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IndicatorCPVCabo VerdeSub-Saharan Africa
Governance
Civil liberties index (V-Dem)0-10.91rank #21
Control of Corruption0-100 percentile66.9rank #36
Deliberative democracy index (V-Dem)0-10.55rank #44
Egalitarian democracy index (V-Dem)0-10.56rank #42
Freedom of expression index (V-Dem)0-10.86rank #33
Government Effectiveness0-100 percentile59.4rank #71
Human rights index (V-Dem)0-10.91rank #21
Military spending% GDP0.62%rank #132
Participatory democracy index (V-Dem)0-10.46rank #47
Political Stability & Absence of Violence0-100 percentile79rank #51
Regulatory Quality0-100 percentile55.6rank #91
Rule of Law0-100 percentile64.3rank #74
Rule of law index (V-Dem)0-10.8rank #45
V-Dem electoral democracy0-10.75rank #31
V-Dem liberal democracy0-10.63rank #37
Voice & Accountability0-100 percentile70.7rank #51
Women in parliament% seats44.4%rank #16
Women's political empowerment index (V-Dem)0-10.86rank #38
Economy
Agricultural employment% employment9.2%rank #109
Agriculture value added% GDP5%rank #90
Capital stock per worker2017 US$ per worker85,135.1rank #113
Current account balance% GDP3.5%rank #22
Employment-to-population ratio%50.1%rank #138
External debt stocks% GNI86.9%rank #100
FDI net inflows% GDP5%rank #15
GDPcurrent US$3.06Brank #162
GDP growth%6.3%rank #29
GDP per capita (nominal)current US$5,796.5rank #112
GDP per capita, PPP2021 intl $10,395.7rank #122
GNI per capita (PPP)2021 intl $8,165.4rank #128
Government expenditure% GDP30.9%rank #65
Gross capital formation% GDP17.4%rank #105
Gross savings% GDP21.1%rank #48
High-technology exports% manuf. exports1.2%rank #136
Industry value added% GDP10.7%rank #150
Inflation%2.3%rank #67
Labour force participation rate%57%rank #124
Personal remittances received% GDP11.7%rank #8
R&D expenditure% GDP0.07%rank #85
Researchers in R&Dper million124.9rank #68
Tax revenue% GDP18.4%rank #52
Trade openness% GDP95.3%rank #50
Unemployment% labor force11.9%rank #157
Unemployment rate (ILO modelled)%12.2%rank #157
Vulnerable employment% employment34.3%rank #107
Youth unemployment% ages 15-2428.4%rank #160
Youth unemployment rate (ILO modelled)% ages 15-2429.8%rank #161
Health
Basic drinking water access% pop92.3%rank #108
Basic sanitation access% pop83.1%rank #119
Child mortalityper 1001.1rank #52
Daily caloric supply per capitakcal2,793.6rank #119
DTP3 immunization coverage%93%rank #7
Health spending% GDP5.8%rank #106
Infant mortalityper 1k births10.6rank #53
Life expectancyyears76.2rank #98
Maternal mortalityper 100k40rank #32
Measles immunization% children95%rank #5
Measles (MCV1) immunization coverage%95%rank #5
Physiciansper 1k0.73rank #36
PM2.5 air pollution exposureug/m320.2rank #119
Road traffic deathsper 100k26.8rank #107
Smoking prevalence% adults10.4%rank #25
Suicide mortality rateper 100k14.9rank #150
Tuberculosis incidenceper 100k47rank #71
Under-5 mortality rateper 1k births11.1rank #80
Undernourishment% pop13.5%rank #46
Education
Adult literacy%88.5%rank #22
Education spending% GDP4.3%rank #42
Expected years of schoolingyears11.4rank #152
Mean years of schoolingyears6.1rank #150
Primary completion rate% relevant age99.1%rank #49
Primary enrollment% gross103%rank #52
Secondary enrollment% gross96.4%rank #71
Tertiary enrollment% gross24.3%rank #99
Demography
Crude birth rateper 1,00012.2rank #115
Fertility ratebirths/woman1.5rank #148
Median age of populationyears27.9rank #131
Net migration rateper 1,000-2.3rank #161
Populationpeople527,326rank #172
Population growth%0.47%rank #140
Projected life expectancy in 2050 (medium)years80.6rank #94
Projected population in 2050 (medium)thousands566.1rank #171
Total age dependency ratioper 100 working-age49.1rank #157
Urban population%77.6%rank #56
Climate
CO₂ emissionst593,786rank #180
CO₂ per capitat1.1rank #147
Electricity access% pop98.4%rank #12
Electricity from coal% generation0%rank #1
Electricity from hydro% generation0%rank #144
Electricity from solar% generation15.4%rank #22
Electricity from wind% generation15.4%rank #20
Forest area% land11.6%rank #155
GHG emissions per capitatCO2e per capita1.4rank #20
Power-sector CO2 intensitygCO2/kWh461.5rank #93
Renewable electricity%30.8%rank #91
Renewable energy share%21.8%rank #30
Total GHG emissions incl. LULUCFMtCO2e0.74rank #21
Society
Asylum seekerspeople79rank #26
Extreme poverty% pop14.6%rank #36
Female labor participation%50.5%rank #116
Fixed broadband subscriptionsper 1008.3rank #100
Gender Development Indexratio0.96rank #53
Gender Inequality Index0-10.3rank #70
Gini indexindex42.4rank #53
Homicide rateper 100k7rank #93
Human Development Index0-10.67rank #104
Inequality-adjusted HDI0-10.48rank #98
Internet users% pop74.7%rank #108
Poverty gap at $2.15/dayproportion (0-1)0rank #114
Poverty headcount at $2.15/dayproportion (0-1)0.02rank #91
Poverty headcount at $3.65/dayproportion (0-1)0.12rank #127
Poverty headcount at $6.85/dayproportion (0-1)0.41rank #140
Refugees originating (by country of origin)people15rank #9
Youth NEET rate%28.4%rank #147
Risk
Deaths in armed conflictsdeaths0rank #1
Hazard & exposure0-101rank #5
Human hazard & exposure0-100.3rank #4
INFORM risk score0-102.6rank #15
Lack of coping capacity0-104rank #32
Lack of infrastructure coping capacity0-103.2rank #28
Lack of institutional coping capacity0-104.8rank #27
Natural hazard & exposure0-101.6rank #5
Socio-economic vulnerability0-104.6rank #45
Vulnerability0-104.2rank #31
Vulnerable groups0-103.8rank #33
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