Poverty & Inequality in Cape Verde 25 indicators covering poverty & inequality for Cape Verde. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via the World Bank 0 surveys 2025 down 100.0% 147th Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per person 2025 down 100.0% 146th Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per US$ of GDP 2025 down 100.0% 147th Fertility rate vs. share living in extreme poverty 1.52 live births per woman 2023 down 26.4% 165th Cereal yield vs. share in extreme poverty 40.3 kg per hectare 2024 up 17.5% 180th Cereal yield vs extreme poverty, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP 2024 down 11.6% 128th Cereal yield vs extreme poverty, annual growth rate 75.22 % change on previous year 2024 up 192.7% 1st Tax revenues vs income inequality, gaps filled 18.84 2023 up 16.5% 100th Tax revenue as share of GDP vs. income inequality 18.8% 2023 up 16.5% 100th Tax revenues vs income inequality, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP 2023 down 5.6% 22nd Tax revenues vs income inequality, annual growth rate 3.09 % change on previous year 2023 up 500.9% 81st Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via -100 % change on previous year 2025 down 200.0% 144th Gender Inequality Index 0.298 2023 down 17.9% 94th Share of government consumption in GDP vs. share of population living in extreme poverty 30.7% 2023 up 52.0% 17th Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient in women 0.0879 2023 down 11.2% 158th Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient by sex 0.0879 2023 down 11.2% 158th Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient in men 0.116 2023 down 14.8% 133rd Income inequality: Atkinson index 0.4538 2023 down 10.3% 21st Population living in slums 46.4% 2022 down 17.8% 44th Inequality-adjusted Human Development Index 0.478 2023 up 2.8% 112th Inequality-adjusted Human Development Index vs. Human Development Index 0.478 2023 up 2.8% 112th Inequality-adjusted Human Development Index vs. GDP per capita 0.478 2023 up 2.8% 112th Out-of-pocket expenditure (OOP) per capita in US$ 74.68 2023 up 61.1% 114th Share of gross national income from poverty reduction grants 0.3% 2024 down 22.7% 59th Use of interpolation and extrapolation on original Gini coefficient data 6,577 2017 up 41.2% 105th