Cabo Verde
Cabo Verde in numbers — 19 World Bank indicators, each linking to its complete year-by-year history.
Cabo Verde recorded GDP per capita: 5,796 (2025), ranking 133 of 212 worldwide; Population: 527,326 (2025), ranking 172 of 217 worldwide; Life expectancy: 76.2 (2024), ranking 98 of 217 worldwide; Inflation: 2.34% (2025), ranking 117 of 187 worldwide. The year in brackets is the reference year for that figure.
Measured across each series' full span, GDP shows the largest increase (+2049%) and Infant mortality the largest decrease (-91%). Every indicator below links to its complete year-by-year series.
Across the measures below it sits below the world median on slightly more than half. Measured against the median of every economy covered here, 5 of 19 comparable series are higher and 14 are lower.
Its population of 527,326 (2025) makes it one of the smallest populations in this dataset.
All 19 series on this page carry a value for 2023 or later.
Indicators
| Indicator | Latest | Year | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| GDP | 3,056,630,435.32 | 2025 | +2048.8% |
| GDP per capita | 5,796.47 | 2025 | +1217.4% |
| GDP growth | 6.3% | 2025 | -25.5% |
| Population | 527,326 | 2025 | +151.1% |
| Population growth | 0.47% | 2025 | -80.5% |
| Urban population | 77.63% | 2025 | +1094.3% |
| Inflation | 2.34% | 2025 | -79.2% |
| Life expectancy | 76.22 | 2024 | +56.5% |
| Infant mortality | 10.6 | 2024 | -90.6% |
| CO2 per capita | 1.29 | 2024 | +147.3% |
| GDP (PPP) | 6,415,078,425.43 | 2025 | +1536.0% |
| GDP per capita (PPP) | 12,165.3 | 2025 | +1064.7% |
| Labor participation | 57.03% | 2025 | -6.3% |
| Unemployment | 11.94% | 2025 | -11.7% |
| Internet users | 74.74% | 2024 | — |
| Electricity access | 98.4% | 2024 | +67.9% |
| Forest area | 11.57% | 2023 | +203.1% |
| Health spending | 5.85% | 2023 | +51.5% |
| Education spending | 4.35% | 2023 | -32.0% |