Cape Verde
General information
Capital: Praia
Currency unit: Cabo Verde escudo
Official language: Portuguese
Area: 4,030 km²
Population in million: 543,767.0
GDP per capita (current US dollars): 3,635
GDP per capita, PPP (current international $): 7,454
Demography
Labor force participation rate (% of total population ages 15+): 69.1
Annual growth rate of the population: 1.2 %
Mortality rate, infant (per 1,000 live births): 16.7 %
Life expectancy at birth: 72.6 ans
Youth literacy rate Literacy rate, youth total (% of people ages 15-24): 88 %
Production
Gross domestic product (GDP) in billions of US dollars: 1,976,810,000.00
Agriculture value added of GDP: 5.3
Industry value added of GDP: 19.2
Services value added of GDP: 4.4
Trade
Total exports in billions of US dollars: 101,971.00
Total imports in billions of US dollars: 843,705.00
Major manufactured products (as % of total exports) :
Parts of footwear (6.91 %)
Men's suits, ensembles, jackets, blazers and trousers (3.88 %)
T-shirts, singlets and other vests (2.11 %)
Men's underpants, briefs, nightshirts and pyjamas (1.91 %)
Weight of major primary products excluding minerals and oil (as % of total exports) :
Frozen fish (37.02 %)
Prepared or preserved fish (32.39 %)