Cabo Verde
Everything Palanor holds about Cabo Verde, in one place: 46 public signals, what its economy runs on, how often America’s largest companies name it, the news that names it, and Country Posture. Every figure is computed from stored readings and carries its source and date.
AfricaSub-Saharan AfricaMiddle East & Africa
The latest read
- GDP in current U.S. dollars: $3.06 billion (2025); record high since 1990; 1y +12.9%.
- Household consumption, share of GDP: 71.1% of GDP (2025); 71st percentile since 2007; lowest since 2019; 1y −1.93 pts.
- Net exports, share of GDP: -11.4% of GDP (2025); 93rd percentile since 1990; highest since 2019; 1y +0.16 pts.
Country Posture
What Cabo Verde’s economy is doing
Momentum
2025Inputs only. Did not pass the pre-registered back-test: 1996–2009: AUC 0.590 below 0.60; AUC 0.590 below the single-input baseline (0.624); 2010–2022: AUC 0.595 below 0.60; AUC 0.595 below the single-input baseline (0.641).
Inputs
| Real GDP growth | 6.3 |
| Growth against its three-year average | -2.9 |
| Change in unemployment | 0.1 |
| Change in the employment rate | -0.0 |
| Export volume growth | — |
| OECD leading indicator | — |
Resilience
2025Withheld: 3 of 5 core inputs reported for 2025.
Inputs
| Interest as a share of revenue | — |
| Budget balance | — |
| Reserves, months of imports | 8.7 |
| Current account | 3.6 |
| Governance (WGI mean) | 0.60 |
| External debt (2024) | 86.9 |
Pressure
2025Inputs only. Did not pass the pre-registered back-test: 1996–2009: AUC 0.657 below the single-input baseline (0.672).
Inputs
| Inflation | 2.3 |
| Change in inflation | 1.3 |
| Currency move against the dollar | -4.1% |
| Conflict deaths per million | 0.0 |
| Political stability | 0.86 |
| Private credit, three-year change | -3.9 |
| Bond spread over U.S. Treasuries | — |
Posture describes what an economy is doing; it is not a rating and never ranks countries. Each input is read against the country’s own history and against every other economy that year. An axis shows a score only after passing a back-test fixed before any result was computed. Method and back-test.
Passport reach
Where a Cabo Verde passport opens doors
The share of world GDP, outside Cabo Verde itself, in the economies whose published rules let a holder of this passport in, as of October 2026. Palanor records the rules of destinations holding 88% of world GDP, from each government’s own list, and weights them by World Bank GDP for 2025. Rank is among 199 passports.
Work
0.0%rank 114 of 199
the right to work (free movement in full; treaty and working-holiday routes at half); 0 destinations in full.
Reach is shown here and not weighted into Country Strength: it rewards membership of a free-movement area or a treaty more than the strength of an economy. Entry is always at the border officer’s discretion, and conditions (length of stay, fees, age limits) vary. Method, sources and the full ranking: Passports and citizenship.
Palanor calculation from each destination government's published rules; GDP weights from the World Bank (CC BY 4.0), one year for the whole line, so it moves only when a list changes.
GDP by expenditure
What Cabo Verde’s economy runs on
In 2025, household spending was 71.1% of GDP, government consumption 22.9%, investment 17.4% and net exports -11.4% (exports 42.0%, imports 53.4%).
World Bank national accounts. The parts can miss 100 by a few points (the statistical discrepancy).
Same World Bank definition for every country, so the shares compare directly: What each economy runs on.
IMF World Economic Outlook
The IMF’s outlook for Cabo Verde
The latest year before the October 2026 edition (often still an IMF estimate) and the IMF’s own projections. These are the IMF’s published forecasts, shown as published; Palanor does not project them further. Since the previous edition the IMF raised its growth forecast for this year by 0.2 percentage points (Palanor calculation).
| Measure | 2025 | 2026 IMF f’cast | 2027 IMF f’cast | 2031 IMF f’cast |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Real GDP growth% | 6.3 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 5.1 |
| Inflation, average consumer prices% | 2.3 | 1.2 | 2.8 | 2.0 |
| Unemployment rate% of labor force | 8.5 | 8.5 | 8.5 | 8.5 |
| GDP, current US dollarsUS$ bn | 3.1 | 3.4 | 3.6 | 4.8 |
| GDP at purchasing-power parityintl $ bn | 6.4 | 7.0 | 7.5 | 9.9 |
| GDP per person, US dollarsUS$ | 5,961 | 6,556 | 7,011 | 8,973 |
| Current account balance% of GDP | 3.4 | -1.9 | -2.2 | -3.2 |
| Government gross debt% of GDP | 115.4 | 109.9 | 103.6 | 80.8 |
| Government net debt% of GDP | 104.1 | 99.4 | 93.8 | 73.4 |
| Government overall balance% of GDP | 1.1 | -2.0 | -0.8 | -0.5 |
| Government primary balance% of GDP | 3.1 | 0.1 | 0.9 | 0.9 |
| Government net interest paid% of GDP · Palanor calc. | 2.0 | 2.1 | 1.7 | 1.4 |
Source: IMF World Economic Outlook Database (edition on the projection). Dashed: the IMF's published projection.
Source: IMF World Economic Outlook Database (edition on the projection). Dashed: the IMF's published projection.
Source: IMF World Economic Outlook Database, October 2026. Provided by the IMF “as is” and free of charge from the IMF; the IMF does not endorse Palanor. Net interest paid is a Palanor calculation: the IMF's primary balance minus its overall balance.
News
In the news
- Se acabó el idilio: las razones de Vozinha para anticipar el retorno a Colo Colo después de magras jornadas en Cabo Verde
La Tercera2026-10-06neutral
- ¿Qué pasó con Cabo Verde? Las polémicas que marcan a una de las selecciones sorpresas del Mundial 2026
La Tercera2026-10-06neutral
- Directo al Monumental: Vozinha sorprende tras su viaje con Cabo Verde y aparece en los entrenamientos de Colo Colo
La Tercera2026-10-04neutral
- “Volvió a tener un desempeño deficiente”: el mundo reacciona al nuevo error de Vozinha en Cabo Verde
La Tercera2026-09-30neutral
Headlines that name Cabo Verde, matched by name with fixed rules (a wrong match is worse than a missing one). Tone is read from each headline’s own words; no model reads or summarizes an article, and other publishers’ stories link out.
Signals
Every series about Cabo Verde
Grouped by theme, the most-read first. All 46 in the Library.
Growth and output1
- Cabo Verde · GDP · USD bn (current)record high since 1990; 1y +12.9%$3.06bn2025
Money, rates and credit1
- Cabo Verde · Central Bank Policy Rate (IMF)60th percentile since Dec 2006; 1y unchanged2.5%2026-08-01
Trade and capital flows1
- Cabo Verde · Net International Investment Position, % of GDP (IMF)61st percentile since 2004; highest since 2011; 1y +5.98 pts-112.8% of GDP2025
Migration1 of 3
- U.S.-Born People Living in Cabo Verde (UN)record high since 1990387 people2024
More about this country2
- Cabo Verde · IMF Credit Outstanding · USD bn (IMF)99th percentile since Apr 2002; 1y +3.6%$0.11bn2026-09-01
- Cabo Verde · IMF Credit Outstanding, % of GDPrecord high since 2002; 1y +0.197 pts3.32% of GDP2025
Peers
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