Cape Verde vs Palau: Economic Indicators Comparison

Cape Verde with a GDP of $2B ranked the 174th largest economy in the world, while Palau ranked 192nd with $284M. By GDP per capita, Cape Verde and Palau ranked 125th vs 60th, respectively.

Gross Domestic Product & Income

Stat	Cape Verde	Palau
GDP	$2B	$284M
GDP growth, 1 year	4.7%	1.71%
GDP growth, 5-years average	3%	N/A
Population	546k	22k
GDP per capita	$3.6k	$16k
GDP per capita growth	3.87%	1.14%
Purchasing Power Parity conversion factor	45.56	0.86
Price level ratio of PPP conversion factor GDP to market exchange rate	0.49	0.86
GDP per capita, PPP adjusted	$7.3k	$19k
GNI, Atlas method	$1.9B	$309.4M
GNI per capita	$3.4k	$17k
GNI, PPP adjusted	$4B	$349.4M
GNI per capita, PPP adjusted	$7.3k	$20k

Financial system and Human development

Stat	Cape Verde	Palau
Income Tax Rate	50%	N/A
Corporate Tax Rate	30%	N/A
Inflation, consumer prices	2.2%	1.3%
Inflation, GDP deflator	1.5%	-2.5%
Unemployment	12.3%	1.4%
Economic Freedom Index	63.6	62
Personal Freedom Index	8.33	6.4
Human Freedom Index	7.4	6.4
Property Rights Index	47.5	N/A
Judical Effectiveness Index	48	N/A
Business Freedom Index	58.5	N/A
Fiscal Health Index	66.2	N/A
Labor Freedom Index	55.6	N/A
Investment Freedom Index	80	N/A
Financial Freedom Index	60	N/A
Trade Freedom Index	68.2	N/A
Monetary Freedom Index	83.1	N/A
Government Spending Index	71.7	N/A
Tax Burden Index	77.7	N/A
Government Integrity Index	46.1	N/A
Corruption Perceptions Index	57	49
Life expectancy at birth, years	72.6	69.1
Suicide mortality rate, per 100,000 people	11.3	21.7
Mortality caused by road traffic injury, per 100,000 people	25	4.8
Intentional homicides, per 100,000 people	11.5	3.1
International tourism, number of arrivals	710k	106k

Government debt & reserves

Stat	Cape Verde	Palau
Central government debt, % of GDP	127.7%	67.5%
External debt stocks, % of GNI	89.3%	N/A
External debt stocks	$1.7B	N/A
Short-term debt, % of total reserves	0.2%	N/A
Total debt service, % of exports and primary income	5.6%	N/A
Adjusted net savings including particulate emission damage, % of GNI	11.7%	N/A
Gross savings, % of GDP	34.7%	10.7%
Gross capital formation, % of GDP	40.4%	26.7%
Total reserves including gold	$606.4M	N/A
Foreign direct investment net inflows	$108M	$21.5M

Exports, imports and economic structure

Stat	Cape Verde	Palau
Exports of goods and services, % of GDP	48.8%	47%
Imports of goods and services, % of GDP	68.2%	76.3%
Current account balance (balance of payments)	-$94.5M	-$51.8M
Revenue excluding grants, % of GDP	28.8%	27.3%
Grants excluding technical cooperation, BoP	$42.5M	$81.2M
Personal remittances received	$233.5M	$2.2M
Industry including construction value added, % of GDP	19.2%	8%
Agriculture, forestry and fishing value added, % of GDP	5.3%	3.2%
Charges for the use of intellectual property, payments BoP	$11.3M	N/A
Charges for the use of intellectual property, receipts BoP	$47k	N/A
Expense, % of GDP	28.4%	41.4%
Government Expenditure, % of GDP	30.7%	N/A