Starting a business: Paid-in Minimum capital (% of income per capita) in Cape Verde
Cape Verde: Starting a business: Paid-in Minimum capital (% of income per capita) was 100.0% in 2019. ▲ Rising
Starting a business: Paid-in Minimum capital (% of income per capita) in Cape Verde, 2003–2019
Source: World Bank.
Analysis
The most recent figure for starting a business: paid-in minimum capital (% of income per capita) in Cape Verde is 100.0%, measured in 2019. That is the highest value across all 17 years on record.
That represents a change of up 10.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, starting a business: paid-in minimum capital (% of income per capita) in Cape Verde peaked at 100.0% in 2019 and was at its lowest, 84.0%, in 2003.
That places Cape Verde 124th out of 191 countries with data for 2019, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 17 years of available data.
Starting a business: Paid-in Minimum capital (% of income per capita) in Cape Verde, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 84.0% | — |
| 2004 | 85.3% | +1.5% |
| 2005 | 85.3% | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 84.8% | -0.6% |
| 2007 | 86.6% | +2.1% |
| 2008 | 88.1% | +1.7% |
| 2009 | 90.3% | +2.4% |
| 2010 | 89.4% | -1.0% |
| 2011 | 90.3% | +1.0% |
| 2012 | 91.5% | +1.3% |
| 2013 | 100.0% | +9.3% |
| 2014 | 100.0% | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 100.0% | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 100.0% | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 100.0% | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 100.0% | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 100.0% | +0.0% |
Cape Verde compared with similar countries
- Cape Verde's 100.0% is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 100.0%, 100% of the median. (56 countries reporting)
- Cape Verde's 100.0% is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 100.0%, 100% of the median. (48 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 86.4% | 84.0% | 90.3% | 7 |
| 2010s | 97.1% | 89.4% | 100.0% | 10 |
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 starting a business: paid-in minimum capital (% of income per capita) in Cape Verde?
- Starting a business: paid-in minimum capital (% of income per capita) in Cape Verde was 100.0% in 2019, according to the World Bank.
- What is the highest starting a business: paid-in minimum capital (% of income per capita) recorded in Cape Verde?
- The highest recorded value was 100.0% in 2019.
- What is the lowest starting a business: paid-in minimum capital (% of income per capita) recorded in Cape Verde?
- The lowest recorded value was 84.0% in 2003.
- How does Cape Verde rank for starting a business: paid-in minimum capital (% of income per capita)?
- Cape Verde ranks 124th out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
- Is starting a business: paid-in minimum capital (% of income per capita) rising or falling in Cape Verde?
- Over the last ten years it is up 10.8%. 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 Starting a business: Paid-in Minimum capital (% of income per capita) - Score. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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The score for the paid-in minimum capital requirement benchmarks economies with respect to the regulatory best practice on the indicator. The score ranges from 0 to 100, where 0 represents the worst regulatory performance and 100 the best regulatory performance.