Cape Verde
Access to electricity in Cape Verde
Access to electricity in Cape Verde: 58.6% in 2000 and 98.4% in 2024, by World Bank estimates.
- Latest, 2024
- 98.4%
- Since 2000
- +39.8 percentage points
- World, 2024
- 91.9%
% of people · World Bank
What the numbers say
- The highest was 98.6% in 2023, the lowest 58.6% in 2000.
Every year
% of people · World Bank
| Year | Cape Verde | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 98.4 | 91.9 |
| 2023 | 98.6 | 91.6 |
| 2022 | 97.1 | 91.3 |
| 2021 | 95.5 | 91.3 |
| 2020 | 93.7 | 90.4 |
| 2019 | 91.4 | 90.1 |
| 2018 | 90.2 | 89.8 |
| 2017 | 88.6 | 88.9 |
| 2016 | 87.5 | 88.1 |
| 2015 | 86.4 | 86.9 |
| 2014 | 85.3 | 86.2 |
| 2013 | 84.3 | 85.7 |
| 2012 | 83.2 | 84.9 |
| 2011 | 82.3 | 84.5 |
| 2010 | 81.1 | 83.5 |
| 2009 | 74.1 | 82.9 |
| 2008 | 72.3 | 82.7 |
| 2007 | 70.5 | 82 |
| 2006 | 68.8 | 81.4 |
| 2005 | 67 | 80.7 |
| 2004 | 65.4 | 80 |
| 2003 | 63.7 | 80 |
| 2002 | 58.6 | 79.1 |
| 2001 | 60.3 | 78.7 |
| 2000 | 58.6 | 78.2 |
| 1999 | – | 74.5 |
| 1998 | – | 73.2 |
Good to know
- The share of people with access to electricity, from national surveys and the power industry.
- Source: Tracking SDG 7 (World Bank ESMAP), via the World Bank.
- Ranks count the 213 countries with a value in 2024, highest first.
- The faint line is the world as a whole, as the same source counts it.
How the layers work, where their data comes from and what they can’t tell you: Countries through time
Cape Verde in numbers
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Military
- Military spending0.66% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollars$19M in 2025
- Military spending per person$38 in 2025
- Military share of state spending2.3% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnel1,000 people in 2020
- National power0% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workers0.51% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms imports3 million TIV in 2019