46.5%
turnout
- Seats
- 72
- Registered
- 416,096
- Voters
- 193,335
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Cape Verde
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Macro signals
Sovereign risk
Currency and markets
Political context
Sovereign Ratings
Exchange Rates
Markets
Latest News
Office holders
Francisco Carvalho
José Maria Neves
in office
Ulisses Correia e Silva
Jorge Carlos Fonseca
Pedro Pires
José Maria Neves
Gualberto do Rosário
Gualberto do Rosário
How a head of state came to power is not recorded in this dataset, and is not inferred here.
Parliamentary elections
57.5%
turnout
- Seats
- 72
- Registered
- 392,899
- Voters
- 225,761
- Parties with seats
- 3
- Women elected
- 37.5%
66.0%
turnout
- Seats
- 72
- Registered
- 347,622
- Voters
- 229,337
- Parties with seats
- 3
- Women elected
- 23.0%
Constitutions
1980
in force
Cape Verde's Constitution of 1980 with Amendments through 1992
Download PDF
year 1980
National constitutions (Constitute Project)
retrieved 2026-07-28
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Governance indicators
Control of corruption
year 2024
Safety, stability and governance indices (WGI + outcome measures)
retrieved 2026-07-28
66.9score 0-100
Government effectiveness
year 2024
Safety, stability and governance indices (WGI + outcome measures)
retrieved 2026-07-28
59.4score 0-100
Intentional homicides
reported outcome
year 2020
Safety, stability and governance indices (WGI + outcome measures)
retrieved 2026-07-28
7.0per 100,000 people
Political stability and absence of violence
year 2024
Safety, stability and governance indices (WGI + outcome measures)
retrieved 2026-07-28
79.0score 0-100
Political stability estimate
year 2024
Safety, stability and governance indices (WGI + outcome measures)
retrieved 2026-07-28
0.8-2.5 to +2.5
Regulatory quality
year 2024
Safety, stability and governance indices (WGI + outcome measures)
retrieved 2026-07-28
55.6score 0-100
Rule of law
year 2024
Safety, stability and governance indices (WGI + outcome measures)
retrieved 2026-07-28
64.3score 0-100
Voice and accountability
year 2024
Safety, stability and governance indices (WGI + outcome measures)
retrieved 2026-07-28
70.7score 0-100
These are the World Bank Worldwide Governance Indicators. Freedom House ratings are not collected by this observatory and are therefore not shown.
Country evolution timeline 2001–2026
Dated political, economic, and security records only. Each item keeps its source and retrieval date where the upstream table provides it. Latest retrieval 2026-08-24
Politics12
Economy6
Security3
- 2026 Politics Francisco Carvalho Prime Minister of Cabo Verde year 2026 wikidata retrieved 2026-08-24
- 2026 Politics Cabo Verde National Assembly May 2026 Election 46.5% turnout year 2026 ipu_parline retrieved 2026-08-24
- 2025 Economy 6.3% Latest GDP growth GDP growth (annual %) year 2025 world_bank_api_v2 retrieved 2026-08-24
- 2025 Economy 2.3% Latest inflation Inflation, consumer prices (annual %) year 2025 world_bank_api_v2 retrieved 2026-08-24
- 2025 Economy $5,796 Latest GDP per capita GDP per capita (current US$) year 2025 world_bank_api_v2 retrieved 2026-08-24
- 2025 Security Latest organized-violence fatalities Organized violence fatalities, total (best estimate) year 2025 ucdp_organized_violence_cy_26_1 retrieved 2026-08-24
- 2022 Economy 15.8% Growth peak GDP growth (annual %) year 2022 world_bank_api_v2 retrieved 2026-08-24
- 2022 Economy 7.9% Inflation peak Inflation, consumer prices (annual %) year 2022 world_bank_api_v2 retrieved 2026-08-24
- 2021 Politics José Maria Neves President of Cape Verde year 2021 wikidata retrieved 2026-08-24
- 2021 Politics Cabo Verde National Assembly April 2021 Election 57.5% turnout year 2021 ipu_parline retrieved 2026-08-24
- 2020 Economy -20.8% Growth trough GDP growth (annual %) year 2020 world_bank_api_v2 retrieved 2026-08-24
- 2020 Security 7 Latest homicide rate Intentional homicides (per 100,000 people) year 2020 world_bank_api_v2 retrieved 2026-08-24
- 2016 Politics Ulisses Correia e Silva Prime Minister of Cabo Verde year 2016 wikidata retrieved 2026-08-24
- 2016 Politics Cabo Verde National Assembly March 2016 Election 66.0% turnout year 2016 ipu_parline retrieved 2026-08-24
- 2011 Politics Jorge Carlos Fonseca President of Cape Verde year 2011 wikidata retrieved 2026-08-24
- 2011 Politics Cabo Verde National Assembly February 2011 Election year 2011 ipu_parline retrieved 2026-08-24
- 2006 Politics Cabo Verde National Assembly January 2006 Election year 2006 ipu_parline retrieved 2026-08-24
- 2001 Security Highest organized-violence fatalities Organized violence fatalities, total (best estimate) year 2001 ucdp_organized_violence_cy_26_1 retrieved 2026-08-24
- 2001 Politics Pedro Pires President of Cape Verde year 2001 wikidata retrieved 2026-08-24
- 2001 Politics José Maria Neves Prime Minister of Cabo Verde year 2001 wikidata retrieved 2026-08-24
- 2001 Politics Cabo Verde National Assembly January 2001 Election year 2001 ipu_parline retrieved 2026-08-24
Organized-violence fatalities per year (UCDP)
ucdp_organized_violence_cy_26_1
retrieved 2026-08-24
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