Cabo Verde — GDP growth
GDP Growth (Annual %) for Cabo Verde, 1981–2025.
GDP growth for Cabo Verde was 6.30% in 2025, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 45 years, from 1981 to 2025. The highest recorded value was 19.18% in 1994. The lowest was -20.81% in 2020 (about -3.3× the latest value). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to -0.67% per year.
Cabo Verde ranks 33 of 212 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 16%. The median for Sub-Saharan Africa is 4.61%, so Cabo Verde sits above it. It peaked in 1994 and has fallen 67% since. Over the last decade (2015–2025) the figure moved up 573%. Within Sub-Saharan Africa it ranks 12 of 47 economies; Ghana (5.95%) is just below it. Its sharpest one-year move was up 679% in 1992. That is 71% above this series' own ten-year average.
Data highlights
From its 1981 level: doubled by 1994.
World ranking. Slipped: 21st of 161 in 1981 → 122nd of 176 in 1990 → 6th of 199 in 2000 → 148th of 209 in 2010 → 200th of 209 in 2020 → 29th of 186 in 2025.
Key figures
Full history — 1981 to 2025
| Year | annual % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6.3% | -0.7 pp |
| 2024 | 6.99% | +2.2 pp |
| 2023 | 4.79% | -11.0 pp |
| 2022 | 15.84% | +8.8 pp |
| 2021 | 7.03% | +27.8 pp |
| 2020 | -20.81% | -27.8 pp |
| 2019 | 6.95% | +3.2 pp |
| 2018 | 3.71% | -0.8 pp |
| 2017 | 4.55% | +0.3 pp |
| 2016 | 4.28% | +3.3 pp |
| 2015 | 0.94% | +0.2 pp |
| 2014 | 0.7% | +0.1 pp |
| 2013 | 0.63% | -0.5 pp |
| 2012 | 1.08% | -2.8 pp |
| 2011 | 3.92% | +2.1 pp |
| 2010 | 1.84% | +3.3 pp |
| 2009 | -1.5% | -8.5 pp |
| 2008 | 7.04% | -8.1 pp |
| 2007 | 15.17% | +7.2 pp |
| 2006 | 7.98% | +1.1 pp |
| 2005 | 6.91% | -3.3 pp |
| 2004 | 10.2% | +6.0 pp |
| 2003 | 4.18% | -1.1 pp |
| 2002 | 5.25% | +3.0 pp |
| 2001 | 2.23% | -12.1 pp |
| 2000 | 14.28% | +3.1 pp |
| 1999 | 11.22% | -1.3 pp |
| 1998 | 12.52% | +1.4 pp |
| 1997 | 11.12% | -0.2 pp |
| 1996 | 11.35% | -2.9 pp |
| 1995 | 14.21% | -5.0 pp |
| 1994 | 19.18% | +10.5 pp |
| 1993 | 8.71% | -2.2 pp |
| 1992 | 10.94% | +9.5 pp |
| 1991 | 1.4% | +0.7 pp |
| 1990 | 0.69% | -5.0 pp |
| 1989 | 5.7% | -0.3 pp |
| 1988 | 6% | +1.7 pp |
| 1987 | 4.31% | +1.4 pp |
| 1986 | 2.87% | -5.8 pp |
| 1985 | 8.64% | +4.9 pp |
| 1984 | 3.78% | -5.7 pp |
| 1983 | 9.52% | +6.7 pp |
| 1982 | 2.83% | -5.6 pp |
| 1981 | 8.45% | — |
Frequently asked questions
What was Cabo Verde’s GDP growth in 1982?
2.83% (1982). The full year-by-year table above lists every published year, most recent first.
Are changes in this series measured in percentage points?
Yes. The series is a share expressed in annual %, so year-over-year movements in the Change column are percentage points (pp), not percent.
Is Cabo Verde’s GDP growth growing or shrinking?
Between 1981 and 2025 the series was shrinking overall: -25.5% in total — about 0.7% a year compounded.
Where does this data come from?
World Bank Open Data (CC BY-4.0), indicator NY.GDP.MKTP.KD.ZG. Values are reproduced as published; this page only computes summary statistics such as change, CAGR and extremes.
What are the most recent published figures?
The last five published years: 2025: 6.3%; 2024: 6.99%; 2023: 4.79%; 2022: 15.84%; 2021: 7.03%. Earlier years are in the full-history table below.
Related data
NY.GDP.MKTP.KD.ZG — GDP Growth (Annual %). Data licensed under CC BY 4.0. Values are reproduced as published; this page computes the summary statistics (change, CAGR, extremes) from the underlying annual series. View the original dataset on data.worldbank.org.