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Cape Verde vs Morocco statistics compared

Updated on by Georank team

Cape Verde has a population of 525K (ranked 169/197), compared with 38.1M in Morocco (ranked 39/197). Cape Verde's land area is 1,556 sq mi versus 172,317 sq mi for Morocco (ranked 167th vs. 55th).

By GDP, Cape Verde ranks 170/197 ($2.77B) and Morocco ranks 60/197 ($154B). By GDP per capita, Cape Verde ranks 117/197 ($5,273), while Morocco ranks 128/197 ($4,055).

Main facts and rankings

Cape Verde Morocco
Population
529186
38697192
Population rank 169/197 41/197
GDP
$2.77B
2024
$154B
2024
GDP rank 170/197 60/197
GDP per capita
$5,273
2024
$4,055
2024
GDP per capita rank 117/197 128/197
GDP per capita, PPP
$11,262
2024
$10,305
2024
Government debt
$3.15B
2024
$108B
2024
Debt-to-GDP ratio
109.6%
2025
68.9%
2025
Government debt per person
$5,998
2024
$2,840
2024
Government debt per person rank 75/185 105/185
Average annual personal income after taxes
$2,527
2025
$5,043
2025
Land area
1,556 sq mi
2025
172,317 sq mi
2025
Population density
337 ppl/mi²
2024
221 ppl/mi²
2024
Fertility rate
1.52
2023
2.23
2023
Median age
29.4 years
2024
30.5 years
2024
Life expectancy
76.4 years
2025
75.7 years
2025

Cape Verde and Morocco: Comparison Charts

Cape Verde and Morocco economies compared

GDP
Cape Verde

Morocco
Year GDP
Cape Verde Morocco
1960 - $2,037,154,742
1961 - $2,025,693,540
1962 - $2,379,611,125
1963 - $2,657,252,578
1964 - $2,798,345,299
1965 - $2,948,331,090
1966 - $2,876,401,297
1967 - $3,046,345,314
1968 - $3,271,422,333
1969 - $3,651,622,669
1970 - $3,956,336,244
1971 - $4,356,669,034
1972 - $5,074,117,545
1973 - $6,242,145,880
1974 - $7,675,466,449
1975 - $8,984,853,005
1976 - $9,584,297,284
1977 - $11,049,783,872
1978 - $13,236,946,234
1979 - $15,911,994,817
1980 $142,246,815 $21,728,516,153
1981 $139,468,209 $17,788,185,479
1982 $140,630,679 $17,692,276,734
1983 $138,476,176 $16,251,408,128
1984 $132,019,039 $14,824,667,954
1985 $137,728,205 $14,991,283,216
1986 $190,651,168 $19,462,085,540
1987 $235,253,065 $21,765,195,948
1988 $264,308,140 $25,705,296,184
1989 $267,448,571 $26,314,313,191
1990 $306,890,963 $30,179,954,775
1991 $319,827,059 $32,285,573,574
1992 $357,160,985 $33,711,069,431
1993 $490,417,390 $31,655,473,664
1994 $406,580,652 $35,604,137,423
1995 $487,148,994 $39,030,285,468
1996 $501,979,270 $43,161,571,528
1997 $490,608,658 $39,147,844,526
1998 $521,910,561 $46,497,608,725
1999 $592,416,703 $46,266,428,648
2000 $539,227,278 $43,017,455,402
2001 $563,090,490 $43,831,480,208
2002 $620,507,387 $47,077,192,188
2003 $813,260,469 $58,029,363,354
2004 $924,940,012 $66,114,145,451
2005 $972,241,677 $68,852,658,069
2006 $1,107,571,458 $75,883,823,301
2007 $1,649,621,739 $86,947,913,287
2008 $1,959,620,648 $101,822,906,949
2009 $1,852,334,575 $101,154,952,241
2010 $1,824,751,468 $100,865,329,473
2011 $2,046,817,987 $110,080,631,332
2012 $1,913,081,210 $106,937,392,311
2013 $2,028,910,915 $115,739,287,305
2014 $2,041,930,125 $119,130,841,412
2015 $1,749,857,620 $110,413,823,842
2016 $1,849,789,986 $111,572,947,005
2017 $1,996,741,540 $118,540,573,368
2018 $2,205,099,507 $127,341,147,582
2019 $2,252,177,124 $128,920,266,409
2020 $1,821,565,614 $121,353,645,057
2021 $2,051,842,619 $142,022,058,447
2022 $2,247,003,344 $130,951,926,351
2023 $2,539,203,429 $144,417,103,250
2024 $2,767,599,017 $154,430,996,473

Cape Verde and Morocco economies compared

GDP per capita
Cape Verde

Morocco
Year GDP per capita
Cape Verde Morocco
1960 - $175.2
1961 - $169.8
1962 - $194.2
1963 - $211.3
1964 - $216.9
1965 - $222.7
1966 - $211.5
1967 - $218.1
1968 - $228
1969 - $247.8
1970 - $261.5
1971 - $280.6
1972 - $319
1973 - $382
1974 - $459
1975 - $524
1976 - $545
1977 - $613
1978 - $716
1979 - $839
1980 $440 $1,117
1981 $425 $890
1982 $423 $862
1983 $410 $772
1984 $385 $687
1985 $396 $678
1986 $541 $861
1987 $658 $944
1988 $729 $1,094
1989 $727 $1,099
1990 $817 $1,238
1991 $832 $1,302
1992 $908 $1,337
1993 $1,220 $1,236
1994 $991 $1,369
1995 $1,165 $1,478
1996 $1,180 $1,610
1997 $1,134 $1,439
1998 $1,187 $1,683
1999 $1,327 $1,651
2000 $1,190 $1,513
2001 $1,223 $1,521
2002 $1,329 $1,612
2003 $1,718 $1,962
2004 $1,929 $2,207
2005 $2,004 $2,268
2006 $2,257 $2,466
2007 $3,325 $2,788
2008 $3,909 $3,222
2009 $3,660 $3,158
2010 $3,579 $3,107
2011 $4,002 $3,345
2012 $3,737 $3,206
2013 $3,961 $3,425
2014 $3,986 $3,483
2015 $3,415 $3,190
2016 $3,609 $3,186
2017 $3,893 $3,344
2018 $4,295 $3,553
2019 $4,381 $3,560
2020 $3,539 $3,317
2021 $3,971 $3,843
2022 $4,323 $3,508
2023 $4,861 $3,829
2024 $5,273 $4,055

Cape Verde vs. Morocco life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy
Cape Verde

Morocco
Year Life expectancy, years
Cape Verde Morocco
1950 44.9 38.8
1951 45.6 39.1
1952 46.2 39.6
1953 46.4 40
1954 46.6 40.4
1955 46.9 40.8
1956 47.1 41.2
1957 47.4 41.7
1958 47.7 42.2
1959 48.2 42.7
1960 48.7 41.7
1961 49.4 43.7
1962 50.2 44.2
1963 51.1 44.8
1964 52.1 45.3
1965 53 45.9
1966 53.9 46.5
1967 54.7 47.1
1968 55.4 47.7
1969 56 48.2
1970 56.6 48.7
1971 57 49.2
1972 57.5 49.7
1973 58 50.2
1974 58.4 50.8
1975 59 51.4
1976 59.4 52
1977 60 52.8
1978 60.4 53.6
1979 60.7 54.4
1980 61 55.2
1981 61.3 56
1982 61.5 56.9
1983 61.8 57.7
1984 61.8 58.4
1985 62.3 59.2
1986 62.6 60
1987 62.9 60.6
1988 63.2 61.2
1989 63.6 61.8
1990 63.9 62.4
1991 64.1 62.9
1992 64.3 63.4
1993 64.5 63.9
1994 64.6 64.3
1995 63.7 64.7
1996 65.5 65.2
1997 66.1 65.6
1998 66.7 66
1999 67.4 66.4
2000 68.1 66.8
2001 68.7 67.2
2002 69.4 67.6
2003 70 68
2004 70.5 68.3
2005 70.9 68.7
2006 71.3 69.2
2007 71.5 69.6
2008 71.9 70.1
2009 72.1 70.5
2010 72.5 70.8
2011 72.9 71.3
2012 73.3 71.7
2013 73.5 72.1
2014 73.8 72.5
2015 74.1 72.9
2016 74.4 73.2
2017 74.7 73.6
2018 74.8 73.9
2019 75.4 74.2
2020 73.8 73.1
2021 74.4 73.4
2022 75.9 75.2
2023 76.1 75.3
2024 76.2 75.5
2025 76.4 75.7

Cape Verde and Morocco population clocks and comparison

Population
Cape Verde

Morocco
Year Population
Cape Verde Morocco
1960 210,024 11,624,933
1961 215,087 11,931,085
1962 221,919 12,253,092
1963 229,373 12,577,502
1964 237,006 12,898,886
1965 244,856 13,239,171
1966 252,976 13,597,065
1967 261,404 13,968,175
1968 270,164 14,347,899
1969 279,248 14,734,255
1970 287,885 15,129,449
1971 294,046 15,527,225
1972 297,386 15,924,692
1973 299,881 16,326,269
1974 302,570 16,733,842
1975 305,847 17,150,786
1976 309,455 17,574,182
1977 312,834 18,014,756
1978 316,147 18,477,385
1979 319,480 18,955,589
1980 323,301 19,459,943
1981 327,846 19,985,401
1982 332,724 20,520,318
1983 337,654 21,060,696
1984 342,505 21,593,778
1985 347,365 22,113,953
1986 352,312 22,600,803
1987 357,302 23,054,392
1988 362,329 23,500,524
1989 367,803 23,939,414
1990 375,428 24,375,551
1991 384,586 24,799,014
1992 393,415 25,212,468
1993 401,965 25,614,586
1994 410,228 26,000,822
1995 418,104 26,399,429
1996 425,581 26,808,107
1997 432,798 27,213,337
1998 439,784 27,621,648
1999 446,519 28,027,179
2000 453,317 28,423,435
2001 460,293 28,814,643
2002 467,046 29,198,142
2003 473,383 29,571,415
2004 479,370 29,953,018
2005 485,115 30,358,144
2006 490,728 30,771,178
2007 496,190 31,186,468
2008 501,355 31,606,767
2009 506,141 32,030,778
2010 509,784 32,467,016
2011 511,447 32,912,588
2012 511,955 33,355,241
2013 512,225 33,787,571
2014 512,326 34,204,780
2015 512,394 34,607,588
2016 512,554 35,023,457
2017 512,893 35,446,392
2018 513,415 35,839,760
2019 514,104 36,210,898
2020 514,679 36,584,208
2021 516,649 36,954,442
2022 519,741 37,329,064
2023 522,331 37,712,505
2024 524,877 38,081,173

Fertility rates in Cape Verde and Morocco

Fertility rate
Cape Verde

Morocco
Year Fertility rate
Cape Verde Morocco
1960 6.89 6.89
1961 6.92 6.97
1962 6.95 7.05
1963 6.98 7.01
1964 6.99 6.97
1965 6.99 6.93
1966 6.99 6.89
1967 6.98 6.85
1968 6.97 6.79
1969 6.95 6.73
1970 6.94 6.68
1971 6.91 6.62
1972 6.89 6.55
1973 6.86 6.48
1974 6.82 6.4
1975 6.77 6.3
1976 6.71 6.18
1977 6.65 6.04
1978 6.56 5.91
1979 6.47 5.85
1980 6.38 5.78
1981 6.27 5.71
1982 6.17 5.6
1983 6.07 5.41
1984 5.97 5.2
1985 5.92 4.99
1986 5.81 4.77
1987 5.68 4.58
1988 5.55 4.39
1989 5.45 4.22
1990 5.36 4.06
1991 5.26 3.95
1992 5.12 3.76
1993 4.95 3.55
1994 4.72 3.41
1995 4.49 3.3
1996 4.26 3.23
1997 4.05 3.15
1998 3.9 3.04
1999 3.73 2.88
2000 3.55 2.77
2001 3.37 2.69
2002 3.19 2.62
2003 3.03 2.61
2004 2.9 2.61
2005 2.73 2.61
2006 2.56 2.61
2007 2.41 2.62
2008 2.3 2.61
2009 2.25 2.62
2010 2.33 2.63
2011 2.33 2.6
2012 2.15 2.54
2013 2.07 2.48
2014 2.03 2.42
2015 1.97 2.41
2016 1.97 2.4
2017 1.93 2.38
2018 1.8 2.35
2019 1.7 2.34
2020 1.59 2.32
2021 1.55 2.29
2022 1.53 2.26
2023 1.52 2.23

Cape Verde and Morocco demographics compared

Median age
Cape Verde

Morocco
Year Median age, years
Cape Verde Morocco
1960 19 17.9
1961 18.6 17.6
1962 18.1 17.4
1963 17.7 17.2
1964 17.4 17
1965 17.2 16.9
1966 17.1 16.8
1967 17 16.7
1968 17 16.6
1969 17.1 16.6
1970 17.2 16.6
1971 17.2 16.7
1972 17.2 16.7
1973 17.2 16.8
1974 17.2 16.9
1975 17 16.9
1976 16.8 17.1
1977 16.6 17.2
1978 16.4 17.3
1979 16.2 17.4
1980 16.1 17.6
1981 16.1 17.7
1982 16.3 17.8
1983 16.4 18
1984 16.5 18.1
1985 16.6 18.3
1986 16.7 18.5
1987 16.8 18.7
1988 16.8 18.9
1989 16.9 19.2
1990 17 19.4
1991 17 19.7
1992 17.1 20
1993 17.2 20.3
1994 17.4 20.6
1995 17.5 21
1996 17.7 21.3
1997 17.9 21.6
1998 18.1 21.9
1999 18.3 22.2
2000 18.6 22.5
2001 18.9 22.8
2002 19.2 23.1
2003 19.6 23.4
2004 19.9 23.7
2005 20.4 24
2006 20.8 24.3
2007 21.3 24.7
2008 21.7 25
2009 22.1 25.4
2010 22.6 25.7
2011 23.1 26.1
2012 23.6 26.4
2013 24.2 26.7
2014 24.7 27.1
2015 25.2 27.5
2016 25.7 27.8
2017 26.2 28.2
2018 26.6 28.5
2019 27 28.9
2020 27.3 29.2
2021 27.8 29.5
2022 28.3 29.9
2023 28.8 30.2
2024 29.4 30.5

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National statistics comparison

Finance

Cape Verde Morocco
GNI, Atlas method
$2.63B
2024
$145B
2024
Government expenditure, % of GDP
29.5%
2025
34.3%
2025
Education expenditure, % of GDP
4.35%
2023
6.02%
2023
Military expenditure, % of GDP
0.53%
2023
3.64%
2023
Armed forces personnel
1,000
2020
246,000
2020
Deficit/surplus, % of GDP
-1.77%
2025
-3.89%
2025
Unemployment rate
11.3%
2019
11.8%
2022
Services, % of GDP
69.4%
2024
54.1%
2024
Industry, % of GDP
10.5%
2024
24.1%
2024
Economic freedom index
68.7
2025
60.3
2025
Income share by richest 10%
32.3%
2015
31.9%
2013
Income share by poorest 10%
2.2%
2015
2.7%
2013
Number of billionaires n/a
3
2025
Percentage of billionaires n/a
0.00001%
2025
Listed domestic companies n/a
76
2024
Market capitalization of domestic companies n/a
$74.5B
2024
Total reserves including gold
$783M
2024
$37.1B
2024
Personal remittances received
$334M
2024
$12.5B
2024
International tourist arrivals
180,000
2020
2,802,000
2020
International tourism as share of exports
39.9%
2020
12%
2020
Banked people share n/a
44.4%
2024

Energy

Cape Verde Morocco
Energy use, kg of oil equivalent per capita
207.6 kg
2007
601 kg
2023
GDP PPP per kg equivalent of energy use
$26.8
2007
$16.6
2023
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions
1.01 megatons
2023
69.9 megatons
2023
CO2 emissions per capita
1.93 tons
2023
1.85 tons
2023
Fossil fuel energy use share
0%
2007
90.1%
2022
Renewable energy use share
21.8%
2022
10.9%
2021
Alternative and nuclear energy use share n/a
4.92%
2023
Net energy imports use share n/a
93.6%
2023
Electric power consumption per capita n/a
997 kWh
2023
Renewable electricity output share
18.3%
2021
19.3%
2021
Hydroelectric share
0%
2021
1.18%
2023
Nuclear share
0%
2021
0%
2021
Electricity access
98.6%
2023
100%
2023

Society

Cape Verde Morocco
% of world population
0.006%
2024
0.47%
2024
Annual migration change
-1,209
2024
-46,802
2024
Urban population
68.4%
2024
65.6%
2024
Male:Female ratio
50:50
2024
50:50
2024
Average male height
5.78 ft
2025
5.79 ft
2025
Average female height
5.35 ft
2025
5.29 ft
2025
Quality of life index
46.7
2025
49.7
2025
Corruption Perceptions Index
62
2024
37
2024
Higher education index
27
2025
56
2025
Homicides per 100K people
6.18
2020
1.71
2023
Road traffic mortality per 100K people
26.8
2019
17
2019
Visa free countries
75
2025
85
2025
Adult literacy rate
88.5%
2024
77.3%
2022
English speaking
8%
2025
18.4%
2023
People using the Internet
73.5%
2023
91%
2023

Health

Cape Verde Morocco
Government health expenditure per capita
$286
2022
$199.2
2022
Out-of-pocket health expenditure per capita
$73.5
2022
$85.7
2022
Life expectancy
76.4 years
2025
75.7 years
2025
Foreign aid share of health expenditure
8.28%
2022
3.12%
2022
Physicians per 1,000 people
0.79
2018
0.73
2017
Maternal mortality per 100K births
40
2023
70
2023
Mortality rate before reaching 5 years of age, per 1,000 live births
11.6
2023
16.6
2023
Obesity rate
16.4%
2022
22.5%
2022
Diabetes prevalence
6.8%
2024
11.9%
2024
Air quality index
29
2025
75
2025
Tobacco use prevalence
11%
2022
13%
2022
Pure alcohol consumption per capita
6.01 liters
2020
0.5 liters
2020

Territory

Cape Verde Morocco
% of world land
0.003%
2025
0.3%
2025
Land area per capita
2,964 sq mi
2024
4,525 sq mi
2024
Agricultural land area
305 sq mi
2025
115,013 sq mi
2025
Forest area
180 sq mi
2025
22,293 sq mi
2025
Roads length
839 mi
2013
35,626 mi
2022

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