International Rankings of Cabo Verde 2023, 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	49	5.00	2020
Broadband - fixed subscriptions - total	158	24839	2020
Internet users - percent of population	47	70.00 %	2021
Internet users - total	169	413000	2021
Telephones - fixed lines - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	50	9.00	2021
Telephones - fixed lines - total subscriptions	149	53586	2021
Telephones - mobile cellular - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	60	100.00	2021
Telephones - mobile cellular - total subscriptions	170	590171	2021
Economy
Budget - expenditures	183	619.000 million US Dollars	2019
Budget - revenues	184	583.000 million US Dollars	2019
Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)	59	3.00 % of GDP	N/A
Current account balance	102	256.181 million US Dollars	2021
Debt - external	157	1.713 billion US Dollars	2017
Exchange rates	56	93.22	N/A
Exports	189	459.923 million US Dollars	2021
GDP (official exchange rate)	191	1.971 billion US Dollars	2019
GDP - composition by end use - exports of goods and services	62	48.60 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - government consumption	61	18.30 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - household consumption	150	50.10 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - imports of goods and services	112	51.10 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - investment in fixed capital	20	32.20 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - investment in inventories	37	1.90 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - agriculture	84	8.90 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - industry	132	17.50 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - services	47	73.70 % of GDP	2017
Gini Index coefficient - distribution of family income	33	42 %	2015
Household income or consumption by percentage share - highest 10%	13	40.60 % share of income accruing to lowest and highest 10% of population	2000
Household income or consumption by percentage share - lowest 10%	32	1.90 % share of income accruing to lowest and highest 10% of population	N/A
Imports	186	1.117 billion US Dollars	2021
Industrial production growth rate	22	11.76 %	2021
Inflation rate (consumer prices)	138	1.86 %	2021
Labor force	172	234300 US Dollars	2021
Population below poverty line	51	35 %	2015
Public debt	12	125.80 % of GDP	2017
Real GDP (purchasing power parity)	187	3.595 billion US Dollars	2021
Real GDP growth rate	55	6.95 %	2021
Real GDP per capita	136	6100 US Dollars	2021
Reserves of foreign exchange and gold	156	769.650 million US Dollars	2021
Taxes and other revenues	84	20.09 % of GDP	N/A
Unemployment rate	31	15.42 %	2021
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - female	30	40.70	2021
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - male	28	29.90	N/A
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - total	25	34.30	N/A
Energy
Carbon dioxide emissions - from petroleum and other liquids	172	1.002 million metric tonnes of CO2	2019
Carbon dioxide emissions - total	173	1.002 million	2019
Electricity - consumption	174	436.854 million kWh	2019
Electricity - installed generating capacity	168	205000 kWh	2020
Electricity - transmission/distribution losses	172	32.146 million kWh	2019
Electricity generation sources - fossil fuels	57	80.20 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - solar	50	2.00 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - wind	12	17.80 %	2020
Energy consumption per capita	128	26.539 million Btu/person	2019
Petroleum - refined petroleum consumption	166	6500 bbl/day	2019
Refined petroleum products - imports	167	5607 bbl/day	2015
Environment
Air pollutants - carbon dioxide emissions	162	1 megatons	2016
Air pollutants - particulate matter emissions	50	32 micrograms per cubic meter	2016
Land use - agricultural land	151	19	2018
Land use - arable land	88	12	2018
Land use - forest	121	21	2018
Land use - other	36	60	2018
Land use - permanent crops	78	1	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	125	6	2018
Total renewable water resources	167	300.000 million cubic meters	2020
Total water withdrawal - agricultural	127	30.000 million cubic meters	2020
Total water withdrawal - industrial	105	400000 cubic meters	2017
Total water withdrawal - municipal	114	1.600 million cubic meters	2017
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	74	1.83	N/A
Urbanization - urban population	77	68	2023
Geography
Area - land	175	4033 sq km	N/A
Area - total	178	4033 sq km	N/A
Coastline	86	965 km	N/A
Irrigated land	144	35 sq km	2012
Land use - agricultural land	151	19	2018
Land use - arable land	88	12	2018
Land use - forest	121	21	2018
Land use - other	36	60	2018
Land use - permanent crops	78	1	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	125	6	2018
Population Density	82	149.74 Persons per sq km	N/A
Military
Military expenditures	49	1 % of GDP	2022
Population
Alcohol consumption per capita - beer	70	2 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - spirits	98	1 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - total	78	5 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - wine	38	2 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Birth rate	75	18.19 births/1,000 population	2023
Contraceptive prevalence rate	59	55.80 %	2018
Current health expenditure	58	6 % of GDP	2020
Currently married women (ages 15-49)	134	47 %	2023
Death rate	148	5.77 deaths/1,000 population	2023
Dependency ratios - elderly dependency ratio	119	8.00 %	N/A
Dependency ratios - potential support ratio	55	12.50 %	2021
Dependency ratios - total dependency ratio	134	47.20 %	N/A
Dependency ratios - youth dependency ratio	91	39.20 %	N/A
Drinking water source - improved	1	100 % of population	N/A
Drinking water source - rural	66	10 % of population	N/A
Drinking water source - total	72	3 % of population	2020
Education expenditures	12	8 % of GDP	2020
Gross reproduction rate	67	1.04 %	2023
Hospital bed density	50	2.10 beds/1,000 population	N/A
Infant mortality rate - female	74	18.84 deaths/1,000 live births	2023
Infant mortality rate - male	66	26.96 deaths/1,000 live births	N/A
Infant mortality rate - total	69	22.96 deaths/1,000 live births	N/A
Life expectancy at birth - female	128	76 years	2023
Life expectancy at birth - male	127	72 years	N/A
Life expectancy at birth - total population	128	74 years	N/A
Literacy - female	64	87 %	2021
Literacy - male	35	94 %	N/A
Literacy - total population	51	91 %	N/A
Maternal mortality ratio	89	42.00 deaths/100,000 live births	2020
Median age - female	110	28 years	2020
Median age - male	107	26 years	N/A
Median age - total	107	27 years	N/A
Net migration rate	100	0.57 migrant(s)/1,000 population	N/A
Obesity - adult prevalence rate	100	11.80 %	2016
Physicians density	114	0.83 physicians/1,000 population	2018
Population	171	603901	2023
Population growth rate	65	1.19 %	2023
Sanitation facility access - improved	44	92 % of population	N/A
Sanitation facility access - rural	67	27 % of population	N/A
Sanitation facility access - total	63	14 % of population	2020
Sanitation facility access - unimproved	51	8 % of population	N/A
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - female	10	13 years	2018
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - male	9	12 years	N/A
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - total	9	13 years	N/A
Sex ratio - 0-14 years	15	1.01 male(s)/female	N/A
Sex ratio - 15-64 years	27	0.96 male(s)/female	N/A
Sex ratio - 65 years and over	51	0.61 male(s)/female	N/A
Sex ratio - at birth	10	1.03 male(s)/female	N/A
Sex ratio - total population	24	0.95 male(s)/female	N/A
Tobacco use - female	73	5 %	2020
Tobacco use - male	109	17 %	2020
Tobacco use - total	98	11 %	2020
Total fertility rate	77	2.11 children born/woman	2023
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	74	1.83	N/A
Urbanization - urban population	77	68	2023
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - female	30	40.70	2021
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - male	28	29.90	N/A
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - total	25	34.30	N/A
Transportation
Airports	115	9	2021
Merchant marine - total	110	47	N/A
National air transport system - annual freight traffic on registered air carriers	107	1.728 million	2015
National air transport system - annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers	138	140429	2018
National air transport system - inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers	97	5.00	N/A
National air transport system - number of registered air carriers	26	2	2020
Roadways - paved	126	932 km	2013
Roadways - total	154	1350 km	2013

*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.

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