| GDP : |
purchasing power parity - $600 million (2002 est.) |
| GDP - Real Growth Rate : |
4% (2002 est.) |
| GDP - Per Capita : |
purchasing power parity - $1,400 (2002 est.) |
| GDP - Composition By Sector : |
agriculture: 10%
industry: 16.5%
services: 62.8% (2003) |
| Population Below Poverty Line : |
30% (2000) |
| Inflation Rate (Consumer Prices) : |
3% (2003) |
| Budget : |
revenues: $252.9 million
expenditures: $269.9 million, including capital expenditures of NA (2003) |
| Industries : |
food and beverages, fish processing, shoes and garments, salt mining, ship repair |
| Electricity - Production : |
42.03 million kWh (2001) |
| Electricity - Production by Source : |
fossil fuel: 100%
hydro: 0%
nuclear: 0%
other: 0% (2001) |
| Electricity - Consumption : |
39.08 million kWh (2001) |
| Agriculture - Products : |
bananas, corn, beans, sweet potatoes, sugarcane, coffee, peanuts; fish |
| Exports : |
$50.68 million f.o.b. (2003 est.) |
| Exports - Commodities : |
fuel, shoes, garments, fish, hides |
| Exports - Partners : |
Portugal 31%, France 27.6%, UK 17.2%, US 17.2% (2003 est.) |
| Imports : |
$315.5 million f.o.b. (2003 est.) |
| Imports - Commodities : |
foodstuffs, industrial products, transport equipment, fuels |
| Imports - Partners : |
Portugal 47.1%, Netherlands 9.1%, Belgium 3.9% (2003 est.) |
| Debt - External : |
$325 million (2002) |
| Economic Aid - Recipient : |
$136 million (1999) |
| Currency : |
Cape Verdean escudo (CVE) |
| Currency Code : |
CVE |
| Exchange Rates : |
Cape Verdean escudos (CVE) per US dollar - 97.703 (2003), 117.168 (2002), 123.228 (2001), 115.877 (2000), 102.7 (1999) |
| Fiscal Year : |
Calendar Year |
