Cabo Verde — Inflation
Inflation, Consumer Prices (Annual %) for Cabo Verde, 1984–2025.
Inflation for Cabo Verde was 2.34% in 2025, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 42 years, from 1984 to 2025. The highest recorded value was 11.25% in 1984. The lowest was -2.48% in 2000 (about -1.1× the latest value). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to -3.75% per year.
Cabo Verde ranks 117 of 187 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 63%. The median for Sub-Saharan Africa is 3.51%, so Cabo Verde sits below it. It peaked in 1984 and has fallen 79% since. Over the last decade (2015–2025) the figure moved up 1686%. Within Sub-Saharan Africa it ranks 34 of 46 economies; Gabon (1.77%) is just below it. Its sharpest one-year move was up 1182% in 2006. That is 33% above this series' own ten-year average.
Data highlights
World ranking. Slipped: 43rd of 118 in 1984 → 53rd of 131 in 1990 → 160th of 163 in 2000 → 128th of 186 in 2010 → 126th of 178 in 2020 → 102nd of 169 in 2025.
Key figures
Full history — 1984 to 2025
| Year | annual % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 2.34% | +1.3 pp |
| 2024 | 1.05% | -2.7 pp |
| 2023 | 3.72% | -4.2 pp |
| 2022 | 7.93% | +6.1 pp |
| 2021 | 1.86% | +1.3 pp |
| 2020 | 0.61% | -0.5 pp |
| 2019 | 1.11% | -0.2 pp |
| 2018 | 1.26% | +0.5 pp |
| 2017 | 0.78% | +2.2 pp |
| 2016 | -1.41% | -1.5 pp |
| 2015 | 0.13% | +0.4 pp |
| 2014 | -0.24% | -1.7 pp |
| 2013 | 1.51% | -1.0 pp |
| 2012 | 2.54% | -1.9 pp |
| 2011 | 4.47% | +2.4 pp |
| 2010 | 2.08% | +1.1 pp |
| 2009 | 0.99% | -5.8 pp |
| 2008 | 6.77% | +2.4 pp |
| 2007 | 4.41% | -1.0 pp |
| 2006 | 5.37% | +5.0 pp |
| 2005 | 0.42% | +2.3 pp |
| 2004 | -1.89% | -3.1 pp |
| 2003 | 1.19% | -0.7 pp |
| 2002 | 1.88% | -1.5 pp |
| 2001 | 3.35% | +5.8 pp |
| 2000 | -2.48% | -6.8 pp |
| 1999 | 4.36% | -0.0 pp |
| 1998 | 4.39% | -4.2 pp |
| 1997 | 8.56% | +2.6 pp |
| 1996 | 5.96% | -2.4 pp |
| 1995 | 8.35% | +4.9 pp |
| 1994 | 3.45% | -2.3 pp |
| 1993 | 5.79% | +2.7 pp |
| 1992 | 3.12% | -6.4 pp |
| 1991 | 9.55% | -1.1 pp |
| 1990 | 10.65% | +6.1 pp |
| 1989 | 4.56% | +0.5 pp |
| 1988 | 4.07% | +0.2 pp |
| 1987 | 3.85% | -7.0 pp |
| 1986 | 10.87% | +5.5 pp |
| 1985 | 5.39% | -5.9 pp |
| 1984 | 11.25% | — |
Frequently asked questions
What was Cabo Verde’s Inflation in 1985?
5.39% (1985). 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 Inflation growing or shrinking?
Between 1984 and 2025 the series was shrinking overall: -79.2% in total — about 3.8% a year compounded.
Where does this data come from?
World Bank Open Data (CC BY-4.0), indicator FP.CPI.TOTL.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: 2.34%; 2024: 1.05%; 2023: 3.72%; 2022: 7.93%; 2021: 1.86%. Earlier years are in the full-history table below.
Related data
FP.CPI.TOTL.ZG — Inflation, Consumer Prices (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.