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Cape Verde vs Eswatini statistics compared

Updated on by Georank team

Cape Verde has a population of 525K (ranked 169/197), compared with 1.24M in Eswatini (ranked 157/197). Cape Verde's land area is 1,556 sq mi versus 6,641 sq mi for Eswatini (ranked 167th vs. 154th).

By GDP, Cape Verde ranks 170/197 ($2.77B) and Eswatini ranks 162/197 ($4.89B). By GDP per capita, Cape Verde ranks 117/197 ($5,273), while Eswatini ranks 131/197 ($3,936).

Main facts and rankings

Cape Verde Eswatini
Population
529186
1267161
Population rank 169/197 156/197
GDP
$2.77B
2024
$4.89B
2024
GDP rank 170/197 162/197
GDP per capita
$5,273
2024
$3,936
2024
GDP per capita rank 117/197 131/197
GDP per capita, PPP
$11,262
2024
$11,784
2024
Government debt
$3.15B
2024
$1.82B
2024
Debt-to-GDP ratio
109.6%
2025
38.7%
2025
Government debt per person
$5,998
2024
$1,465
2024
Government debt per person rank 75/185 129/185
Average annual personal income after taxes
$2,527
2025
$3,418
2025
Land area
1,556 sq mi
2025
6,641 sq mi
2025
Population density
337 ppl/mi²
2024
187.1 ppl/mi²
2024
Fertility rate
1.52
2023
2.75
2023
Median age
29.4 years
2024
23.2 years
2024
Life expectancy
76.4 years
2025
64.4 years
2025

Cape Verde and Eswatini: Comparison Charts

Cape Verde and Eswatini economies compared

GDP
Cape Verde

Eswatini
Year GDP
Cape Verde Eswatini
1960 - $35,076,846
1961 - $43,026,043
1962 - $45,927,962
1963 - $54,129,438
1964 - $64,980,554
1965 - $70,279,972
1966 - $76,859,969
1967 - $74,759,970
1968 - $79,799,968
1969 - $105,419,958
1970 - $112,139,955
1971 - $136,462,081
1972 - $146,736,479
1973 - $221,915,128
1974 - $264,320,941
1975 - $288,299,789
1976 - $272,550,068
1977 - $304,060,076
1978 - $340,630,085
1979 - $412,093,134
1980 $142,246,815 $541,976,853
1981 $139,468,209 $570,774,825
1982 $140,630,679 $537,568,059
1983 $138,476,176 $555,336,146
1984 $132,019,039 $494,483,409
1985 $137,728,205 $360,079,419
1986 $190,651,168 $449,140,318
1987 $235,253,065 $584,126,092
1988 $264,308,140 $692,026,455
1989 $267,448,571 $696,921,542
1990 $306,890,963 $1,114,694,041
1991 $319,827,059 $1,156,135,718
1992 $357,160,985 $1,284,759,928
1993 $490,417,390 $1,357,189,552
1994 $406,580,652 $1,419,294,254
1995 $487,148,994 $1,698,989,464
1996 $501,979,270 $1,602,741,834
1997 $490,608,658 $1,716,714,070
1998 $521,910,561 $1,576,908,856
1999 $592,416,703 $1,547,888,496
2000 $539,227,278 $1,738,093,840
2001 $563,090,490 $1,542,477,309
2002 $620,507,387 $1,432,221,739
2003 $813,260,469 $2,197,598,466
2004 $924,940,012 $2,770,082,792
2005 $972,241,677 $3,178,112,499
2006 $1,107,571,458 $3,291,330,019
2007 $1,649,621,739 $3,469,381,231
2008 $1,959,620,648 $3,294,084,314
2009 $1,852,334,575 $3,580,428,053
2010 $1,824,751,468 $4,438,765,086
2011 $2,046,817,987 $4,820,478,680
2012 $1,913,081,210 $4,886,551,484
2013 $2,028,910,915 $4,464,726,181
2014 $2,041,930,125 $4,286,015,248
2015 $1,749,857,620 $3,909,281,650
2016 $1,849,789,986 $3,724,180,911
2017 $1,996,741,540 $4,463,673,661
2018 $2,205,099,507 $4,644,696,656
2019 $2,252,177,124 $4,616,996,145
2020 $1,821,565,614 $4,120,621,325
2021 $2,051,842,619 $4,785,708,166
2022 $2,247,003,344 $4,741,163,885
2023 $2,539,203,429 $4,604,172,127
2024 $2,767,599,017 $4,891,883,720

Cape Verde and Eswatini economies compared

GDP per capita
Cape Verde

Eswatini
Year GDP per capita
Cape Verde Eswatini
1960 - $101.6
1961 - $121.8
1962 - $127.1
1963 - $146.4
1964 - $171.6
1965 - $181
1966 - $192.7
1967 - $182.8
1968 - $190.4
1969 - $245.2
1970 - $254.2
1971 - $301
1972 - $315
1973 - $463
1974 - $536
1975 - $568
1976 - $521
1977 - $563
1978 - $610
1979 - $714
1980 $440 $908
1981 $425 $925
1982 $423 $843
1983 $410 $843
1984 $385 $726
1985 $396 $510
1986 $541 $611
1987 $658 $765
1988 $729 $865
1989 $727 $832
1990 $817 $1,278
1991 $832 $1,273
1992 $908 $1,362
1993 $1,220 $1,397
1994 $991 $1,461
1995 $1,165 $1,751
1996 $1,180 $1,619
1997 $1,134 $1,705
1998 $1,187 $1,547
1999 $1,327 $1,502
2000 $1,190 $1,669
2001 $1,223 $1,468
2002 $1,329 $1,352
2003 $1,718 $2,060
2004 $1,929 $2,581
2005 $2,004 $2,945
2006 $2,257 $3,035
2007 $3,325 $3,181
2008 $3,909 $3,000
2009 $3,660 $3,240
2010 $3,579 $3,993
2011 $4,002 $4,312
2012 $3,737 $4,348
2013 $3,961 $3,951
2014 $3,986 $3,772
2015 $3,415 $3,421
2016 $3,609 $3,240
2017 $3,893 $3,854
2018 $4,295 $3,973
2019 $4,381 $3,913
2020 $3,539 $3,455
2021 $3,971 $3,966
2022 $4,323 $3,890
2023 $4,861 $3,742
2024 $5,273 $3,936

Cape Verde vs. Eswatini life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy
Cape Verde

Eswatini
Year Life expectancy, years
Cape Verde Eswatini
1950 44.9 43.4
1951 45.6 43.7
1952 46.2 44
1953 46.4 44.3
1954 46.6 44.6
1955 46.9 44.8
1956 47.1 45.1
1957 47.4 45.4
1958 47.7 45.8
1959 48.2 46.1
1960 48.7 46.4
1961 49.4 46.7
1962 50.2 47.1
1963 51.1 47.5
1964 52.1 47.9
1965 53 48.4
1966 53.9 49
1967 54.7 49.5
1968 55.4 50.1
1969 56 50.6
1970 56.6 51.2
1971 57 51.8
1972 57.5 52.4
1973 58 53
1974 58.4 53.7
1975 59 54.4
1976 59.4 55.2
1977 60 56
1978 60.4 56.8
1979 60.7 57.5
1980 61 58.2
1981 61.3 58.8
1982 61.5 59.5
1983 61.8 58.4
1984 61.8 60.4
1985 62.3 61.2
1986 62.6 61.6
1987 62.9 61.9
1988 63.2 61.9
1989 63.6 61.7
1990 63.9 61.2
1991 64.1 60.4
1992 64.3 59.3
1993 64.5 58.1
1994 64.6 56.6
1995 63.7 55.1
1996 65.5 53.3
1997 66.1 51.7
1998 66.7 50.1
1999 67.4 48.8
2000 68.1 47.6
2001 68.7 46.3
2002 69.4 45.4
2003 70 44.6
2004 70.5 43.9
2005 70.9 44
2006 71.3 44.6
2007 71.5 45.2
2008 71.9 45.9
2009 72.1 46.9
2010 72.5 48.3
2011 72.9 49.1
2012 73.3 50.7
2013 73.5 52.1
2014 73.8 53.5
2015 74.1 54.9
2016 74.4 56.2
2017 74.7 57.6
2018 74.8 58.7
2019 75.4 59.8
2020 73.8 59.9
2021 74.4 58.2
2022 75.9 63
2023 76.1 64.1
2024 76.2 64.3
2025 76.4 64.4

Cape Verde and Eswatini population clocks and comparison

Population
Cape Verde

Eswatini
Year Population
Cape Verde Eswatini
1960 210,024 345,337
1961 215,087 353,264
1962 221,919 361,365
1963 229,373 369,759
1964 237,006 378,656
1965 244,856 388,336
1966 252,976 398,766
1967 261,404 409,031
1968 270,164 419,147
1969 279,248 429,875
1970 287,885 441,216
1971 294,046 453,183
1972 297,386 465,788
1973 299,881 479,038
1974 302,570 492,988
1975 305,847 507,673
1976 309,455 523,330
1977 312,834 540,348
1978 316,147 558,446
1979 319,480 577,199
1980 323,301 596,644
1981 327,846 616,808
1982 332,724 637,652
1983 337,654 658,957
1984 342,505 680,783
1985 347,365 706,196
1986 352,312 734,732
1987 357,302 763,811
1988 362,329 799,798
1989 367,803 837,800
1990 375,428 872,428
1991 384,586 908,189
1992 393,415 943,416
1993 401,965 971,318
1994 410,228 971,212
1995 418,104 970,433
1996 425,581 989,841
1997 432,798 1,006,635
1998 439,784 1,019,653
1999 446,519 1,030,782
2000 453,317 1,041,414
2001 460,293 1,051,064
2002 467,046 1,059,441
2003 473,383 1,066,700
2004 479,370 1,073,159
2005 485,115 1,079,022
2006 490,728 1,084,436
2007 496,190 1,090,705
2008 501,355 1,098,091
2009 506,141 1,105,153
2010 509,784 1,111,650
2011 511,447 1,117,833
2012 511,955 1,123,863
2013 512,225 1,129,990
2014 512,326 1,136,299
2015 512,394 1,142,813
2016 512,554 1,149,507
2017 512,893 1,158,195
2018 513,415 1,168,929
2019 514,104 1,179,874
2020 514,679 1,192,729
2021 516,649 1,206,593
2022 519,741 1,218,917
2023 522,331 1,230,506
2024 524,877 1,242,822

Fertility rates in Cape Verde and Eswatini

Fertility rate
Cape Verde

Eswatini
Year Fertility rate
Cape Verde Eswatini
1960 6.89 6.75
1961 6.92 6.77
1962 6.95 6.79
1963 6.98 6.8
1964 6.99 6.79
1965 6.99 6.79
1966 6.99 6.8
1967 6.98 6.77
1968 6.97 6.76
1969 6.95 6.76
1970 6.94 6.75
1971 6.91 6.74
1972 6.89 6.72
1973 6.86 6.72
1974 6.82 6.71
1975 6.77 6.71
1976 6.71 6.7
1977 6.65 6.68
1978 6.56 6.65
1979 6.47 6.61
1980 6.38 6.57
1981 6.27 6.54
1982 6.17 6.49
1983 6.07 6.43
1984 5.97 6.36
1985 5.92 6.28
1986 5.81 6.11
1987 5.68 5.9
1988 5.55 5.69
1989 5.45 5.48
1990 5.36 5.3
1991 5.26 5.13
1992 5.12 4.98
1993 4.95 4.82
1994 4.72 4.66
1995 4.49 4.52
1996 4.26 4.38
1997 4.05 4.24
1998 3.9 4.13
1999 3.73 4.09
2000 3.55 4.03
2001 3.37 3.94
2002 3.19 3.85
2003 3.03 3.8
2004 2.9 3.76
2005 2.73 3.7
2006 2.56 3.63
2007 2.41 3.58
2008 2.3 3.57
2009 2.25 3.5
2010 2.33 3.38
2011 2.33 3.32
2012 2.15 3.27
2013 2.07 3.24
2014 2.03 3.18
2015 1.97 3.12
2016 1.97 3.07
2017 1.93 3.02
2018 1.8 2.97
2019 1.7 2.93
2020 1.59 2.89
2021 1.55 2.84
2022 1.53 2.8
2023 1.52 2.75

Cape Verde and Eswatini demographics compared

Median age
Cape Verde

Eswatini
Year Median age, years
Cape Verde Eswatini
1960 19 16.6
1961 18.6 16.4
1962 18.1 16.3
1963 17.7 16.1
1964 17.4 16.1
1965 17.2 16.1
1966 17.1 16.1
1967 17 16.1
1968 17 16.2
1969 17.1 16.2
1970 17.2 16.3
1971 17.2 16.3
1972 17.2 16.3
1973 17.2 16.2
1974 17.2 16.2
1975 17 16.1
1976 16.8 16
1977 16.6 15.9
1978 16.4 15.8
1979 16.2 15.7
1980 16.1 15.6
1981 16.1 15.5
1982 16.3 15.4
1983 16.4 15.3
1984 16.5 15.3
1985 16.6 15.2
1986 16.7 15.3
1987 16.8 15.3
1988 16.8 15.6
1989 16.9 15.9
1990 17 16.1
1991 17 16.3
1992 17.1 16.5
1993 17.2 16.7
1994 17.4 16.3
1995 17.5 16.1
1996 17.7 16.3
1997 17.9 16.6
1998 18.1 16.9
1999 18.3 17.3
2000 18.6 17.6
2001 18.9 17.8
2002 19.2 18.1
2003 19.6 18.3
2004 19.9 18.5
2005 20.4 18.6
2006 20.8 18.7
2007 21.3 18.9
2008 21.7 19.1
2009 22.1 19.4
2010 22.6 19.6
2011 23.1 19.9
2012 23.6 20.2
2013 24.2 20.5
2014 24.7 20.7
2015 25.2 21
2016 25.7 21.2
2017 26.2 21.5
2018 26.6 21.8
2019 27 22.1
2020 27.3 22.4
2021 27.8 22.6
2022 28.3 22.8
2023 28.8 23
2024 29.4 23.2

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National statistics comparison

Finance

Cape Verde Eswatini
GNI, Atlas method
$2.63B
2024
$4.45B
2024
Government expenditure, % of GDP
29.5%
2025
32.8%
2025
Education expenditure, % of GDP
4.35%
2023
6.03%
2024
Military expenditure, % of GDP
0.53%
2023
1.57%
2023
Armed forces personnel
1,000
2020
3,000
1999
Deficit/surplus, % of GDP
-1.77%
2025
-5.51%
2025
Unemployment rate
11.3%
2019
34.6%
2023
Services, % of GDP
69.4%
2024
51.7%
2023
Industry, % of GDP
10.5%
2024
34.7%
2023
Economic freedom index
68.7
2025
56.4
2025
Income share by richest 10%
32.3%
2015
42.7%
2016
Income share by poorest 10%
2.2%
2015
1.4%
2016
Number of billionaires n/a
1
2025
Percentage of billionaires n/a
0.0001%
2025
Listed domestic companies n/a
6
2007
Market capitalization of domestic companies n/a
$234M
2007
Total reserves including gold
$783M
2024
$479M
2023
Personal remittances received
$334M
2024
$33.3M
2024
International tourist arrivals
180,000
2020
345,299
2020
International tourism as share of exports
39.9%
2020
0.4%
2020
Banked people share n/a
65.1%
2024

Energy

Cape Verde Eswatini
Energy use, kg of oil equivalent per capita
207.6 kg
2007
959 kg
2022
GDP PPP per kg equivalent of energy use
$26.8
2007
$11.1
2022
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions
1.01 megatons
2023
1.39 megatons
2023
CO2 emissions per capita
1.93 tons
2023
1.13 tons
2023
Fossil fuel energy use share
0%
2007
0%
2022
Renewable energy use share
21.8%
2022
64.7%
2022
Alternative and nuclear energy use share n/a
2.99%
2022
Net energy imports use share n/a
20.6%
2022
Electric power consumption per capita n/a
1,137 kWh
2022
Renewable electricity output share
18.3%
2021
83.1%
2021
Hydroelectric share
0%
2021
60.4%
2022
Nuclear share
0%
2021
0%
2021
Electricity access
98.6%
2023
86.4%
2023

Society

Cape Verde Eswatini
% of world population
0.006%
2024
0.02%
2024
Annual migration change
-1,209
2024
-6,754
2024
Urban population
68.4%
2024
25%
2024
Male:Female ratio
50:50
2024
50:50
2024
Average male height
5.78 ft
2025
5.56 ft
2025
Average female height
5.35 ft
2025
5.21 ft
2025
Quality of life index
46.7
2025
30.5
2025
Corruption Perceptions Index
62
2024
27
2024
Higher education index
27
2025
28
2025
Homicides per 100K people
6.18
2020
12.7
2021
Road traffic mortality per 100K people
26.8
2019
33.5
2019
Visa free countries
75
2025
81
2025
Adult literacy rate
88.5%
2024
90.8%
2022
English speaking
8%
2025
48.2%
2023
People using the Internet
73.5%
2023
57.6%
2023

Health

Cape Verde Eswatini
Government health expenditure per capita
$286
2022
$283.9
2022
Out-of-pocket health expenditure per capita
$73.5
2022
$29.4
2022
Life expectancy
76.4 years
2025
64.4 years
2025
Foreign aid share of health expenditure
8.28%
2022
28%
2022
Physicians per 1,000 people
0.79
2018
1.59
2022
Age at first childbirth n/a
19.5 years
2017
Maternal mortality per 100K births
40
2023
118
2023
Mortality rate before reaching 5 years of age, per 1,000 live births
11.6
2023
45
2023
Obesity rate
16.4%
2022
30.6%
2022
Diabetes prevalence
6.8%
2024
7.9%
2024
Air quality index
29
2025
36
2025
Tobacco use prevalence
11%
2022
9.5%
2022
Pure alcohol consumption per capita
6.01 liters
2020
6.79 liters
2020

Territory

Cape Verde Eswatini
% of world land
0.003%
2025
0.01%
2025
Land area per capita
2,964 sq mi
2024
5,343 sq mi
2024
Agricultural land area
305 sq mi
2025
4,614 sq mi
2025
Forest area
180 sq mi
2025
1,935 sq mi
2025
Roads length
839 mi
2013
2,342 mi
2019

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