Cape Verde
Republic of Cabo Verde
- Region
- Africa · Western Africa
- Capital
- Praia
- Population
- 527,326 (2025)
- Government
- parliamentary republic
- Currency
- Cape Verdean escudo (CVE)
- Official languages
- Portuguese
- Spoken languages
- Portuguese (official), Crioulo (a Portuguese-based creole language with two main dialects)
- Written scripts
- Latin
- Area
- 4,033 km²
- Coastline
- Coastal
- UN member
- Yes
- Affiliations
- African Union, ECOWAS, IMF, WCO, WTO
Political stability
79 / 100
Economic stability
68 / 100
Population stability
56 / 100
0–100, higher is more stable. Political: World Bank governance score. Economic: government effectiveness, regulatory quality, and inflation proximity to 2% (World Bank). Population: stability of growth and net migration rates (World Bank).
Trade profile
- Key exports
- fish, refined petroleum, railway cargo containers, shellfish, garments (2023)
- Key imports
- refined petroleum, aircraft, cars, fish, railway cargo containers (2023)
- Natural resources
- salt, basalt rock, limestone, kaolin, fish, clay, gypsum
- Primary route
- Gulf of Guinea ports (Lagos, Tema, Abidjan) to Europe
- Secondary route
- South Atlantic services to Asia via the Cape of Good Hope
Trade research
- WTO trade profile — tariffs, trade in goods and services, top partners
- World Bank country data — GDP, trade share of GDP, logistics indicators
- OEC trade profile — export/import composition and partners, visualized
- ITC Trade Map — detailed trade statistics by product (ITC/UN Comtrade)
- CIA World Factbook — geography, economy, transportation infrastructure
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Sources: mledoze/countries (ODbL), CIA World Factbook (public domain), World Bank Open Data (CC BY-4.0), flag-icons (MIT). Stability scores are xin.bz composites of the cited World Bank indicators; routes and commodity notes are xin.bz assessments. Informational only — verify with official sources.