Cabo Verde — GDP per capita
GDP per Capita (Nominal) for Cabo Verde, 1980–2025.
GDP per capita for Cabo Verde was 5,796 in 2025, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 46 years, from 1980 to 2025. The latest year is also the highest value on record for this series. The lowest was 385 in 1984 (about 15.0× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to 5.90% per year.
Cabo Verde ranks 133 of 212 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 63%. The median for Sub-Saharan Africa is 1,319, so Cabo Verde sits above it. Over the last decade (2015–2025) the figure moved up 70%. Within Sub-Saharan Africa it ranks 7 of 47 economies; Namibia (4,876) is just below it. Its sharpest one-year move was up 47% in 2007. That is 35% above this series' own ten-year average.
Data highlights
From its 1980 level: doubled by 1992; grown tenfold by 2023. Doubling roughly every 12 years at that pace.
World ranking. Climbed: 133rd of 163 in 1980 → 134th of 192 in 1990 → 127th of 204 in 2000 → 130th of 212 in 2010 → 142nd of 210 in 2020 → 112th of 186 in 2025.
Key figures
Full history — 1980 to 2025
| Year | current US$ | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5,796.47 | +12.1% |
| 2024 | 5,170.21 | +7.8% |
| 2023 | 4,794.9 | +10.9% |
| 2022 | 4,323.31 | +8.9% |
| 2021 | 3,971.44 | +12.2% |
| 2020 | 3,539.23 | -19.2% |
| 2019 | 4,380.78 | +2.0% |
| 2018 | 4,294.97 | +10.3% |
| 2017 | 3,893.1 | +7.9% |
| 2016 | 3,608.97 | +5.7% |
| 2015 | 3,415.06 | -14.3% |
| 2014 | 3,985.61 | +0.6% |
| 2013 | 3,960.98 | +6.0% |
| 2012 | 3,736.82 | -6.6% |
| 2011 | 4,002.01 | +11.8% |
| 2010 | 3,579.46 | -2.2% |
| 2009 | 3,659.72 | -6.4% |
| 2008 | 3,908.65 | +17.6% |
| 2007 | 3,324.58 | +47.3% |
| 2006 | 2,257 | +12.6% |
| 2005 | 2,004.15 | +3.9% |
| 2004 | 1,929.49 | +12.3% |
| 2003 | 1,717.98 | +29.3% |
| 2002 | 1,328.58 | +8.6% |
| 2001 | 1,223.33 | +2.8% |
| 2000 | 1,189.51 | -10.3% |
| 1999 | 1,326.74 | +11.8% |
| 1998 | 1,186.74 | +4.7% |
| 1997 | 1,133.57 | -3.9% |
| 1996 | 1,179.52 | +1.2% |
| 1995 | 1,165.14 | +17.6% |
| 1994 | 991.11 | -18.8% |
| 1993 | 1,220.05 | +34.4% |
| 1992 | 907.85 | +9.2% |
| 1991 | 831.61 | +1.7% |
| 1990 | 817.44 | +12.4% |
| 1989 | 727.15 | -0.3% |
| 1988 | 729.47 | +10.8% |
| 1987 | 658.42 | +21.7% |
| 1986 | 541.14 | +36.5% |
| 1985 | 396.49 | +2.9% |
| 1984 | 385.45 | -6.0% |
| 1983 | 410.11 | -3.0% |
| 1982 | 422.66 | -0.6% |
| 1981 | 425.41 | -3.3% |
| 1980 | 439.98 | — |
Frequently asked questions
What was Cabo Verde’s GDP per capita in 1981?
425.41 (1981). The full year-by-year table above lists every published year, most recent first.
Are Cabo Verde’s GDP per capita figures nominal or inflation-adjusted?
They are exactly as the World Bank publishes them — current US$ — with no inflation restatement and no PPP conversion. Years the source does not report are omitted rather than interpolated.
Is Cabo Verde’s GDP per capita growing or shrinking?
Between 1980 and 2025 the series was growing overall: +1217.4% in total — about 5.9% a year compounded.
Where does this data come from?
World Bank Open Data (CC BY-4.0), indicator NY.GDP.PCAP.CD. 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: 5,796.47; 2024: 5,170.21; 2023: 4,794.9; 2022: 4,323.31; 2021: 3,971.44. Earlier years are in the full-history table below.
Related data
NY.GDP.PCAP.CD — GDP per Capita (Nominal). 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.