Health in Cabo Verde 23 indicators covering health for Cabo Verde. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Mortality, morbidity and welfare cost from exposure to 4.92 Per 1 000 inhabitants 2019 down 55.1% 9th Neonatal mortality rate 8.04 per 1,000 live births 2024 down 39.4% 107th Infant mortality rate 10.63 per 1,000 live births 2024 down 44.3% 119th Under-five mortality rate, by sex 11.14 per 1,000 live births 2024 down 46.6% 125th Tuberculosis incidence 47 per 100,000 people 2024 down 42.0% 105th Total official development assistance to medical research and basic 3.34 million constant US$ 2024 up 52.7% 112th Number of new HIV infections per 1,000 uninfected population, by sex 0.4104 per 1000 uninfected pop 2024 up 1.9% 28th Universal health coverage (UHC) service coverage index, 2025 71 index 2023 up 14.5% 106th Maternal mortality ratio 40.04 per 100,000 live births 2023 down 19.7% 113th Proportion of births attended by skilled health personnel 98.4% 2022 down 0.3% 93rd Malaria incidence per 1,000 population at risk 0.1392 per 1,000 people 2024 down 28.7% 77th Adolescent birth rate 0.4676 per 1,000 people 2020 down 34.8% 86th Health worker density, by type of occupation 2.33 per 10,000 people 2019 up 3,783.3% 103rd Number of people requiring interventions against neglected tropical 143,054 2024 up 5.9% 90th Total official development assistance to medical research and basic 3.34 million constant US$ 2024 up 88.7% 110th Countries with birth registration data that are at least 90 percent 1 2024 unchanged 2nd Proportion of total government spending on essential services, health 12.2% 2020 up 83.1% 52nd Age-standardized prevalence of current tobacco use among persons aged 10.4% 2024 down 21.8% 143rd Percentual de alunos do ensino fundamental que abandonaram a escola 0.4 2023 — 1113th Numero de familias acompanhadas pelo PAIF 19 2023 — 2541st Suicide mortality rate, by sex 14.9 per 100,000 people 2021 up 2.1% 30th Mortality rate attributed to unintentional poisonings, by sex 0.3 per 100,000 people 2021 unchanged 114th Mortality rate attributed to cardiovascular disease, cancer, diabetes 17.2 % 2021 up 20.3% 117th