International Rankings of Cabo Verde 2021, country comparisons

This table lists the international rankings of Cabo Verde, in all categories that are published in the CIA World Factbook, and those that we derived from them. Additional international rankings of Cabo Verde, can be found in the main country ranks menu.
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Ranked Data	Rank	Value	Year
Communications
Broadband - fixed subscriptions - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	131	3.32	2019
Broadband - fixed subscriptions - total	156	19066	0
Internet users - percent of population	118	58.17 %	2018
Internet users - total	161	330623	0
Telephones - fixed lines - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	130	10.01	2019
Telephones - fixed lines - total subscriptions	152	57511	0
Telephones - mobile cellular - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	125	103.63	2019
Telephones - mobile cellular - total subscriptions	166	595681	0
Economy
Budget - expenditures	186	546.700 million US Dollars	2017
Budget - revenues	186	493.500 million US Dollars	2017
Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)	59	3 % of GDP	0
Ease of Doing Business Index scores - Enforcement score	39	64.8	2020
Ease of Doing Business Index scores - Overall score	108	55	2020
Ease of Doing Business Index scores - Starting a Business score	73	84.5	2020
Ease of Doing Business Index scores - Trading score	82	69.1	2020
GDP (official exchange rate)	185	1.971 billion US Dollars	2019
GDP - composition by end use - exports of goods and services	61	48.6 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - government consumption	61	18.3 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - household consumption	148	50.1 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - imports of goods and services	110	51.1 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - investment in fixed capital	20	32.2 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - investment in inventories	36	1.9 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - agriculture	84	8.9 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - industry	129	17.5 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - services	43	73.7 % of GDP	2017
Household income or consumption by percentage share - highest 10%	13	40.6 % share of income accruing to lowest and highest 10% of population	2000
Household income or consumption by percentage share - lowest 10%	32	1.9 % share of income accruing to lowest and highest 10% of population	0
Industrial production growth rate	59	2.9 %	2017
Labor force	169	196100 US Dollars	2007
Labor force - by occupation - agriculture	147	N/A %	2021
Labor force - by occupation - industry	131	N/A %	2021
Labor force - by occupation - services	161	N/A %	2021
Population below poverty line	50	35	2015
Public debt	61	N/A % of GDP	2021
Real GDP (purchasing power parity)	174	3.944 billion US Dollars	2019
Real GDP per capita	128	7172 US Dollars	2019
Taxes and other revenues	82	27.8 % of GDP	0
Energy
Carbon dioxide emissions from consumption of energy	167	867800	2017
Crude oil - exports	82	0	2015
Crude oil - imports	84	0	2015
Crude oil - production	89	0	2018
Crude oil - proved reserves	90	0	2018
Electricity - consumption	174	367.400 million kWh	2016
Electricity - exports	94	0 kWh	2016
Electricity - from fossil fuels	20	79	2016
Electricity - from hydroelectric plants	69	0	2017
Electricity - from nuclear fuels	19	0	2017
Electricity - from other renewable sources	20	21	2017
Electricity - imports	117	0 kWh	2016
Electricity - installed generating capacity	169	162500 kWh	2016
Electricity - production	164	395.000 million	2016
Natural gas - consumption	108	0 cubic meters	2017
Natural gas - exports	56	0 cubic meters	2017
Natural gas - imports	79	0 cubic meters	2017
Natural gas - production	92	0 cubic meters	2017
Natural gas - proved reserves	94	0	2016
Refined petroleum products - consumption	138	5600	2016
Refined petroleum products - exports	124	0 bbl/day	2015
Refined petroleum products - imports	160	5607 bbl/day	2015
Refined petroleum products - production	110	0 bbl/day	2015
Environment
Air pollutants - carbon dioxide emissions	159	0.54 megatons	2016
Air pollutants - methane emissions	171	0.13 megatons	2020
Air pollutants - particulate matter emissions	49	31.99 micrograms per cubic meter	2016
Land use - agricultural land	147	18.6	2018
Land use - arable land	86	11.7	2018
Land use - forest	119	21	2018
Land use - other	34	60.4	2018
Land use - permanent crops	78	0.7	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	123	6.2	2018
Revenue from coal	31	0 % of GDP	2018
Revenue from forest resources	65	0.38 % of GDP	2018
Total renewable water resources	164	300.000 million	2017
Total water withdrawal - agricultural	153	25.000 million cubic meters	2017
Total water withdrawal - industrial	158	400000 cubic meters	2017
Total water withdrawal - municipal	173	1.600 million cubic meters	2017
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	73	1.83	2025
Urbanization - urban population	83	67.1	2021
Waste and recycling - municipal solid waste generated annually	122	N/A tons	2021
Waste and recycling - municipal solid waste recycled annually	122	N/A tons	2021
Waste and recycling - percent of municipal solid waste recycled	89	N/A %	2021
Geography
Area - land	172	4033 sq km	0
Area - total	172	4033 sq km	0
Area - water	191	0175 sq km	0
Coastline	84	965 km	0
Elevation - highest point	194	. meters	0
Elevation - lowest point	34	0 meters	0
Elevation - mean elevation	150	N/A meters	2021
Irrigated land	137	35 sq km	2012
Land boundaries - total	156	N/A km	2021
Land use - agricultural land	147	18.6	2018
Land use - arable land	86	11.7	2018
Land use - forest	119	21	2018
Land use - other	34	60.4	2018
Land use - permanent crops	78	0.7	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	123	6.2	2018
Total renewable water resources	163	300.000 million	2017
Population
Age structure - 15-24 years	59	18.69 %	4504
Age structure - 25-54 years	93	40.76 %	1923
Age structure - 55-64 years	132	7.12 %	2597
Birth rate	73	18.78 births/1,000 population	2021
Contraceptive prevalence rate	61	55.8 %	2018
Current Health Expenditure	56	5.4 % of GDP	2018
Death rate	144	5.84 deaths/1,000 population	2021
Dependency ratios - elderly dependency ratio	104	7.1 %	0
Dependency ratios - potential support ratio	49	14 %	2020
Dependency ratios - total dependency ratio	111	49 %	0
Dependency ratios - youth dependency ratio	79	41.8 %	0
Drinking water source - improved	1	100 % of population	0
Drinking water source - rural	66	10.9 % of population	0
Drinking water source - total	75	3.8 % of population	2017
Drinking water source - unimproved	70	0 % of population	0
Education expenditures	27	5.2 % of GDP	2017
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate	33	0.5	2020
HIV/AIDS - deaths	44	N/A	2020
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS	102	2400	2020
Hospital bed density	48	2.1 beds/1,000 population	2010
Infant mortality rate - female	70	19.76 deaths/1,000 live births	2021
Infant mortality rate - male	68	28.32 deaths/1,000 live births	0
Infant mortality rate - total	70	24.1 deaths/1,000 live births	0
Life expectancy at birth - female	122	75.89 years	2021
Life expectancy at birth - male	120	71.12 years	0
Life expectancy at birth - total population	125	73.47 years	0
Maternal mortality rate	80	58	2017
Median age - female	106	27.6 years	2020
Median age - male	102	25.9 years	0
Median age - total	102	26.8 years	0
Mother's mean age at first birth	82	N/A	2021
Net migration rate	95	0.58 migrant(s)/1,000 population	0
Obesity - adult prevalence rate	99	11.8 %	2016
Physicians density	111	0.78 physicians/1,000 population	2015
Population	167	589451	2021
Population growth rate	72	1.24 %	2021
Sanitation facility access - improved	62	87.8 % of population	0
Sanitation facility access - rural	56	35.1 % of population	0
Sanitation facility access - total	53	20.2 % of population	2017
Sanitation facility access - unimproved	45	12.2 % of population	0
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - female	9	13 years	2018
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - male	9	12 years	0
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - total	9	13 years	0
Sex ratio - 0-14 years	14	1.01 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - 15-24 years	24	1	0
Sex ratio - 25-54 years	30	0.95	0
Sex ratio - 55-64 years	38	0.84	0
Sex ratio - 65 years and over	50	0.6 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - at birth	11	1.03 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - total population	22	0.95 male(s)/female	0
Total fertility rate	76	2.14 children born/woman	2021
Unemployment youth ages 15-24 - female	6	65.3	2019
Unemployment youth ages 15-24 - male	5	41.4	0
Unemployment youth ages 15-24 - total	4	50.4	0
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	73	1.83	2025
Urbanization - urban population	83	67.1	2021
Transportation
Airports	113	9	2013
Airports - with paved runways - 1524 to 2437 m	41	3	2017
Airports - with paved runways - 2438 to 3047 m	40	N/A	2021
Airports - with paved runways - 914 to 1523 m	41	3	2017
Airports - with paved runways - over 3047 m	26	1	2017
Airports - with paved runways - total	69	9	2017
Airports - with paved runways - under 914 m	33	2	2017
Airports - with unpaved runways - 1524 to 2437 m	30	N/A	2021
Airports - with unpaved runways - 914 to 1523 m	58	N/A	2021
Airports - with unpaved runways - total	96	N/A	2021
Airports - with unpaved runways - under 914 m	67	N/A	2021
Heliports	26	N/A	2021
National air transport system - annual freight traffic on registered air carriers	112	1.728 million	2015
National air transport system - annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers	136	140429	2018
National air transport system - inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers	97	5	0
National air transport system - number of registered air carriers	26	2	2020
Railways - total	131	N/A km	2021
Roadways - paved	123	932 km	2013
Roadways - total	139	1350 km	2013
Waterways	95	N/A km	2021

*CALCULATED FIGURES are those that we calculated from data presented by the CIA World Factbook. For example, we calculated population density by dividing the total population by the land area, the electricity consumption per capita by dividing electricity consumption by the total population, etc.

NOTE: The information regarding Cabo Verde on this page is re-published from the 2021 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency and other sources. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Cabo Verde 2021 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Cabo Verde 2021 should be addressed to the CIA or the source cited on each page.