Cape Verde
Inflation in Cape Verde
Inflation in Cape Verde: 15.1% a year in 1980 and 1.1% a year in 2024, by IMF estimates.
- Latest, 2024
- 1.1% a year
- Since 1980
- −14 percentage points
- Projected, 2031
- 2% a year
- IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026)
% a year · IMF
What the numbers say
- The IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) puts it at 2% a year in 2031.
- The highest was 21.1% a year in 1982, the lowest -2.4% a year in 2000.
Every year
% a year · IMF
| Year | Cape Verde |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 1.1 |
| 2023 | 3.7 |
| 2022 | 7.9 |
| 2021 | 1.9 |
| 2020 | 0.6 |
| 2019 | 1.1 |
| 2018 | 1.3 |
| 2017 | 0.8 |
| 2016 | -1.4 |
| 2015 | 0.1 |
| 2014 | -0.2 |
| 2013 | 1.5 |
| 2012 | 2.5 |
| 2011 | 4.5 |
| 2010 | 2.1 |
| 2009 | 1 |
| 2008 | 6.8 |
| 2007 | 4.4 |
| 2006 | 4.8 |
| 2005 | 0.4 |
| 2004 | -1.9 |
| 2003 | 1.2 |
| 2002 | 1.9 |
| 2001 | 3.7 |
| 2000 | -2.4 |
| 1999 | 4.3 |
| 1998 | 4.4 |
| 1997 | 8.6 |
| 1996 | 6 |
| 1995 | 8.4 |
| 1994 | 3.3 |
| 1993 | 5.8 |
| 1992 | 13.4 |
| 1991 | 7.6 |
| 1990 | 11.1 |
| 1989 | 4.7 |
| 1988 | 3.6 |
| 1987 | 3.8 |
| 1986 | 11.1 |
| 1985 | 5.9 |
| 1984 | 9.7 |
| 1983 | 20.2 |
| 1982 | 21.1 |
| 1981 | 20.7 |
| 1980 | 15.1 |
IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) · 2025–2031
| Year | Cape Verde |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 2.3 |
| 2026 | 1.2 |
| 2027 | 2.8 |
| 2028 | 2 |
| 2029 | 2 |
| 2030 | 2 |
| 2031 | 2 |
Good to know
- How much consumer prices rose in a year, on average.
- Source: IMF, World Economic Outlook, October 2026.
- The dashed line is the IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026), a scenario rather than a forecast.
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- 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