Economy · Real GDP growth (annual) · Cabo Verde
Cabo Verde’s real GDP growth (annual) fell to 6.3% y/y in 2025.
6.3% y/y
2025
Down 0.69 pp from 2024.
Updated 8 Oct 2026
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6.3% y/y
What it is. Real GDP growth tracks how much the volume of goods and services produced in Cabo Verde changes from one year to the next, with price changes stripped out by valuing output at constant prices. The figures come from World Bank national accounts and are annual. The measure counts output in total, so it says nothing about how income is shared, and it leaves out unpaid household work and damage to the environment.
Higher is better. Faster growth means the economy is producing more, which creates room for jobs, wages and public revenue, while a negative figure means output has shrunk. The latest figure is 6.3% y/y for 2025, down from 7% y/y in 2024, a slowdown of 0.69 percentage points. Since 2016 the series has ranged from −20.8% y/y in 2020 to 15.8% y/y in 2022. The 2025 reading sits in the upper half of that range, far above the 2020 low.
Why it matters. Growth of 6.3% y/y means the Cabo Verdean economy is still expanding at a brisk pace, which supports hiring and incomes for households and sales for firms. The state benefits from a widening tax base, which helps with public spending and debt repayment. The swing from 2020 to 2022 shows how sharply output can move, so the next annual reading is the one to check for whether the slowdown continues.
| Period | Real GDP growth (annual) · Cabo Verde |
|---|---|
| 2016 | 4.3% y/y |
| 2017 | 4.6% y/y |
| 2018 | 3.7% y/y |
| 2019 | 6.9% y/y |
| 2020 | −20.8% y/y |
| 2021 | 7% y/y |
| 2022 | 15.8% y/y |
| 2023 | 4.8% y/y |
| 2024 | 7% y/y |
| 2025 | 6.3% y/y |
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators (CC BY 4.0) · Licence: CC BY 4.0
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Strata-AF™ Data, Real GDP growth (annual), Cabo Verde, 2025; source World Bank, World Development Indicators (CC BY 4.0), retrieved 8 Oct 2026; https://data.strata-af.com/economy/real-gdp-growth-annual/cabo-verde
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Annual growth of GDP at constant prices (World Bank national accounts). Quarterly national releases are a separate indicator.
Annual growth of GDP at constant prices (World Bank national accounts). Unit: % y/y. Quarterly national releases are a separate indicator.
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators (series NY.GDP.MKTP.KD.ZG), retrieved through the World Bank API and published under CC BY 4.0. Updated annually; the World Bank's own source notes apply.