Getting electricity (DB16-20 methodology) - Score in Cape Verde
Cape Verde: Getting electricity (DB16-20 methodology) - Score was 54.73 in 2019. ▲ Rising
Getting electricity (DB16-20 methodology) - Score in Cape Verde, 2014–2019
Source: World Bank.
Analysis
Cape Verde recorded 54.73 for getting electricity (db16-20 methodology) - score in 2019. That is the highest value across all 6 years on record.
The figure is up 9.5% on the previous year and up 8.2% over ten years.
That places Cape Verde 155th out of 191 countries with data for 2019, putting it in the bottom quarter.
Getting electricity (DB16-20 methodology) - Score in Cape Verde, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 50.58 | — |
| 2015 | 50.45 | -0.3% |
| 2016 | 50.26 | -0.4% |
| 2017 | 49.86 | -0.8% |
| 2018 | 49.97 | +0.2% |
| 2019 | 54.73 | +9.5% |
Cape Verde compared with similar countries
- Cape Verde's 54.73 is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 73.3, 75% of the median. (56 countries reporting)
- Cape Verde's 54.73 is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 52.76, 1.0× the median. (48 countries reporting)
Countries ranked near Cape Verde
More private sector data for Cape Verde
- Merchandise trade 70.0% (2025)
- Food imports 32.6% (2024)
- Manufactures imports 50.8% (2024)
- Merchandise imports 2.04 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 86.4% (2024)
- Manufactures exports 13.6% (2024)
- Merchandise exports 96.00 million current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 182.05 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.0314 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate 23.08 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is getting electricity (db16-20 methodology) - score in Cape Verde?
- Getting electricity (db16-20 methodology) - score in Cape Verde was 54.73 in 2019, according to the World Bank.
- What is the highest getting electricity (db16-20 methodology) - score recorded in Cape Verde?
- The highest recorded value was 54.73 in 2019.
- What is the lowest getting electricity (db16-20 methodology) - score recorded in Cape Verde?
- The lowest recorded value was 49.86 in 2017.
- How does Cape Verde rank for getting electricity (db16-20 methodology) - score?
- Cape Verde ranks 155th out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
- Is getting electricity (db16-20 methodology) - score rising or falling in Cape Verde?
- Over the last ten years it is up 8.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Cape Verde data come from?
- The figures come from the World Bank, published as part of Getting electricity (DB16-20 methodology) - Score. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The score for getting electricity is the simple average of the scores for each of the component indicators: the procedures, time, cost for a business to obtain a permanent electricity connection and supply for a standardized warehouse, as well as the reliability of supply and transparency of tariffs index. The score is computed based on the methodology in the DB16-20 studies.