Cabo Verde: Cereal production (metric tons)

Key figures

What the numbers say

In 2024, Cabo Verde's cereal production (metric tons) fell 98.9% on 2023 (from 464 to 5).

Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1994 to 2023), the average change was +633.9% and a typical year strayed about 3,263.3% from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.2 standard deviations below that average, so it was an ordinary year: it sits within the range of normal year-to-year movement.

On record, the biggest yearly rise was 17,885% in 2018 and the biggest yearly fall was 99.9% in 2017. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.

From 2015 to 2024 the straight-line trend is downward, about 692.27 a year. A straight line explains 50% of the movement over 10 observed years.

Worked out from the yearly values above. How the checks work: standard deviation, z-scores and straight-line trends.

How it compares

In 2024, Cabo Verde had the 175th highest value of the 177 economies reporting that year. Higher is not always better: for some indicators the lowest value is the one to aim for. See the full ranking.

Closest to Cabo Verde in the 2024 ranking

• Grenada — 172nd of 177: 177.21
• Antigua and Barbuda — 173rd of 177: 50.37
• Djibouti — 174th of 177: 17.41
• Barbados — 176th of 177: 1.1
• Malta — 177th of 177: 0

What this measures

Production data on cereals relate to crops harvested for dry grain only. Cereal crops harvested for hay or harvested green for food, feed, or silage and those used for grazing are excluded.

Limitations: Data on cereal production may be affected by a variety of reporting and timing differences. Millet and sorghum, which are grown as feed for livestock and poultry in Europe and North America, are used as food in Africa, Asia, and countries of the former Soviet Union. So some cereal crops are excluded from the data for some countries and included elsewhere, depending on their use. The data are collected by the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations through annual questionnaires and are supplemented with information from official secondary data sources.

Regional and income-group figures are computed by the World Bank as a sum.

All 64 values

Cereal production (metric tons) in nearby economies

• Angola — 3.5 million (2024)
• Benin — 2.91 million (2024)
• Botswana — 54,554 (2024)
• Burkina Faso — 5.21 million (2024)
• Burundi — 789,542 (2024)
• Cameroon — 3.85 million (2024)
• Central African Republic — 282,868 (2024)
• Chad — 2.71 million (2024)
• Comoros — 20,110 (2024)
• Congo, Dem. Rep. — 4.39 million (2024)
• Congo, Rep. — 30,221 (2024)

More environment data for Cabo Verde

• Rural population — 117,962 (2025)
• Rural population (% of total population) — 22.37% (2025)
• Urban population — 409,364 (2025)
• Urban population (% of total population) — 77.63% (2025)
• Aquaculture production (metric tons) — 40 (2024)
• Capture fisheries production (metric tons) — 5,547 (2024)
• Total fisheries production (metric tons) — 5,587 (2024)
• Rural population growth (annual %) — -3.3% (2025)
• Urban population growth (annual %) — 1.58% (2025)
• Agricultural land (sq. km) — 999 (2024)

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Questions people ask

What is Cabo Verde's cereal production (metric tons)?

5 in 2024, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).

How has it changed since 1961?

It is down 99.96% from 13,000 in 1961 (11.73% a year on average, compounded). The highest value was 36,439 in 1999 and the lowest 4 in 2017.

How does Cabo Verde rank?

175th highest of 177 economies with data for 2024.

Is the latest change in cereal production (metric tons) unusual for Cabo Verde?

In 2024, Cabo Verde's cereal production (metric tons) fell 98.9% on 2023 (from 464 to 5). Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1994 to 2023), the average change was +633.9% and a typical year strayed about 3,263.3% from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.2 standard deviations below that average, so it was an ordinary year: it sits within the range of normal year-to-year movement.

Source

World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator AG.PRD.CREL.MT, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: FAO electronic files and web site, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), uri: https://www.fao.org/faostat/en/#data/QCL, publisher: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) Figures are fetched from the World Bank API and refreshed monthly; see the series on data.worldbank.org. The full definition and method are in the World Bank's metadata glossary. Comparisons use the same World Bank release.

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