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USD 0.07 billion (2015)
International Monetary Fund (IMF), data retrieved January 2017
USD 0.4 billion (2017, estimate)
Intl$ 0.7 billion (2017, estimate)
2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 |
9.1% | 0.6% | 8.1% | 4% | 4.5% | 4.8% | 4.5% |
2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016* | 2017* | ||
4% | 4.5% | 4% | 4% | 5% |
*Estimate
1980 | 1990 | 2000 | 2010 | 2017* |
0.0% | 0.0% | N/A | 0.0% | 0.001% |
*Estimate
(2016 estimate)
2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016* | 2017* |
8.1% | 7.0% | 5.3% | 3.9% | 3.5% |
*Estimate
2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016* | 2017* |
13.7% | 13.5% | 13.0% | 12.6% | 12.2% |
*Estimate
2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016* | 2017* |
71.4% | 68.9% | 82.3% | 90.8% | 96.5% |
*Estimate
2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016* | 2017* |
1.9% | -5.5% | -6.3% | -2.1% | -3.8% |
*Estimate
Standard & Poor's: N/A
Moody's: N/A
Standard & Poor's / Moody's (Updated January 2017)
2013 | 2014 | 2015 |
N/A | N/A | N/A |
-13.3% (2017 estimate)
N/A
0.0% (2015)
0.001% (2015)
Cocoa 80%, copra, coffee, palm oil (2010 estimate)
Machinery and electrical equipment, food products, petroleum products
Netherlands 29.2%, Belgium 22.4%, Spain 15.5%, US 6.6%, Nigeria 5.1% (2015)
Portugal 65.2%, China 8.1%, Gabon 7.3% (2015)
2013 | 2014 | 2015 |
USD 5.8 million | USD 27.1 million | USD 28.5 million |
2013 | 2014 | 2015 |
USD 0.9 million | USD 3.9 million | USD 2.7 million |
2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 |
N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
N/A
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N/A
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Economies are ranked on their ease of doing business. A high ease of doing business ranking means the regulatory environment is more conducive to the starting and operation of a local firm.
Overall ranking: 162 out of 190 countries (2017)
Subcategories:
Starting a business: 35 out of 190 countries
Enforcing Contracts: 181 out of 190 countries
Registering Property: 161 out of 190 countries
Getting Credit: 185 out of 190 countries
Protecting Minority Investors: 183 out of 190 countries
Trading Across Borders: 122 out of 190 countries
Paying Taxes: 127 out of 190 countries
Dealing with Construction Permits: 121 out of 190 countries
Getting Electricity: 119 out of 190 countries
Resolving Insolvency: 158 out of 190 countries
Ranking: 120 / Score: 56.71 (Mostly unfree) (2016)
(100=totally free 0=totally repressed)
Portuguese 98.4% (official), Forro 36.2%, Cabo Verdian 8.5%, French 6.8%, Angolar 6.6%, English 4.9%, Lunguie 1%, other (including sign language) 2.4% (2012 est.)
Catholic 55.7%, Adventist 4.1%, Assembly of God 3.4%, New Apostolic 2.9%, Mana 2.3%, Universal Kingdom of God 2%, Jehovah's Witness 1.2%, other 6.2%, none 21.2%, unspecified 1% (2012 est.)
1990 | 2000 | 2010 | 2016* | 2021* |
0.114 million | 0.139 million | 0.178 million | 0.208 million | 0.232 million |
*Estimate
1960 | 1980 | 2000 | 2015 |
16% | 34% | 53% | 65% |
Total population: 74.9%
Male: 81.8%
Female: 68.4% (2015 est.)
(age 15 and over can read and write)
25.5% (2010)
30.8 (2010)
(0=perfect equality, 100=absolute inequality)
Political Rights: 2
Civil Liberties: 2 (2017)
(1 represents the most free, 7 the least free rating)
Fixed 3.45% Mobile 65.09% (2015)
(fixed-telephone subscribers and mobile-cellular subscribers)