IndicatorCPVCabo VerdeSub-Saharan Africa
Governance
Civil liberties index (V-Dem)0-1Our World in Data0.91rank #21Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Control of Corruption0-100 percentileWorld Bank (WGI)66.3rank #36Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Deliberative democracy index (V-Dem)0-1Our World in Data0.55rank #44Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Egalitarian democracy index (V-Dem)0-1Our World in Data0.56rank #42Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Freedom of expression index (V-Dem)0-1Our World in Data0.86rank #33Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Government Effectiveness0-100 percentileWorld Bank (WGI)62.8rank #63Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Human rights index (V-Dem)0-1Our World in Data0.91rank #21Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Military spending% GDPWorld Bank (WDI)0.66%rank #130Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Participatory democracy index (V-Dem)0-1Our World in Data0.46rank #47Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Political Stability & Absence of Violence0-100 percentileWorld Bank (WGI)80.7rank #51Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Regulatory Quality0-100 percentileWorld Bank (WGI)55.6rank #91Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Rule of Law0-100 percentileWorld Bank (WGI)66.1rank #73Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Rule of law index (V-Dem)0-1Our World in Data0.8rank #45Data 2025 · Status unspecified
V-Dem electoral democracy0-1Our World in Data0.75rank #31Data 2025 · Status unspecified
V-Dem liberal democracy0-1Our World in Data0.63rank #37Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Voice & Accountability0-100 percentileWorld Bank (WGI)73.9rank #44Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Women in parliament% seatsWorld Bank (WDI)44.4%rank #16Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Women's political empowerment index (V-Dem)0-1Our World in Data0.86rank #38Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Economy
Agricultural employment% employmentWorld Bank (WDI)9.2%rank #109Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Agriculture value added% GDPWorld Bank (WDI)5%rank #90Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Capital stock per worker2017 US$ per workerPenn World Table85,135.1rank #113Data 2019 · Status unspecified
Current account balance% GDPWorld Bank (WDI)3.6%rank #31Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Employment-to-population ratio%ILOSTAT50.1%rank #138Data 2026 · Status unspecified
External debt stocks% GNIWorld Bank (WDI)86.9%rank #100Data 2024 · Status unspecified
FDI net inflows% GDPWorld Bank (WDI)5%rank #37Data 2025 · Status unspecified
GDPcurrent US$World Bank (WDI)3.06Brank #162Data 2025 · Status unspecified
GDP growth%World Bank (WDI)6.3%rank #29Data 2025 · Status unspecified
GDP per capita (nominal)current US$World Bank (WDI)5,796.5rank #112Data 2025 · Status unspecified
GDP per capita, PPP2021 intl $World Bank (WDI)10,395.7rank #122Data 2025 · Status unspecified
GNI per capita (PPP)2021 intl $UNDP (HDRO)8,165.4rank #128Data 2023 · Status unspecified
Government expenditure% GDPWorld Bank (WDI)30.9%rank #65Data 2020 · Status unspecified
Gross capital formation% GDPWorld Bank (WDI)17.4%rank #105Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Gross savings% GDPWorld Bank (WDI)21.1%rank #64Data 2025 · Status unspecified
High-technology exports% manuf. exportsWorld Bank (WDI)1.2%rank #136Data 2023 · Status unspecified
Industry value added% GDPWorld Bank (WDI)10.7%rank #150Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Inflation%World Bank (WDI)2.3%rank #68Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Labour force participation rate%ILOSTAT57%rank #127Data 2026 · Status unspecified
Personal remittances received% GDPWorld Bank (WDI)11.7%rank #13Data 2025 · Status unspecified
R&D expenditure% GDPWorld Bank (WDI)0.07%rank #85Data 2011 · Status unspecified
Researchers in R&Dper millionWorld Bank (WDI)124.9rank #68Data 2014 · Status unspecified
Tax revenue% GDPWorld Bank (WDI)18.4%rank #52Data 2020 · Status unspecified
Trade openness% GDPWorld Bank (WDI)95.3%rank #50Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Unemployment% labor forceWorld Bank (WDI)11.9%rank #157Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Unemployment rate (ILO modelled)%ILOSTAT12%rank #156Data 2026 · Status unspecified
Vulnerable employment% employmentWorld Bank (WDI)34.3%rank #107Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Youth unemployment% ages 15-24World Bank (WDI)28.4%rank #160Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Youth unemployment rate (ILO modelled)% ages 15-24ILOSTAT29%rank #161Data 2026 · Status unspecified
Trade
Exports of goods & services% GDPWorld Bank (WDI)42%rank #54Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Imports of goods & services% GDPWorld Bank (WDI)53.4%rank #50Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Merchandise exportscurrent US$World Bank (WDI)96Mrank #183Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Merchandise importscurrent US$World Bank (WDI)2.04Brank #165Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Health
Basic drinking water access% popWorld Bank (WDI)92.3%rank #108Data 2024 · Status unspecified
Basic sanitation access% popWorld Bank (WDI)83.1%rank #119Data 2024 · Status unspecified
Child mortalityper 100Our World in Data1.1rank #52Data 2024 · Status unspecified
Daily caloric supply per capitakcalOur World in Data2,793.6rank #119Data 2023 · Status unspecified
DTP3 immunization coverage%UNICEF93%rank #7Data 2024 · Status unspecified
Health spending% GDPWorld Bank (WDI)5.8%rank #106Data 2023 · Status unspecified
Infant mortalityper 1k birthsWorld Bank (WDI)10.6rank #53Data 2024 · Status unspecified
Life expectancyyearsWorld Bank (WDI)76.2rank #98Data 2024 · Status unspecified
Maternal mortalityper 100kWorld Bank (WDI)40rank #32Data 2023 · Status unspecified
Measles immunization% childrenWorld Bank (WDI)95%rank #5Data 2024 · Status unspecified
Measles (MCV1) immunization coverage%UNICEF95%rank #5Data 2024 · Status unspecified
Overweight prevalence (under 5)%UNICEF6.1%rank #26Data 2018 · Status unspecified
Physiciansper 1kWorld Bank (WDI)0.73rank #36Data 2023 · Status unspecified
PM2.5 air pollution exposureug/m3World Bank (WDI)20.2rank #119Data 2023 · Status unspecified
Road traffic deathsper 100kWorld Bank (WDI)26.8rank #107Data 2019 · Status unspecified
Smoking prevalence% adultsWorld Bank (WDI)10.4%rank #25Data 2024 · Status unspecified
Stunting prevalence (under 5)%UNICEF6%rank #7Data 2018 · Status unspecified
Suicide mortality rateper 100kWorld Bank (WDI)14.9rank #150Data 2021 · Status unspecified
Tuberculosis incidenceper 100kWorld Bank (WDI)47rank #71Data 2024 · Status unspecified
Under-5 mortality rateper 1k birthsUNICEF11.1rank #80Data 2024 · Status unspecified
Undernourishment% popWorld Bank (WDI)8.1%rank #31Data 2024 · Status unspecified
Wasting prevalence (under 5)%UNICEF2.4%rank #18Data 2018 · Status unspecified
Education
Adult literacy%World Bank (WDI)88.5%rank #22Data 2024 · Status unspecified
Education spending% GDPWorld Bank (WDI)4.3%rank #42Data 2023 · Status unspecified
Expected years of schoolingyearsUNDP (HDRO)11.4rank #152Data 2023 · Status unspecified
Mean years of schoolingyearsUNDP (HDRO)6.1rank #150Data 2023 · Status unspecified
Primary completion rate% relevant ageWorld Bank (WDI)99.1%rank #49Data 2022 · Status unspecified
Primary enrollment% grossWorld Bank (WDI)103%rank #52Data 2022 · Status unspecified
Secondary enrollment% grossWorld Bank (WDI)96.4%rank #71Data 2022 · Status unspecified
Tertiary enrollment% grossWorld Bank (WDI)24.3%rank #99Data 2018 · Status unspecified
Demography
Crude birth rateper 1,000World Bank (WDI)12.2rank #115Data 2024 · Status unspecified
Fertility ratebirths/womanWorld Bank (WDI)1.5rank #148Data 2024 · Status unspecified
Median age of populationyearsUN WPP27.9rank #131Data 2023 · Estimate
Net migration rateper 1,000UN WPP-2.3rank #161Data 2023 · Estimate
PopulationpeopleWorld Bank (WDI)527,326rank #172Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Population growth%World Bank (WDI)0.47%rank #140Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Projected life expectancy in 2050 (medium)yearsUN WPP80.6rank #94Data 2050 · Projection / forecast
Projected population in 2050 (medium)thousandsUN WPP566.1rank #171Data 2050 · Projection / forecast
Total age dependency ratioper 100 working-ageUN WPP49.1rank #157Data 2023 · Estimate
Urban population%World Bank (WDI)77.6%rank #56Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Climate
CO₂ emissionstOur World in Data593,786rank #180Data 2024 · Status unspecified
CO₂ per capitatOur World in Data1.1rank #147Data 2024 · Status unspecified
Electricity access% popWorld Bank (WDI)98.4%rank #12Data 2024 · Status unspecified
Electricity from coal% generationEmber0%rank #1Data 2024 · Status unspecified
Electricity from hydro% generationEmber0%rank #144Data 2024 · Status unspecified
Electricity from solar% generationEmber15.4%rank #22Data 2024 · Status unspecified
Electricity from wind% generationEmber15.4%rank #20Data 2024 · Status unspecified
Forest area% landWorld Bank (WDI)12.5%rank #151Data 2024 · Status unspecified
GHG emissions per capitatCO2e per capitaClimate Watch1.4rank #20Data 2023 · Status unspecified
Power-sector CO2 intensitygCO2/kWhEmber461.5rank #93Data 2024 · Status unspecified
Renewable electricity%Our World in Data30.8%rank #91Data 2024 · Status unspecified
Renewable energy share%World Bank (WDI)21.8%rank #30Data 2022 · Status unspecified
Total GHG emissions incl. LULUCFMtCO2eClimate Watch0.74rank #21Data 2023 · Status unspecified
Energy
Electricity access, rural% rural popWorld Bank (WDI)97.7%rank #12Data 2024 · Status unspecified
Electricity access, urban% urban popWorld Bank (WDI)98.6%rank #12Data 2024 · Status unspecified
Electricity from coal% of outputWorld Bank (WDI)0%rank #1Data 2021 · Status unspecified
Energy use per capitakg oil eq.World Bank (WDI)207.6rank #165Data 2007 · Status unspecified
Environment
Capture fisheries productiontonnesWorld Bank (WDI)5,546.9rank #151Data 2024 · Status unspecified
Freshwater withdrawals% internal resourcesWorld Bank (WDI)59.7%rank #149Data 2022 · Status unspecified
Terrestrial protected areas% land areaWorld Bank (WDI)17.6%rank #86Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Agriculture
Agricultural land% land areaWorld Bank (WDI)24.8%rank #134Data 2024 · Status unspecified
Aquaculture productiontonnesWorld Bank (WDI)40rank #163Data 2024 · Status unspecified
Cereal yieldkg per hectareWorld Bank (WDI)40.3rank #176Data 2024 · Status unspecified
Food production index2014-16 = 100World Bank (WDI)70.9rank #189Data 2024 · Status unspecified
Technology
Fixed telephone subscriptionsper 100 peopleWorld Bank (WDI)11.7rank #64Data 2024 · Status unspecified
Mobile subscriptionsper 100 peopleWorld Bank (WDI)111.8rank #97Data 2024 · Status unspecified
Secure internet serversper 1M peopleWorld Bank (WDI)857.3rank #112Data 2024 · Status unspecified
Society
Asylum seekerspeopleUNHCR79rank #26Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Extreme poverty% popWorld Bank (WDI)14.6%rank #36Data 2015 · Status unspecified
Female labor participation%World Bank (WDI)50.5%rank #116Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Fixed broadband subscriptionsper 100World Bank (WDI)8.3rank #100Data 2024 · Status unspecified
Gender Development IndexratioUNDP (HDRO)0.96rank #53Data 2023 · Status unspecified
Gender Inequality Index0-1UNDP (HDRO)0.3rank #70Data 2023 · Status unspecified
Gini indexindexWorld Bank (WDI)42.4rank #53Data 2015 · Status unspecified
Homicide rateper 100kWorld Bank (WDI)7rank #93Data 2020 · Status unspecified
Human Development Index0-1UNDP (HDRO)0.67rank #104Data 2023 · Status unspecified
Inequality-adjusted HDI0-1UNDP (HDRO)0.48rank #98Data 2023 · Status unspecified
Internet users% popWorld Bank (WDI)74.7%rank #108Data 2024 · Status unspecified
Poverty gap at $2.15/dayproportion (0-1)World Bank (PIP)0rank #114Data 2026 · Status unspecified
Poverty headcount at $2.15/dayproportion (0-1)World Bank (PIP)0.02rank #91Data 2026 · Status unspecified
Poverty headcount at $3.65/dayproportion (0-1)World Bank (PIP)0.12rank #127Data 2026 · Status unspecified
Poverty headcount at $6.85/dayproportion (0-1)World Bank (PIP)0.41rank #140Data 2026 · Status unspecified
Refugees originating (by country of origin)peopleUNHCR15rank #9Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Youth NEET rate%ILOSTAT28.3%rank #146Data 2026 · Status unspecified
Risk
Deaths in armed conflictsdeathsOur World in Data0rank #1Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Hazard & exposure0-10EC JRC (INFORM)0.9rank #4Data 2026 · Status unspecified
Human hazard & exposure0-10EC JRC (INFORM)0.1rank #2Data 2026 · Status unspecified
INFORM risk score0-10EC JRC (INFORM)2.5rank #15Data 2026 · Status unspecified
Lack of coping capacity0-10EC JRC (INFORM)3.9rank #29Data 2026 · Status unspecified
Lack of infrastructure coping capacity0-10EC JRC (INFORM)3.2rank #29Data 2026 · Status unspecified
Lack of institutional coping capacity0-10EC JRC (INFORM)4.6rank #29Data 2026 · Status unspecified
Natural hazard & exposure0-10EC JRC (INFORM)1.6rank #5Data 2026 · Status unspecified
Socio-economic vulnerability0-10EC JRC (INFORM)4.6rank #44Data 2026 · Status unspecified
Vulnerability0-10EC JRC (INFORM)4.2rank #31Data 2026 · Status unspecified
Vulnerable groups0-10EC JRC (INFORM)3.7rank #30Data 2026 · Status unspecified