Total population (million), 2003

0.5

Population growth (annual %), 2003

2.5

Rural population (million), 2003

0.2

Rural population density (people per km²), 2002

387.1

Rural population (% of total population), 2003

34.3

Crude birth rate (per 1,000 people), 2003

29.8

Crude death rate (per 1,000 people), 2003

5.2

Infant mortality rate (per 1,000 live births), 2003

26.0

Under-5 mortality rate (per 1,000 children), 2003

35.0

Life expectancy at birth, total (years), 2003

69.2

Prevalence of HIV, total (% of population aged 15-49)

..

Total labour force (million), 2003

0.2

Female labour force (% of total labour force), 2003

38.7

Number of rural poor (million, approximate)

..

Rural population below the poverty line (%)

..

Population living below $1 a day (%)

..

Population living below $2 a day (%)

..

Population living below the national poverty line (%)

..

Income share held by lowest 20%

..

School enrolment, primary (% gross), 2002

120.6

Adult literacy rate, total (% of people ages 15 and above), 2002

75.7

Malnutrition prevalence, weight for age (% of children under 5)

..

Malnutrition prevalence, height for age (% of children under 5)

..

Prevalence of undernourishment (% of population)

..

Per caput Dietary Energy Supply (kcal/day), 2000-2002 1/

3,210.0

Health expenditure, total (% of GDP), 2002

5

Physicians (per 1,000 people)

..

Improved water source, rural (% of rural population with access), 2002

73.0

Improved sanitation facilities, rural (% of rural population with access), 2002

19.0

Agricultural labour force ( % of total labour force), 20031/

21.0

Food imports (% of merchandise imports), 2001

33.7

Fertilizer consumption (hundreds of grams per ha of arable land), 2002

52.4

Food production index (1999-2001=100), 2004

94.5

Crop production index (1999-2001=100), 2004

90.3

Cereal yield (kg per ha), 2004

200.0

Major exports (% share in agriculture), 2003 1/

Beverages, dist. alcoholic

66.2

Coffee, roasted

10.4

Pastry

11.7

Major imports (% share in agriculture) 20031/

Dry whole cow milk

7.8

Beer of barley

9.6

Food preparations NES

6.6

Land area (thousand of km²), 2003

4,030.0

Arable land as % of land area, 2002

10.4

Forest area (% of land area)

..

Irrigated land as % of cropland, 2002

66.7

Local currency

Cape Verde Escudo (CVE)

Exchange rate: US$ 1.00 =, 2003

97.7

GNI per capita, Atlas method (current US$), 2003

1,440.0

GDP (current, US$ million), 2003

797.3

GDP per capita growth (annual %), 2003

2.4

Inflation, consumer prices (annual %), 2002

1.9

Sectoral distribution , value added (% of GDP), 2003

agriculture

6.8

industry

19.7

manufacturing

8.0

services

73.4

Consumption

General government final consumption expenditure (% of GDP), 2003

12.6

Household final consumption expenditure, etc. (% of GDP), 2003

103.4

Gross domestic savings (% of GDP), 2003

-16.0

Merchandise exports (current US$ million), 2003

12.0

Merchandise imports (current US$ million), 2003

305.0

Balance of merchandise trade (current US$ million), 2003

-293.0

Foreign direct investment, net (BoP, current US$ million), 2001

8.6

Revenue, excluding grants (% of GDP)

..

Expense (% of GDP)

..

Total external debt (DOD, current US$ million), 2003

480.2

Present value of debt (% of GNI), 2003

50.9

Total debt service (% of exports of goods and services), 2003

5.7

Offical development assistance and official aid (current US$ million), 2003

143.7

Lending interest rate (%), 2003

12.7

Deposit interest rate (%), 2003

3.9

Mobile phones (per 1,000 people), 2003

116.3

Fixed line and mobile telephone subscribers (per 1,000 people) , 2003

272.6

Telephone average cost of local call (US$ per three minutes), 2001

0.04

Personal computers (per 1,000 people), 2002

79.7

Internet users (per 1,000 people), 2003

43.6