Social Development in Cape Verde 140 indicators covering social development for Cape Verde. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Asylum-seekers by country or territory of origin 79 2025 down 16.8% 159th Asylum-seekers by country or territory of origin, per capita 0.0001 units per person 2025 down 19.2% 126th Asylum-seekers by country or territory of origin, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP 2025 down 52.4% 118th Political Rights Score 38 2025 up 2.7% 19th Freedom Score 92 2025 up 2.2% 29th Asylum-seekers by country or territory of asylum 0 2025 — 158th Asylum-seekers by country or territory of asylum, per capita 0 units per person 2025 — 158th Asylum-seekers by country or territory of asylum, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP 2025 — 160th Asylum-seekers by country or territory of origin, annual growth rate -70.96 % change on previous year 2025 down 166.6% 185th Full democracy 1 2025 unchanged 1st States involved in state-based conflicts 0 2025 — 36th Sovereign state 1 2025 unchanged 1st Distribution of Democracy Index 20 2018 unchanged 1st Equal Rights Protection Index 0.823 2025 down 0.4% 36th Physical Integrity Rights Index 0.937 2025 down 0.4% 39th Political Corruption Index 0.288 2025 up 39.1% 121st Political Corruption Index vs. Electoral Democracy Index 0.288 2025 up 39.1% 121st Alcohol, recorded per capita (15+) consumption (in litres of pure) 1.33 2024 up 27.0% 98th Number of armed conflicts 0 conflicts 2025 — 34th Number of state-based conflicts 0 conflicts 2025 — 19th Countries where armed conflicts took place 0 2025 — 56th Asylum-seekers by country or territory of origin, per square kilometre 0.0613 units per square kilometre 2023 up 1,352.9% 76th LGBT+ Rights Index 3.07 2019 unchanged 59th Forcibly displaced people 0 2025 — 176th Press freedom 2 2016 unchanged 1st Countries with accredited independent national human rights institutions 0 number 2025 — 116th Age of electoral democracy 35 years 2025 up 40.0% 73rd Full democracy lexical, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year 2025 — 1st Corruption Perceptions Index 62 2024 up 8.8% 35th Internally displaced people due to conflict 0 people 2024 — 38th Alcohol, total per capita (15+) consumption (in litres of pure) 4.07 2024 up 16.6% 113th Alcohol, recorded per capita (15+) consumption (in litres of pure) 3.92 2024 up 19.8% 86th Alcohol, unrecorded per capita (15+) consumption (in litres of pure) 0.519 2024 up 3.5% 108th Alcohol, tourist consumption (in litres of pure alcohol), three-year -0.369 2024 down 30.1% 182nd Alcohol, consumption of pure alcohol by type of beverage 36.7% 2024 up 14.7% 105th Homicide rate 6.99 homicides per 100,000 population 2020 down 33.7% 47th Homicides 36 homicides 2020 down 33.3% 123rd Homicide rate, WHO vs. UNODC 6.99 homicides per 100,000 population 2020 down 33.7% 47th Homicide rate in 1990 vs. 2020 6.99 homicides per 100,000 population 2020 down 33.7% 47th Age of electoral democracy 35 years 2025 up 40.0% 49th States involved in interstate conflicts 0 2014 — 51st Citizen support for democracy 0.0888 2020 down 68.2% 55th Citizen satisfaction with democracy -1.2 2020 down 1,364.8% 121st Share of countries with independent national human rights institutions 0.0% 2025 — 90th Homicides 81.51 deaths 2021 up 48.8% 133rd Homicide rate 13.86 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 up 33.5% 28th Estimates of rates of homicides per 100 000 population 13.92 2021 up 32.7% 27th Number of current tobacco smokers, estimate 27,000 2030 down 6.9% 154th States involved in wars 0 2011 — 5th Alcohol, total (recorded + unrecorded) per capita (15+) consumption 7.03 2030 up 16.1% 69th Age of full democracy 34 years 2025 up 41.7% 54th Estimate of current tobacco use prevalence (%) 8.9% 2030 down 23.3% 131st Number of current of tobacco users, estimate 37,000 2030 down 9.8% 151st Alcohol, abstainers lifetime (%), age-standardized 33.5% 2020 down 5.5% 109th Alcohol, abstainers past 12 months (%), age-standardized 43.5% 2020 down 4.2% 129th Alcohol, heavy episodic drinking (15+), drinkers only, past 30 days 68.7% 2020 down 1.0% 7th Alcohol, consumers past 12 months (%), age-standardized 56.5% 2020 up 3.5% 58th Alcohol, former drinkers (%), age-standardized 9.9% 2020 up 0.4% 127th Alcohol, heavy episodic drinking (15+) past 30 days (%) 37.6% 2020 up 0.1% 19th Alcohol, average daily intake in grams among drinkers, three-year 23.09 2020 up 1.9% 95th ← Previous Page 2 of 3 Next →