Cape Verde

Capital city: Praia
Languages: Portuguese (official); Kabuverdianu, Crioulu (other)
 

Economic profile
Monetary unit: Cape Verdean escudo (1CVEsc = $0.01106⁾¹
GDP per capita: $4 789²
GDP composition by sector:
Agriculture: 8.4%³
Industry: 15.7%³
Services: 75.9%³
GDP growth rate: 5%⁴
Consumer price inflation: 4.5%⁵
Industries: Food and beverages, fish processing, shoes and garments, salt mining, ship repair³
Exports of goods and nonfactor services: Yellowfin tunas (thunnus albacores) (20.2%); fish, whole or in pieces, but not minced (19.6%); mackerel (12%)⁶
Import commodities: Foodstuffs, industrial products, transport equipment, fuels³
Reserves (excluding gold, in million dollars): 278.2⁷
Foreign direct investment (in million dollars): 111⁸

Budget
Government revenue, including grants (as percentage of GDP): 26.6%⁹
Government expenditure and net lending: 37.4%⁹
 

Social profile
Population (in thousands): 501^{10
Population growth: 1.%10}
Life expectancy at birth(in years): 74.2¹¹
Adult literacy (people over 15): 84.8%¹²
School enrolment primary (total gross enrolment): 109.6%¹³
School enrolment secondary (total gross enrolment): 87.5%¹³
School enrolment tertiary: 18%¹⁴
Unemployment: 21%³
Number of people living with HIV/Aids: (figures not available)¹⁵
 

¹ http:// www.exchangerate.com
² African Economic Outlook. Basic indicators (2011).
³ Central Intelligence Agency. World Factbook: Economy (2011).
⁴ African Economic Outlook. Real GDP growth rates (2011).
⁵ African Economic Outlook. Monetary indicators: inflation (2011).
⁶ African Economic Outlook. Exports (2010).
⁷ African Economic Outlook. Monetary indicators: reserves (2011).
⁸ African Economic Outlook. Foreign direct investment (2010).
⁹ African Economic Outlook. Public finances (2011).
¹⁰ African Economic Outlook. Demographic indicators (2010).
¹¹ African Economic Outlook. Basic health indicators (2011).
¹² African Economic Outlook. Basic education indicators (2009).
¹³ African Economic Outlook. School enrolment (2011).
¹⁴ World Bank. School enrolment tertiary (2010 to 2011).
¹⁵ African Economic Outlook. Major diseases (2009).