185 countries reporting in 2025 — not a published figure
Extreme poverty
2015 · 11 years old14.6% of population
Ranks 72 of 87 in 2015
11.2× above world median · 59% below Sub-Saharan Africa
Medians computed across 87 countries reporting in 2015 — not a published figure
Income inequality (Gini)
2015 · 11 years old42.4index, 0–100
Ranks 68 of 87 in 2015
19% above world median · about the same Sub-Saharan Africa
Medians computed across 87 countries reporting in 2015 — not a published figure
Unemployment
2025 · 1 year old11.9% of labour force
Ranks 158 of 182 in 2025
1.3× above world median · 1.3× above Sub-Saharan Africa
Medians computed across 182 countries reporting in 2025 — not a published figure
Inflation
2025 · 1 year old2.3% per year
Not ranked — no better end
23% below world median
Medians computed across 165 countries reporting in 2025 — not a published figure
Military spending
2024 · 2 years old0.62% of GDP
Not ranked — no better end
61% below world median
Medians computed across 147 countries reporting in 2024 — not a published figure
Infrastructure
Electricity access
2024 · 2 years old98.4% of population
Ranks 140 of 215 in 2024
about the same world median · 70% above Sub-Saharan Africa
Medians computed across 215 countries reporting in 2024 — not a published figure
Internet use
2024 · 2 years old74.7% of population
Ranks 110 of 182 in 2024
9% below world median · 1.0× above Sub-Saharan Africa
Medians computed across 182 countries reporting in 2024 — not a published figure
Environment
CO₂ per person
2024 · 2 years old1.29t CO₂e per person
Not ranked — no better end
49% below world median
Medians computed across 203 countries reporting in 2024 — not a published figure
Society
Population
2025 · 1 year old527.3kpeople
Not ranked — no better end
92% below world median
Medians computed across 217 countries reporting in 2025 — not a published figure
Never reported
Cabo Verde has no figure in this dataset for Safe drinking water. That is an absence of measurement, not a value of zero.
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Retrieved into this site's own database; see methodology.