International Rankings of Cabo Verde 2022, 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	48	5	2020
Broadband - fixed subscriptions - total	151	24839	2020
Internet users - percent of population	39	65 %	2020
Internet users - total	159	361392	2020
Telephones - fixed lines - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	45	10	2020
Telephones - fixed lines - total subscriptions	142	57668	2020
Telephones - mobile cellular - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	77	98	2020
Telephones - mobile cellular - total subscriptions	164	544729	2020
Economy
Budget - expenditures	181	546.700 million US Dollars	2017
Budget - revenues	182	493.500 million US Dollars	2017
Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)	55	3 % of GDP	0
Exports	55	420.000 million US Dollars	2020
GDP (official exchange rate)	180	1.971 billion US Dollars	2019
GDP - composition by end use - exports of goods and services	57	48.6 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - government consumption	56	18.3 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - household consumption	145	50.1 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - imports of goods and services	106	51.1 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - investment in fixed capital	19	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	80	8.9 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - industry	124	17.5 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - services	40	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	58	2.9 %	2017
Labor force	165	196100 US Dollars	2007
Labor force - by occupation - agriculture	140	N/A %	2022
Labor force - by occupation - industry	127	N/A %	2022
Labor force - by occupation - services	152	N/A %	2022
Population below poverty line	48	35	2015
Public debt	58	N/A % of GDP	2022
Real GDP (purchasing power parity)	170	3.360 billion US Dollars	2020
Real GDP per capita	112	6000 US Dollars	2020
Taxes and other revenues	78	27.8 % of GDP	0
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - female	4	65.3	2019
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - male	5	41.4	0
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - total	2	50.4	0
Energy
Carbon dioxide emissions - from coal and metallurgical coke	123	0 metric tonnes of CO2	2019
Carbon dioxide emissions - from consumed natural gas	122	0 metric tonnes of CO2	2019
Carbon dioxide emissions - from petroleum and other liquids	163	1.002 million metric tonnes of CO2	2019
Coal - consumption	117	0 metric tons	2020
Coal - exports	58	0 metric tons	2020
Coal - imports	108	0 metric tons	2020
Coal - production	72	0 metric tons	2020
Coal - proven reserves	71	0 metric tons	2019
Electricity - consumption	166	436.854 million kWh	2019
Electricity - exports	94	0 kWh	2019
Electricity - imports	113	0 kWh	2019
Electricity - installed generating capacity	160	205000 kWh	2020
Electricity - transmission/distribution losses	165	32.146 million kWh	2019
Electricity generation sources - biomass and waste	57	0 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - fossil fuels	53	80.2 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - geothermal	16	0 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - hydroelectricity	126	0 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - nuclear	34	0 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - solar	48	2 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - tide and wave	5	0 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - wind	11	17.8 %	2020
Energy consumption per capita	123	26.539 million Btu/person	2019
Natural gas - consumption	119	0 cubic meters	2021
Natural gas - exports	55	0 cubic meters	2021
Natural gas - imports	86	0 cubic meters	2021
Natural gas - production	94	0 cubic meters	2021
Natural gas - proven reserves	90	0 cubic meters	2021
Petroleum - crude oil and lease condensate exports	70	0 bbl/day	2018
Petroleum - crude oil and lease condensate imports	80	0 bbl/day	2018
Petroleum - crude oil estimated reserves	87	0 bbl/day	2021
Petroleum - refined petroleum consumption	158	6500 bbl/day	2019
Petroleum - total petroleum production	101	0 bbl/day	2021
Refined petroleum products - exports	122	0 bbl/day	2015
Refined petroleum products - imports	156	5607 bbl/day	2015
Refined petroleum products - production	108	0 bbl/day	2015
Environment
Air pollutants - carbon dioxide emissions	157	0.54 megatons	2016
Air pollutants - methane emissions	167	0.13 megatons	2020
Air pollutants - particulate matter emissions	48	31.99 micrograms per cubic meter	2016
Land use - agricultural land	142	18.6	2018
Land use - arable land	84	11.7	2018
Land use - forest	111	21	2018
Land use - other	32	60.4	2018
Land use - permanent crops	72	0.7	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	116	6.2	2018
Revenue from coal	29	0 % of GDP	2018
Revenue from forest resources	64	0.38 % of GDP	2018
Total renewable water resources	160	300.000 million cubic meters	2017
Total water withdrawal - agricultural	149	25.000 million cubic meters	2017
Total water withdrawal - industrial	155	400000 cubic meters	2017
Total water withdrawal - municipal	169	1.600 million cubic meters	2017
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	71	1.83	2025
Urbanization - urban population	68	68	2023
Waste and recycling - municipal solid waste generated annually	118	N/A tons	2022
Waste and recycling - municipal solid waste recycled annually	118	N/A tons	2022
Waste and recycling - percent of municipal solid waste recycled	86	N/A %	2022
Geography
Area - land	164	4033 sq km	0
Area - total	164	4033 sq km	0
Area - water	182	0175 sq km	0
Coastline	78	965 km	0
Elevation - highest point	180	. meters	0
Elevation - lowest point	32	0 meters	0
Elevation - mean elevation	147	N/A meters	2022
Irrigated land	138	35 sq km	2012
Land boundaries - total	151	N/A km	2022
Land use - agricultural land	142	18.6	2018
Land use - arable land	84	11.7	2018
Land use - forest	111	21	2018
Land use - other	32	60.4	2018
Land use - permanent crops	72	0.7	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	116	6.2	2018
Population
Age structure - 15-24 years	57	18.69	4504
Age structure - 25-54 years	87	40.76	1923
Age structure - 55-64 years	123	7.12	2597
Alcohol consumption per capita - beer	68	2.28 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - other alcohols	62	0 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - spirits	95	0.6 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - total	75	4.7 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - wine	36	1.82 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Birth rate	74	18.49 births/1,000 population	2022
Children under the age of 5 years underweight	99	N/A %	0
Contraceptive prevalence rate	58	55.8 %	2018
Current health expenditure	62	4.9 % of GDP	2019
Death rate	133	5.8 deaths/1,000 population	2022
Dependency ratios - elderly dependency ratio	109	8 %	0
Dependency ratios - potential support ratio	55	12.5 %	2021
Dependency ratios - total dependency ratio	126	47.2 %	0
Dependency ratios - youth dependency ratio	87	39.2 %	0
Drinking water source - improved	1	100 % of population	0
Drinking water source - rural	62	10 % of population	0
Drinking water source - total	69	3.3 % of population	2020
Drinking water source - unimproved	61	0 % of population	0
Education expenditures	11	7.6 % of GDP	2020
Hospital bed density	49	2.1 beds/1,000 population	0
Infant mortality rate - female	68	19.29 deaths/1,000 live births	2022
Infant mortality rate - male	63	27.64 deaths/1,000 live births	0
Infant mortality rate - total	66	23.53 deaths/1,000 live births	0
Life expectancy at birth - female	115	76.15 years	2022
Life expectancy at birth - male	113	71.41 years	0
Life expectancy at birth - total population	113	73.75 years	0
Literacy - female	68	82 %	2015
Literacy - male	43	91.7 %	0
Literacy - total population	58	86.8 %	0
Maternal mortality ratio	79	58 deaths/100,000 live births	2017
Median age - female	102	27.6 years	2020
Median age - male	100	25.9 years	0
Median age - total	97	26.8 years	0
Mother's mean age at first birth	85	N/A	2022
Net migration rate	94	0.57 migrant(s)/1,000 population	0
Obesity - adult prevalence rate	95	11.8 %	2016
Physicians density	111	0.83 physicians/1,000 population	2018
Population	163	596707	2022
Population growth rate	64	1.21 %	2022
Sanitation facility access - improved	44	91.7 % of population	0
Sanitation facility access - rural	63	26.7 % of population	0
Sanitation facility access - total	60	14.4 % of population	2020
Sanitation facility access - unimproved	49	8.3 % of population	0
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - female	10	13 years	2018
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - male	8	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	23	1	0
Sex ratio - 25-54 years	26	0.95	0
Sex ratio - 55-64 years	35	0.86	0
Sex ratio - 65 years and over	45	0.52 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - at birth	10	1.03 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - total population	22	0.95 male(s)/female	0
Tobacco use - female	69	5.4 %	2020
Tobacco use - male	106	17.3 %	2020
Tobacco use - total	93	11.4 %	2020
Total fertility rate	72	2.13 children born/woman	2022
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	71	1.83	2025
Urbanization - urban population	68	68	2023
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - female	4	65.3	2019
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - male	5	41.4	0
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - total	2	50.4	0
Transportation
Airports	111	9	2021
Airports - with paved runways - 1524 to 2437 m	41	3	0
Airports - with paved runways - 2438 to 3047 m	38	N/A	2022
Airports - with paved runways - 914 to 1523 m	40	3	0
Airports - with paved runways - over 3047 m	25	1	0
Airports - with paved runways - total	67	9	0
Airports - with paved runways - under 914 m	33	2	2021
Airports - with unpaved runways - 1524 to 2437 m	30	N/A	2022
Airports - with unpaved runways - 914 to 1523 m	58	N/A	2022
Airports - with unpaved runways - total	94	N/A	2022
Airports - with unpaved runways - under 914 m	67	N/A	2022
Heliports	23	N/A	2022
Merchant marine - total	102	46	0
National air transport system - annual freight traffic on registered air carriers	104	1.728 million	2015
National air transport system - annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers	134	140429	2018
National air transport system - inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers	95	5	0
National air transport system - number of registered air carriers	26	2	2020
Railways - standard gauge	71	N/A	2022
Railways - total	128	N/A km	2022
Roadways - paved	120	932 km	2013
Roadways - total	134	1350 km	2013
Waterways	105	N/A km	2022

*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 2022 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency and other sources. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Cabo Verde 2022 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Cabo Verde 2022 should be addressed to the CIA or the source cited on each page.