Health in Cape Verde

960 indicators covering health for Cape Verde.

IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank
Mortality rate attributed to unintentional poisoning, female 0.071 per 100,000 female population 2021 down 29.0% 163rd
Mortality rate attributed to unintentional poisoning, male 0.5 per 100,000 male population 2021 up 2.0% 109th
Suicide mortality rate, female 4.15 per 100,000 female population 2021 down 13.5% 75th
Suicide mortality rate, male 25.27 per 100,000 male population 2021 up 3.6% 21st
Suicide mortality rate 14.9 per 100,000 population 2021 up 1.4% 29th
Mortality from ncds sdgs 17.2 2021 up 19.4% 110th
Mortality from ncds gender 23.1 2021 up 35.9% 70th
Healthy life expectancy at birth 63.77 2021 down 1.4% 77th
Death rates from mental and substance disorders by age who 0 2021 1st
Death rate from cardiomyopathy myocarditis endocarditis who ghe age st 4.67 2021 down 19.1% 113th
Nurses and midwives 1.8 per 1,000 people 2023 up 128.5% 136th
Share of women among the population living with hiv 47.52 2024 up 4.5% 54th
Population with primary reliance on polluting fuels and technologies f 0.0702 2023 down 40.6% 106th
Proportion of population with primary reliance on polluting fuels and 42.0% 2023 down 33.2% 76th
Population with primary reliance on clean fuels and technologies for c 0.097 2023 up 39.1% 138th
Diabetes prevalence who gho 8.5 2014 up 18.1% 88th
Child mortality rate ihme 1.71 2019 down 41.6% 84th
Neonatal mortality ihme 0.95 2019 down 37.5% 86th
Number of neonatal deaths ihme 103 2019 down 46.1% 155th
Total alcohol consumption per capita, female (liters of pure alcohol 2.49 2020 up 4.6% 68th
Total alcohol consumption per capita (liters of pure alcohol, projecte 6.01 2020 up 6.7% 71st
Total alcohol consumption per capita, male (liters of pure alcohol, pr 9.62 2020 up 7.2% 72nd
Antiretroviral therapy coverage among people living with hiv 80 2024 up 50.9% 51st
Diabetes treatment coverage, crude 31.38 2022 up 59.7% 131st
Prevalence of diabetes, age-standardized 8.56 2022 down 10.6% 157th
Prevalence of diabetes, crude 7.88 2022 up 2.7% 166th
Diabetes treatment coverage, age-standardized 32.27 2022 up 53.9% 130th
Inequality in life expectancy 0.0765 2023 down 37.9% 119th
Inequality in life expectancy vs health expenditure per capita 0.0765 2023 down 37.9% 119th
Risk of catastrophic expenditure for surgical care 21.6% 2022 up 28.6% 48th
Risk of impoverishing expenditure for surgical care 28.0% 2022 up 12.4% 51st
Maternal mortality slope chart 42.24 2020 down 21.7% 101st
Maternal mortality ratio vs gdp per capita 42.24 2020 down 21.7% 100th
The maternal mortality ratio in 1985 and 2020 42.24 2020 down 21.7% 101st
Number of maternal deaths by region 4.22 2020 down 28.8% 149th
Maternal mortality vs births attended by health staff 42.24 2020 down 21.7% 101st
Maternal mortality vs neonatal mortality 42.24 2020 down 21.7% 101st
Maternal deaths by income group 4.22 2020 down 28.8% 149th
Maternal mortality vs fertility 42.24 2020 down 21.7% 101st
Maternal deaths ihme 4.22 2020 down 28.8% 149th
Maternal mortality ratio vs mean daily income 42.24 2020 down 21.7% 100th
Proportion of population with primary reliance on fuels and technologi 41.2% 2023 down 34.2% 72nd
Population with primary reliance on fuels and technologies for cooking 0.0689 2023 down 41.4% 109th
Measles-containing-vaccine second-dose (MCV2) immunization coverage by 86.0% 2025 down 9.5% 85th
Diphtheria tetanus toxoid and pertussis first-dose (DTP1) immunization 93.0% 2025 down 4.1% 110th
Hib (Hib3) immunization coverage among 1-year-olds (%) 93.0% 2025 unchanged 78th
Diphtheria tetanus toxoid and pertussis third-dose  (DTP3) immunizatio 93.0% 2025 unchanged 81st
Measles-containing-vaccine first-dose (MCV1) immunization coverage amo 95.0% 2025 up 3.3% 53rd
Hepatitis B (HepB3) immunization coverage among 1-year-olds (%) 93.0% 2025 unchanged 76th
Implementation of tools to monitor economic and environmental tourism 0 2020 97th
New HIV infections 0.4 2025 unchanged 27th
Stunting prevalence among children under 5 years of age (% height-for 5.3% 2024 down 29.3% 126th
Stunting numbers among children under 5 years of age (millions), model 1.9 2024 down 47.2% 149th
Overweight numbers among children under 5 years of age (thousands), mo 3 2024 up 15.4% 144th
Overweight prevalence among children under 5 years of age (% weight-fo 8.4% 2024 up 52.7% 54th
Mean HDL cholesterol, age-standardized 1.1 2018 unchanged 102nd
Mean total cholesterol, crude 4 2018 up 2.6% 156th
Mean Non-HDL cholesterol, age-standardized 2.8 2018 unchanged 162nd
Mean HDL cholesterol, crude 1.1 2018 unchanged 101st
Mean Non-HDL cholesterol, crude 2.8 2018 up 3.7% 154th