Life expectancy in Cape Verde
Cape Verde: Life expectancy was 76.06 years in 2023. ▲ Rising
Life expectancy in Cape Verde, 1950–2023
Source: Riley (2005); Zijdeman et al. (2015); HMD (2025); UN WPP (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in years.
Analysis
In 2023, life expectancy in Cape Verde stood at 76.06 years. That is the highest value across all 74 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.2% on the previous year and up 3.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, life expectancy in Cape Verde peaked at 76.06 years in 2023 and was at its lowest, 44.94 years, in 1950.
Cape Verde ranks 109th of 236 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 74 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 46.69 years | 44.94 years | 48.15 years | 10 |
| 1960s | 52.47 years | 48.71 years | 56.04 years | 10 |
| 1970s | 58.69 years | 56.56 years | 60.73 years | 10 |
| 1980s | 62.2 years | 61.03 years | 63.57 years | 10 |
| 1990s | 65.07 years | 63.69 years | 67.41 years | 10 |
| 2000s | 70.46 years | 68.12 years | 72.14 years | 10 |
| 2010s | 73.94 years | 72.51 years | 75.45 years | 10 |
| 2020s | 75.05 years | 73.82 years | 76.06 years | 4 |
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More health data for Cape Verde
- Age population, age 13, male, interpolated 5,156 (2025)
- Age population, age 15, male, interpolated 5,127 (2025)
- Population, female 259,172 (2025)
- Age population, age 15, female, interpolated 4,762 (2025)
- Age population, age 14, male, interpolated 5,169 (2025)
- Age population, age 14, female, interpolated 4,804 (2025)
- Population ages 15-64, female 173,021 (2025)
- Age population, age 12, male, interpolated 5,087 (2025)
- Age population, age 13, female, interpolated 4,806 (2025)
- Age population, age 16, female, interpolated 4,700 (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is life expectancy in Cape Verde?
- Life expectancy in Cape Verde was 76.06 years in 2023, according to Riley (2005); Zijdeman et al. (2015); HMD (2025); UN WPP (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest life expectancy recorded in Cape Verde?
- The highest recorded value was 76.06 years in 2023.
- What is the lowest life expectancy recorded in Cape Verde?
- The lowest recorded value was 44.94 years in 1950.
- How does Cape Verde rank for life expectancy?
- Cape Verde ranks 109th out of 236 countries with data for 2023.
- Is life expectancy rising or falling in Cape Verde?
- Over the last ten years it is up 3.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Cape Verde data come from?
- The figures come from Riley (2005); Zijdeman et al. (2015); HMD (2025); UN WPP (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Life expectancy. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Period life expectancy is the number of years the average person born in a certain year would live if they experienced the same chances of dying at each age as people did that year.