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Cape Verde vs Solomon Islands statistics compared

Updated on by Georank team

Cape Verde has a population of 525K (ranked 169/197), compared with 819K in The Solomon Islands (ranked 162/197). Cape Verde's land area is 1,556 sq mi versus 10,807 sq mi for The Solomon Islands (ranked 167th vs. 141st).

By GDP, Cape Verde ranks 170/197 ($2.77B) and The Solomon Islands ranks 182/197 ($1.76B). By GDP per capita, Cape Verde ranks 117/197 ($5,273), while The Solomon Islands ranks 153/197 ($2,149).

Main facts and rankings

Cape Verde Solomon Islands
Population
529186
854419
Population rank 169/197 161/197
GDP
$2.77B
2024
$1.76B
2024
GDP rank 170/197 182/197
GDP per capita
$5,273
2024
$2,149
2024
GDP per capita rank 117/197 153/197
GDP per capita, PPP
$11,262
2024
$2,872
2024
Government debt
$3.15B
2024
$388M
2024
Debt-to-GDP ratio
109.6%
2025
23.7%
2025
Government debt per person
$5,998
2024
$473
2024
Government debt per person rank 75/185 169/185
Average annual personal income after taxes
$2,527
2025
$2,069
2025
Land area
1,556 sq mi
2025
10,807 sq mi
2025
Population density
337 ppl/mi²
2024
75.8 ppl/mi²
2024
Fertility rate
1.52
2023
3.56
2023
Median age
29.4 years
2024
21.5 years
2024
Life expectancy
76.4 years
2025
70.8 years
2025

Cape Verde and Solomon Islands: Comparison Charts

Cape Verde and Solomon Islands economies compared

GDP
Cape Verde

Solomon Islands
Year GDP
Cape Verde Solomon Islands
1967 - $25,203,524
1968 - $28,084,253
1969 - $28,606,411
1970 - -
1971 - $50,056,883
1972 - $40,606,712
1973 - $55,272,109
1974 - $84,539,332
1975 - $74,620,320
1976 - $83,100,834
1977 - $93,145,283
1978 - $111,027,427
1979 - $151,276,496
1980 $142,246,815 $182,852,107
1981 $139,468,209 $193,750,541
1982 $140,630,679 $192,902,019
1983 $138,476,176 $181,220,399
1984 $132,019,039 $181,570,474
1985 $137,728,205 $165,524,943
1986 $190,651,168 $147,620,048
1987 $235,253,065 $155,128,542
1988 $264,308,140 $176,494,394
1989 $267,448,571 $172,882,411
1990 $306,890,963 $214,877,667
1991 $319,827,059 $227,540,473
1992 $357,160,985 $269,034,596
1993 $490,417,390 $300,746,361
1994 $406,580,652 $402,837,005
1995 $487,148,994 $469,443,202
1996 $501,979,270 $510,586,430
1997 $490,608,658 $526,554,006
1998 $521,910,561 $457,579,840
1999 $592,416,703 $488,024,514
2000 $539,227,278 $419,842,674
2001 $563,090,490 $409,508,553
2002 $620,507,387 $346,406,739
2003 $813,260,469 $417,668,983
2004 $924,940,012 $468,005,319
2005 $972,241,677 $552,864,570
2006 $1,107,571,458 $617,258,154
2007 $1,649,621,739 $695,295,348
2008 $1,959,620,648 $776,337,692
2009 $1,852,334,575 $805,557,563
2010 $1,824,751,468 $898,133,685
2011 $2,046,817,987 $1,063,895,361
2012 $1,913,081,210 $1,185,215,418
2013 $2,028,910,915 $1,285,911,586
2014 $2,041,930,125 $1,335,571,421
2015 $1,749,857,620 $1,307,909,888
2016 $1,849,789,986 $1,379,490,304
2017 $1,996,741,540 $1,469,789,119
2018 $2,205,099,507 $1,615,478,393
2019 $2,252,177,124 $1,619,155,017
2020 $1,821,565,614 $1,536,145,814
2021 $2,051,842,619 $1,522,794,913
2022 $2,247,003,344 $1,566,360,686
2023 $2,539,203,429 $1,660,896,531
2024 $2,767,599,017 $1,760,767,447

Cape Verde and Solomon Islands economies compared

GDP per capita
Cape Verde

Solomon Islands
Year GDP per capita
Cape Verde Solomon Islands
1967 - $153.5
1968 - $166.9
1969 - $165.9
1970 - $162
1971 - $277.1
1972 - $219.5
1973 - $291.3
1974 - $433
1975 - $372
1976 - $401
1977 - $434
1978 - $500
1979 - $658
1980 $440 $768
1981 $425 $786
1982 $423 $756
1983 $410 $686
1984 $385 $665
1985 $396 $586
1986 $541 $506
1987 $658 $515
1988 $729 $567
1989 $727 $538
1990 $817 $648
1991 $832 $666
1992 $908 $764
1993 $1,220 $829
1994 $991 $1,078
1995 $1,165 $1,220
1996 $1,180 $1,289
1997 $1,134 $1,292
1998 $1,187 $1,092
1999 $1,327 $1,134
2000 $1,190 $953
2001 $1,223 $912
2002 $1,329 $757
2003 $1,718 $896
2004 $1,929 $986
2005 $2,004 $1,144
2006 $2,257 $1,256
2007 $3,325 $1,390
2008 $3,909 $1,526
2009 $3,660 $1,555
2010 $3,579 $1,685
2011 $4,002 $1,924
2012 $3,737 $2,066
2013 $3,961 $2,161
2014 $3,986 $2,165
2015 $3,415 $2,045
2016 $3,609 $2,083
2017 $3,893 $2,144
2018 $4,295 $2,278
2019 $4,381 $2,224
2020 $3,539 $2,063
2021 $3,971 $1,997
2022 $4,323 $2,005
2023 $4,861 $2,076
2024 $5,273 $2,149

Cape Verde vs. Solomon Islands life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy
Cape Verde

Solomon Islands
Year Life expectancy, years
Cape Verde Solomon Islands
1950 44.9 41.4
1951 45.6 42
1952 46.2 42.6
1953 46.4 43.2
1954 46.6 43.7
1955 46.9 44.3
1956 47.1 42.8
1957 47.4 45.7
1958 47.7 46.3
1959 48.2 47
1960 48.7 47.7
1961 49.4 48.3
1962 50.2 49
1963 51.1 49.8
1964 52.1 50.6
1965 53 51.4
1966 53.9 52.3
1967 54.7 53.1
1968 55.4 54.1
1969 56 55.1
1970 56.6 56.1
1971 57 57
1972 57.5 57.9
1973 58 58.8
1974 58.4 59.6
1975 59 58.4
1976 59.4 61.2
1977 60 61.5
1978 60.4 62.5
1979 60.7 63.1
1980 61 63.7
1981 61.3 64.1
1982 61.5 64.5
1983 61.8 64.8
1984 61.8 65
1985 62.3 65.3
1986 62.6 64.7
1987 62.9 65.7
1988 63.2 65.9
1989 63.6 66.1
1990 63.9 66.2
1991 64.1 66.4
1992 64.3 66.5
1993 64.5 66.6
1994 64.6 66.7
1995 63.7 66.7
1996 65.5 66.7
1997 66.1 66.8
1998 66.7 66.9
1999 67.4 67
2000 68.1 67.1
2001 68.7 67.2
2002 69.4 67.4
2003 70 67.5
2004 70.5 67.6
2005 70.9 67.8
2006 71.3 68
2007 71.5 67.8
2008 71.9 68.3
2009 72.1 68.4
2010 72.5 68.7
2011 72.9 68.8
2012 73.3 69
2013 73.5 69
2014 73.8 69
2015 74.1 69.3
2016 74.4 69.5
2017 74.7 69.7
2018 74.8 69.8
2019 75.4 70
2020 73.8 69.3
2021 74.4 68.9
2022 75.9 70.4
2023 76.1 70.5
2024 76.2 70.7
2025 76.4 70.8

Cape Verde and Solomon Islands population clocks and comparison

Population
Cape Verde

Solomon Islands
Year Population
Cape Verde Solomon Islands
1960 210,024 139,688
1961 215,087 142,912
1962 221,919 146,201
1963 229,373 149,589
1964 237,006 153,085
1965 244,856 156,686
1966 252,976 160,393
1967 261,404 164,245
1968 270,164 168,282
1969 279,248 172,476
1970 287,885 176,579
1971 294,046 180,637
1972 297,386 184,994
1973 299,881 189,774
1974 302,570 195,041
1975 305,847 200,744
1976 309,455 207,194
1977 312,834 214,418
1978 316,147 222,029
1979 319,480 229,953
1980 323,301 238,135
1981 327,846 246,555
1982 332,724 255,200
1983 337,654 264,068
1984 342,505 273,163
1985 347,365 282,455
1986 352,312 291,842
1987 357,302 301,414
1988 362,329 311,265
1989 367,803 321,282
1990 375,428 331,435
1991 384,586 341,738
1992 393,415 352,205
1993 401,965 362,839
1994 410,228 373,675
1995 418,104 384,733
1996 425,581 396,009
1997 432,798 407,474
1998 439,784 419,071
1999 446,519 430,500
2000 453,317 440,469
2001 460,293 449,125
2002 467,046 457,671
2003 473,383 466,154
2004 479,370 474,611
2005 485,115 483,080
2006 490,728 491,594
2007 496,190 500,156
2008 501,355 508,790
2009 506,141 518,141
2010 509,784 532,968
2011 511,447 552,945
2012 511,955 573,606
2013 512,225 594,945
2014 512,326 616,908
2015 512,394 639,415
2016 512,554 662,379
2017 512,893 685,672
2018 513,415 709,101
2019 514,104 728,147
2020 514,679 744,498
2021 516,649 762,591
2022 519,741 781,066
2023 522,331 800,005
2024 524,877 819,198

Fertility rates in Cape Verde and Solomon Islands

Fertility rate
Cape Verde

Solomon Islands
Year Fertility rate
Cape Verde Solomon Islands
1960 6.89 7.07
1961 6.92 7.05
1962 6.95 7.04
1963 6.98 7.03
1964 6.99 7.05
1965 6.99 7.02
1966 6.99 7
1967 6.98 6.97
1968 6.97 6.95
1969 6.95 6.97
1970 6.94 6.98
1971 6.91 6.99
1972 6.89 6.99
1973 6.86 7
1974 6.82 7.01
1975 6.77 6.99
1976 6.71 6.95
1977 6.65 6.92
1978 6.56 6.87
1979 6.47 6.82
1980 6.38 6.77
1981 6.27 6.71
1982 6.17 6.64
1983 6.07 6.57
1984 5.97 6.49
1985 5.92 6.38
1986 5.81 6.26
1987 5.68 6.12
1988 5.55 5.99
1989 5.45 5.87
1990 5.36 5.74
1991 5.26 5.62
1992 5.12 5.51
1993 4.95 5.45
1994 4.72 5.4
1995 4.49 5.34
1996 4.26 5.22
1997 4.05 5.09
1998 3.9 4.98
1999 3.73 4.86
2000 3.55 4.76
2001 3.37 4.67
2002 3.19 4.6
2003 3.03 4.54
2004 2.9 4.47
2005 2.73 4.41
2006 2.56 4.39
2007 2.41 4.37
2008 2.3 4.36
2009 2.25 4.35
2010 2.33 4.34
2011 2.33 4.34
2012 2.15 4.33
2013 2.07 4.33
2014 2.03 4.36
2015 1.97 4.29
2016 1.97 4.2
2017 1.93 4.06
2018 1.8 3.93
2019 1.7 3.8
2020 1.59 3.75
2021 1.55 3.69
2022 1.53 3.62
2023 1.52 3.56

Cape Verde and Solomon Islands demographics compared

Median age
Cape Verde

Solomon Islands
Year Median age, years
Cape Verde Solomon Islands
1960 19 16.8
1961 18.6 16.9
1962 18.1 16.9
1963 17.7 17
1964 17.4 17
1965 17.2 17
1966 17.1 17
1967 17 16.9
1968 17 16.8
1969 17.1 16.8
1970 17.2 16.7
1971 17.2 16.6
1972 17.2 16.6
1973 17.2 16.4
1974 17.2 16.3
1975 17 16.1
1976 16.8 15.9
1977 16.6 15.9
1978 16.4 15.8
1979 16.2 15.8
1980 16.1 15.8
1981 16.1 15.9
1982 16.3 15.9
1983 16.4 16
1984 16.5 16.1
1985 16.6 16.2
1986 16.7 16.3
1987 16.8 16.4
1988 16.8 16.5
1989 16.9 16.7
1990 17 16.8
1991 17 17
1992 17.1 17.1
1993 17.2 17.2
1994 17.4 17.4
1995 17.5 17.5
1996 17.7 17.7
1997 17.9 17.8
1998 18.1 17.9
1999 18.3 18.1
2000 18.6 18.3
2001 18.9 18.4
2002 19.2 18.6
2003 19.6 18.8
2004 19.9 19
2005 20.4 19.1
2006 20.8 19.2
2007 21.3 19.4
2008 21.7 19.4
2009 22.1 19.5
2010 22.6 19.6
2011 23.1 19.6
2012 23.6 19.7
2013 24.2 19.7
2014 24.7 19.8
2015 25.2 19.9
2016 25.7 20
2017 26.2 20.2
2018 26.6 20.4
2019 27 20.5
2020 27.3 20.7
2021 27.8 20.9
2022 28.3 21.1
2023 28.8 21.3
2024 29.4 21.5

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National statistics comparison

Finance

Cape Verde Solomon Islands
GNI, Atlas method
$2.63B
2024
$1.71B
2024
Government expenditure, % of GDP
29.5%
2025
35.7%
2025
Education expenditure, % of GDP
4.35%
2023
8.29%
2023
Military expenditure, % of GDP
0.53%
2023
n/a
Armed forces personnel
1,000
2020
n/a
Deficit/surplus, % of GDP
-1.77%
2025
-3.15%
2025
Unemployment rate
11.3%
2019
0.69%
2013
Services, % of GDP
69.4%
2024
47.3%
2022
Industry, % of GDP
10.5%
2024
18.7%
2022
Economic freedom index
68.7
2025
56.3
2025
Income share by richest 10%
32.3%
2015
29.2%
2012
Income share by poorest 10%
2.2%
2015
2.8%
2012
Total reserves including gold
$783M
2024
$688M
2023
Personal remittances received
$334M
2024
$95.2M
2024
International tourist arrivals
180,000
2020
4,400
2020
International tourism as share of exports
39.9%
2020
1.63%
2020

Energy

Cape Verde Solomon Islands
Energy use, kg of oil equivalent per capita
207.6 kg
2007
128 kg
2007
GDP PPP per kg equivalent of energy use
$26.8
2007
$14.6
2007
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions
1.01 megatons
2023
0.42 megatons
2023
CO2 emissions per capita
1.93 tons
2023
0.52 tons
2023
Fossil fuel energy use share
0%
2007
0%
2007
Renewable energy use share
21.8%
2022
50.1%
2022
Renewable electricity output share
18.3%
2021
6.56%
2021
Hydroelectric share
0%
2021
0.86%
2021
Nuclear share
0%
2021
0%
2021
Electricity access
98.6%
2023
81.3%
2023

Society

Cape Verde Solomon Islands
% of world population
0.006%
2024
0.01%
2024
Annual migration change
-1,209
2024
+1,610
2024
Urban population
68.4%
2024
26.5%
2024
Male:Female ratio
50:50
2024
50:50
2024
Average male height
5.78 ft
2025
5.35 ft
2025
Average female height
5.35 ft
2025
5.14 ft
2025
Quality of life index
46.7
2025
37.4
2025
Corruption Perceptions Index
62
2024
43
2024
Higher education index
27
2025
2
2025
Homicides per 100K people
6.18
2020
3.68
2008
Road traffic mortality per 100K people
26.8
2019
16.5
2019
Visa free countries
75
2025
137
2025
Adult literacy rate
88.5%
2024
84.1%
2013
English speaking
8%
2025
31.7%
2023
People using the Internet
73.5%
2023
42.5%
2023

Health

Cape Verde Solomon Islands
Government health expenditure per capita
$286
2022
$96.7
2022
Out-of-pocket health expenditure per capita
$73.5
2022
$3.6
2022
Life expectancy
76.4 years
2025
70.8 years
2025
Foreign aid share of health expenditure
8.28%
2022
27.4%
2022
Physicians per 1,000 people
0.79
2018
0.19
2016
Age at first childbirth n/a
22.6 years
2025
Maternal mortality per 100K births
40
2023
123
2023
Mortality rate before reaching 5 years of age, per 1,000 live births
11.6
2023
20.6
2023
Obesity rate
16.4%
2022
23.3%
2022
Diabetes prevalence
6.8%
2024
12%
2024
Air quality index
29
2025
93
2025
Tobacco use prevalence
11%
2022
36.9%
2022
Pure alcohol consumption per capita
6.01 liters
2020
1.45 liters
2020

Territory

Cape Verde Solomon Islands
% of world land
0.003%
2025
0.02%
2025
Land area per capita
2,964 sq mi
2024
13,192 sq mi
2024
Agricultural land area
305 sq mi
2025
422 sq mi
2025
Forest area
180 sq mi
2025
9,733 sq mi
2025
Roads length
839 mi
2013
864 mi
2011

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