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Cabo Verde: Current account balance (% of GDP)

3.56percent · 2025+223.0% since 2015

Balance of current transactions (transactions in goods and services, earned income and transfer income) between residents and non-residents. The term current account balance is used in the external accounts and is expressed from the perspective of resident units. The term current external balance is used in the national accounts and is expressed from the perspective of the non-resident units, and therefore with the opposite sign. This indicator is expressed as a percentage of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) which is the total income earned through the production of goods and services in an economic territory during an accounting period. Annual figures for Cabo Verde from 1980 to 2025.

19862025

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
20253.557
20243.942
2023-2.77
2022-3.483
2021-12.215
2020-15.683
2019-0.969
2018-4.402
2017-6.993
2016-3.467
2015-2.891
2014-8.275
2013-5.291
2012-12.731
2011-14.879
2010-12.208
2009-13.223
2008-10.474
2007-12.013
2006-7.469
2005-4.182
2004-14.064
2003-11.126
2002-11.515
2001-9.899
2000-11.154
1999-12.62
1998-11.211
1997-6.058
1996-6.981
1995-12.65
1994-11.247
1993-4.879
1992-3.401
1991-2.177
1990-1.249
1989-4.799
1988-0.185
1987-1.093
19860.906
1985-6.489
1984-4.859
1983-9.64
1982-10.552
1981-15.498
19803.038

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World Bank (2026). Current account balance (% of GDP). Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/worldbank-current-account-balance-zs (accessed 2026-11-08). catalog snapshot 2026-11-07.

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