Travel services in Cape Verde
Cape Verde: Travel services was 30.0% in 2025. ▲ Rising
Travel services in Cape Verde, 1977–2025
Source: Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF). Measured in % of commercial service imports.
Analysis
In 2025, travel services in Cape Verde stood at 30.0%.
That represents a change of up 0.1% on the previous year and down 19.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, travel services in Cape Verde peaked at 52.4% in 1977 and was at its lowest, 8.8%, in 1981.
That places Cape Verde 51st out of 198 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 49 years of available data.
Travel services in Cape Verde, year by year
| Year | % of commercial service imports | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1977 | 52.4% | — |
| 1978 | 23.5% | -55.2% |
| 1979 | 23.6% | +0.5% |
| 1980 | 23.7% | +0.3% |
| 1981 | 8.8% | -63.0% |
| 1982 | 9.7% | +10.9% |
| 1983 | 10.6% | +9.2% |
| 1984 | 12.2% | +15.3% |
| 1985 | 15.3% | +25.0% |
| 1986 | 19.1% | +25.3% |
| 1987 | 29.0% | +51.5% |
| 1988 | 28.2% | -2.6% |
| 1989 | 18.6% | -34.2% |
| 1990 | 17.2% | -7.4% |
| 1991 | 39.0% | +126.7% |
| 1992 | 32.9% | -15.7% |
| 1993 | 37.3% | +13.6% |
| 1994 | 38.9% | +4.3% |
| 1995 | 29.7% | -23.8% |
| 1996 | 27.8% | -6.3% |
| 1997 | 25.7% | -7.5% |
| 1998 | 27.0% | +4.8% |
| 1999 | 34.9% | +29.6% |
| 2000 | 37.2% | +6.4% |
| 2001 | 40.0% | +7.7% |
| 2002 | 40.6% | +1.4% |
| 2003 | 38.6% | -4.8% |
| 2004 | 39.5% | +2.2% |
| 2005 | 32.5% | -17.8% |
| 2006 | 32.8% | +1.1% |
| 2007 | 36.6% | +11.5% |
| 2008 | 37.2% | +1.7% |
| 2009 | 43.1% | +15.7% |
| 2010 | 43.5% | +1.0% |
| 2011 | 40.7% | -6.5% |
| 2012 | 35.4% | -12.8% |
| 2013 | 35.4% | -0.1% |
| 2014 | 30.3% | -14.3% |
| 2015 | 37.3% | +22.8% |
| 2016 | 23.6% | -36.8% |
| 2017 | 24.3% | +3.2% |
| 2018 | 23.8% | -2.0% |
| 2019 | 24.8% | +3.9% |
| 2020 | 25.2% | +1.9% |
| 2021 | 26.8% | +6.3% |
| 2022 | 25.8% | -3.9% |
| 2023 | 27.6% | +7.3% |
| 2024 | 30.0% | +8.5% |
| 2025 | 30.0% | +0.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 33.1% | 23.5% | 52.4% | 3 |
| 1980s | 17.5% | 8.8% | 29.0% | 10 |
| 1990s | 31.1% | 17.2% | 39.0% | 10 |
| 2000s | 37.8% | 32.5% | 43.1% | 10 |
| 2010s | 31.9% | 23.6% | 43.5% | 10 |
| 2020s | 27.6% | 25.2% | 30.0% | 6 |
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 travel services in Cape Verde?
- Travel services in Cape Verde was 30.0% in 2025, according to Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF).
- What is the highest travel services recorded in Cape Verde?
- The highest recorded value was 52.4% in 1977.
- What is the lowest travel services recorded in Cape Verde?
- The lowest recorded value was 8.8% in 1981.
- How does Cape Verde rank for travel services?
- Cape Verde ranks 51st out of 198 countries with data for 2025.
- Is travel services rising or falling in Cape Verde?
- Over the last ten years it is down 19.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Cape Verde data come from?
- The figures come from Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF), published as part of Travel services (% of commercial service imports). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Travel services cover goods and services for own use or to give away acquired from an economy by nonresidents during visits to that economy, or acquired from other economies by residents during visits to these other economies. This indicator is expressed as a percentage of service imports which are commercial services provided by non-residents to residents.