Cape Verde, year by year

Every index this site holds for Cape Verde, in time order: 12 series across 1990–2025, each value as its source published it. The profile shows the latest snapshot; this is the record behind it.

HDI since 2000

Human development rose from 0.585 in 2000 to 0.668 in 2023.

UNDP Human Development Report, 2025 edition. 24 annual values, none interpolated.

Twenty years here

The world report

Life expectancy at birth: 76.2 years2024at birthUp 5.3 years from 70.9 years in 2005
Internet users: 75%2024of people onlineUp 68 points from 7% in 2006
Urban population: 78%2025of people in towns and citiesUp 19 points from 59% in 2006
Births per woman: 1.512024births per womanDown 1.22 from 2.73 in 2005
Renewable share of energy: 22%2022of energy usedDown 3 points from 24% in 2004
Access to electricity: 98%2024of people with electricityUp 31 points from 67% in 2005
Infant mortality: 112024deaths before age one, per 1,000 birthsDown 13 from 24 in 2005
CO2 emissions per person: 1.3 t2024of CO2 per person a yearLevel with 2005
Forest area: 12%2023of land under forestUp 1 point from 10% in 2004

World Bank, from the first to the last observed year of each indicator; each has its own window.

All indexes, 1990–2025

36 years · 12 series · 5 values marked for checking

Year	HDI0–1	Life expectancy at birthyears	Internet users% of people	Urban population% of people	Births per womanbirths	Renewable share of energy% of energy	Access to electricity% of people	Infant mortalityper 1,000 births	CO2 emissions per persont/year	Forest area% of land	GDP per capitaUS$	GDP per capita, PPPintl $
1990	—	63.9	—	—	5.36	21.1	—	42	0.1	3.8	—	—
1991	—	64.1	—	45.4	5.26	26.3	—	41	0.2	4.4	—	—
1992	—	64.3	—	46.6	5.12	26.3	—	41	0.2	5.0	—	—
1993	—	64.5	—	47.6	4.95	30.4	—	42	0.2	5.6	—	—
1994	—	64.7	—	48.6	4.72	32.4	—	42	0.2	6.2	—	—
1995	—	63.7	—	49.6	4.49	30.8	—	42	0.2	6.8	—	—
1996	—	65.5	—	50.5	4.26	30.2	—	41	0.2	7.4	—	—
1997	—	66.1	0.2	51.4	4.05	30.5	—	38	0.2	8.0	—	—
1998	—	66.7	0.5	52.2	3.90	30.0	—	36	0.2	8.7	—	—
1999	—	67.4	1.2	53.1	3.73	26.9	—	32	0.2	9.3	—	—
2000	0.585	68.1	1.8	53.9	3.55	27.9	59	29	0.6	9.9	—	—
2001	0.591	68.7	2.7	54.8	3.37	26.0	60	27	0.7	9.9	—	—
2002	0.600	69.5	3.5	55.6	3.19	26.0	59	25	0.8	10.0	—	—
2003	0.606	70.0	4.3	56.3	3.03	24.8	64	24	0.8	10.1	—	—
2004	0.610	70.5	5.3	57.1	2.90	24.4	65	24	0.8	10.2	—	—
2005	0.616	70.9	6.1	57.8	2.73	23.9	67	24	1.3	10.2	—	—
2006	0.631	71.3	6.8	58.5	2.56	21.2	69	24	1.4	10.3	2257	4758
2007	0.636	71.5	8.3	59.3	2.41	21.0	71	24	1.5	10.4	3325	5567
2008	0.643	71.9	14.0	60.1	2.30	23.8	72	25	1.4	10.4	3909	6011
2009	0.644	72.1	21.0	60.9	2.25	22.1	74	24	1.4	10.5	3660	5901
2010	0.648	72.5	30.0	61.8	2.33	21.2	81	24	1.5	10.6	3579	6039
2011	0.654	72.9	32.0	62.7	2.33	20.8	82	23	1.7	10.7	4002	6384
2012	0.655	73.3	34.7	63.7	2.15	24.3	83	22	1.5	10.8	3737	6318
2013	0.660	73.5	37.5	64.8	2.07	25.9	84	21	1.4	10.8	3961	6367
2014	0.659	73.8	40.3	65.8	2.03	26.1	85	19	1.5	10.9	3986	6417
2015	0.658	74.1	42.7	66.9	1.97	26.4	86	18	1.5	11.0	3415	6773
2016	0.661	74.3	50.3	68.0	1.97	23.9	88	16	1.6	11.1	3609	7351
2017	0.663	74.7	57.2	69.2	1.93	21.8	89	15	1.7	11.1	3893	7936
2018	0.663	74.8	59.5	70.4	1.80	21.9	90	14	1.6	11.2	4295	7916
2019	0.667	75.5	61.9	71.6	1.70	19.7	91	13	1.6	11.3	4381	8646
2020	0.647	73.8	69.4	72.9	1.59	23.4	94	13	1.2	11.3	3539	6853
2021	0.651	74.4	70.3	74.2	1.55	22.6	96	12	1.3	11.4	3971	7685
2022	0.664	75.9	73.3	75.0	1.53	21.8	97	12	1.3	11.5	4323	9480
2023	0.668	76.1	74.6	75.9	1.52	—	99	11	1.3	11.6	4795	10251
2024	—	76.2	74.7	76.8	1.51	—	98	11	1.3	—	5170	11185
2025	—	—	—	77.6	—	—	—	—	—	—	5796	12165
On the profile	0.668	76.2	74.7	77.6	1.51	21.8	—	—	1.3	11.6	5796	12165

Sources: HDI: UNDP HDR 2025; Life expectancy at birth: World Bank SP.DYN.LE00.IN; Internet users: World Bank IT.NET.USER.ZS; Urban population: World Bank SP.URB.TOTL.IN.ZS; Births per woman: World Bank SP.DYN.TFRT.IN; Renewable share of energy: World Bank EG.FEC.RNEW.ZS; Access to electricity: World Bank EG.ELC.ACCS.ZS; Infant mortality: World Bank SP.DYN.IMRT.IN; CO2 emissions per person: World Bank EN.GHG.CO2.PC.CE.AR5; Forest area: World Bank AG.LND.FRST.ZS; GDP per capita: World Bank NY.GDP.PCAP.CD; GDP per capita, PPP: World Bank NY.GDP.PCAP.PP.CD. Profile snapshot from the site dataset regenerated 2026-10-04. Observed years only.

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