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Cabo Verde
RegionSub-Saharan Africa
GDP3.60[PPP 2011$ billions]
GDP per capita6614.17[$]
Population0.54[millions]
Urbanization66.65[%]
Land Area4114.35[sq. km]

Country Scorecard

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Component Rank EPI Score 10-Year Change
EPI 144 32.8 5.9
Health 119 30.4 -1.7
Air Quality 145 26.5 -6.4
PM2.5 152 21.4 -15.9
Household solid fuels 107 30.3 7.1
Ozone 58 50.9 -11.6
Sanitation & Drinking Water 113 35.5 4.1
Sanitation 116 37.2 4.8
Drinking water 112 34.4 3.6
Heavy Metals 62 59.5 -1.7
Lead 62 59.5 -1.7
Waste Management 133 - -
Solid waste 133 - -
Ecosystem Vitality 154 34.5 11.1
Biodiversity 176 14.3 0.3
Terrestrial biomes (nat'l) 161 16.9 0.3
Terrestrial biomes (global) 160 16.9 0.3
Marine protected areas 117 - -
Protected Areas Rep. Ind. 176 2.1 2.1
Species Habitat Index - - -
Species Protection Index - - -
Biodiversity Habitat Index 138 45.2 -0.4
Ecosystem Services 14 93.7 8.3
Tree cover loss - - -
Grassland loss 23 87.4 16.5
Wetland loss 1 100 -
Fisheries 19 20.7 2.2
Fish Stock Status 50 10.6 4.5
Marine Trophic Index 15 30.8 -
Fish caught by trawling - - -
Climate Change 123 39.5 23.3
CO2 growth rate 121 30.6 30.6
CH4 growth rate 118 54.7 20.6
F-gas growth rate - - -
N2O growth rate 1 100 39.8
Black Carbon growth rate 85 56.4 3.4
CO2 from land cover 159 - -
GHG intensity trend 168 15.2 -18.3
GHG per capita 36 77.3 -6.2
Pollution Emissions 150 35.1 3.6
SO2 growth rate 136 44.7 6.6
NOx growth rate 147 25.6 0.8
Agriculture 164 16.7 8
Sustainable N Mgmt Index 164 16.7 8
Water Resources 55 20.9 -
Wastewater treatment 55 20.9 -

Peer Comparisons

EPI Scores for this country and peers based on similar characteristics

EPI Performance
Cambodia 33.6
Cameroon 33.6
Viet Nam 33.4
Pakistan 33.1
Micronesia 33
Cabo Verde 32.8
Nepal 32.7
Papua New Guinea 32.4
Mongolia 32.2
Comoros 32.1
GDP per capita
Moldova 44.4
Bolivia 44.3
El Salvador 43.1
Samoa 37.3
Timor-Leste 35.3
Laos 34.8
Viet Nam 33.4
Cabo Verde 32.8
India 27.6
Myanmar 25.1
Issue Performance
Turkmenistan 43.9
Kyrgyzstan 39.8
Iraq 39.5
Sao Tome and Principe 37.6
Micronesia 33
Cabo Verde 32.8
Eritrea 30.4
Vanuatu 28.9
Djibouti 28.1
Mauritania 27.7
Regulatory Quality
Argentina 52.2
Ukraine 49.5
Bosnia and Herzegovina 45.4
Morocco 42.3
Uganda 35.6
Kenya 34.7
Fiji 34.4
Cabo Verde 32.8
Guatemala 31.8
Cote d'Ivoire 25.8
Voice & Accountability
Japan 75.1
Spain 74.3
Slovenia 72
Italy 71
Czech Republic 71
United States of America 69.3
Cyprus 64.8
Taiwan 57.2
Chile 55.3
Cabo Verde 32.8
Political Stability
Slovakia 68.3
Hungary 63.7
Croatia 63.1
Lithuania 62.9
Seychelles 58.2
United Arab Emirates 55.6
Antigua and Barbuda 48.5
Fiji 34.4
Cabo Verde 32.8
Mongolia 32.2
Sub-Saharan Africa
Kenya 34.7
Ethiopia 34.4
Mozambique 33.9
Rwanda 33.8
Eswatini 33.8
Cameroon 33.6
Cabo Verde 32.8
Comoros 32.1
Tanzania 31.1
Nigeria 31
Small Island Developing States
Guyana 35.9
Maldives 35.6
Timor-Leste 35.3
Fiji 34.4
Micronesia 33
Cabo Verde 32.8
Papua New Guinea 32.4
Comoros 32.1
Marshall Islands 30.8
Guinea-Bissau 29.1
Ease of Doing Business Index
Lebanon 45.4
Grenada 43.1
Nicaragua 39.2
Maldives 35.6
Mozambique 33.9
Cambodia 33.6
Cabo Verde 32.8
Tanzania 31.1
Nigeria 31
Senegal 30.7
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