Environment in Cabo Verde

1,183 indicators covering environment for Cabo Verde.

IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank
Watermelons — Producer Price 1,753 USD 2024 down 11.5% 1st
Freshwater Fish — Stock Variation 0 1000 t 2023 — 1st
Portugal — Forest products (export/import) — Import Value 7,407 1000 USD 2018 down 20.6% 2nd
Above-ground biomass in forest 9.01 t per ha 2025 up 1.0% 221st
Forest area 51.06 ha th 2025 up 13.8% 189th
Forest area as a proportion of total land area 12.7% 2025 up 13.8% 178th
Proportion of forest area within legally established protected areas 48.3% 2025 unchanged 22nd
United States of America — Forest products (export/import) — Export 18 1000 USD 2016 down 59.1% 1st
Total FAO — Wood chips and particles — Import Quantity 25 m3 2016 down 98.4% 2nd
Total FAO — Wood chips and particles — Import Value 7 1000 USD 2016 down 91.6% 2nd
Legislation, Regulation, Act related to the prevention of 1 bool 2025 unchanged 1st
Others (adjustment) — Wood chips and particles — Import Quantity 1 m3 2016 down 99.9% 2nd
South Africa — Forest products (export/import) — Import Value 10 1000 USD 2013 down 41.2% 2nd
Others (adjustment) — Wood chips and particles — Import Value 0 1000 USD 2016 down 100.0% 1st
Portugal — Paper and paperboard, excluding newsprint — Import Quantity 957 t 2018 up 33.1% 2nd
Portugal — Paper and paperboard, excluding newsprint — Import Value 1,748 1000 USD 2018 up 13.4% 2nd
Insecticides – Pyrethroids — Agricultural Use 0 t 2001 — 1st
Insecticides – Organo-phosphates — Agricultural Use 1 t 2001 unchanged 1st
Insecticides - nes — Agricultural Use 0 t 2001 — 1st
15.4.2a Mountain Green Cover Index: Montane; Land Cover: Tree-covered 0 % 2021 — 20th
15.4.2a Mountain green cover area: Montane; Land Cover: Artificial 0 km2 2021 — 20th
15.4.2a Mountain green cover area: Montane; Land Cover: Croplands 0 km2 2021 — 20th
15.4.2a Mountain green cover area: Montane; Land Cover: Inland water 0.1 km2 2021 down 50.0% 20th
15.4.2a Mountain green cover area: Montane; Land Cover: MGCI — Value 172.4 km2 2021 unchanged 20th
15.4.2a Mountain green cover area: Montane; Land Cover: Shrub-covered 0 km2 2021 — 20th
15.4.2a Mountain green cover area: Montane; Land Cover: Shrubs and/or 24.4 km2 2021 unchanged 20th
15.4.2a Mountain green cover area: Montane; Land Cover: Terrestrial 0 km2 2021 — 20th
15.4.2a Mountain green cover area: Montane; Land Cover: Tree-covered 0 km2 2021 — 20th
15.4.2a Mountain Green Cover Index: Montane; Land Cover: Artificial 0 % 2021 — 20th
15.4.2a Mountain Green Cover Index: Montane; Land Cover: Croplands 0 % 2021 — 19th
15.4.2a Mountain Green Cover Index: Montane; Land Cover: Inland water 0.08 % 2021 down 33.3% 18th
15.4.2a Mountain Green Cover Index: Montane; Land Cover: MGCI — Value 99.83 % 2021 up 0.0% 1st
15.4.2a Mountain Green Cover Index: Montane; Land Cover 0 % 2021 — 20th
15.4.2a Mountain Green Cover Index: Montane; Land Cover: Shrubs 14.14 % 2021 unchanged 1st
15.4.2a Mountain Green Cover Index: Montane; Land Cover: Terrestrial 0 % 2021 — 19th
15.4.2a Mountain green cover area: Montane; Land Cover: Grassland 148 km2 2021 up 0.1% 20th
15.4.2a Mountain green cover area: Montane; Land Cover: Permanent 0 km2 2021 — 17th
15.4.2a Mountain green cover area: Montane; Land Cover: Sparsely 0.2 km2 2021 unchanged 19th
15.4.2a Mountain Green Cover Index: Montane; Land Cover: Grassland 85.69 % 2021 up 0.0% 1st
15.4.2a Mountain Green Cover Index: Montane; Land Cover: Permanent 0 % 2021 — 17th
15.4.2a Mountain Green Cover Index: Montane; Land Cover: Sparsely 0.09 % 2021 unchanged 17th
Fung & Bact - nes — Agricultural Use 0 t 2001 — 1st
Freshwater Fish — Feed 0 1000 t 2023 — 8th
Insecticides – Carbamates — Agricultural Use 3 t 2001 up 200.0% 1st
Fung & Bact – Dithiocarbamates — Agricultural Use 0 t 2001 — 1st
Italy — Fibreboard — Import Quantity 91 m3 2018 up 133.3% 2nd
Italy — Fibreboard — Import Value 100 1000 USD 2018 up 88.7% 2nd
Fung & Bact – Triazoles, diazoles — Agricultural Use 0 t 2001 — 1st
Beach litter originating from national land-based sources that ends 57.4% 2021 — 16th
Beach litter originating from national land-based sources that ends 1,341 tonnes 2021 — 77th
United States of America — Sawnwood, coniferous — Import Quantity 6 m3 2018 down 91.4% 1st
United States of America — Sawnwood, coniferous — Import Value 7 1000 USD 2018 down 84.8% 1st
United States of America — Plywood — Import Quantity 30 m3 2018 down 28.6% 1st
United States of America — Plywood — Import Value 34 1000 USD 2018 up 21.4% 1st
Freshwater Fish — Seed 0 1000 t 2023 — 1st
Freshwater Fish — Residuals 0 1000 t 2023 — 1st
Total FAO — Industrial roundwood, non-coniferous tropical 46 m3 2016 down 84.7% 2nd
Total FAO — Industrial roundwood, non-coniferous tropical 21 1000 USD 2016 down 48.8% 2nd
Belgium — Fibreboard — Import Quantity 18 m3 2018 down 14.3% 2nd
Belgium — Fibreboard — Import Value 28 1000 USD 2018 down 30.0% 2nd