Cabo Verde's gross domestic savings (current US$) was US$184.33 million in 2025, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is down 39.35% from US$303.93 million in 2015 (4.88% a year on average, compounded).
Key figures
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | US$184.33 million | 2025 |
| Five years earlier | US$21.04 million | 2020 |
| Ten years earlier | US$303.93 million | 2015 |
| Highest | US$463.46 million | 2008 |
| Lowest | −US$41.15 million | 2021 |
| Average since 2016 | US$163.36 million | 2016–2025 |
| First recorded | US$339.11 million |
What the numbers say
In 2025, Cabo Verde's gross domestic savings (current US$) rose US$54.88 million on 2024 (from US$129.45 million to US$184.33 million).
Across the 17 yearly changes before that (2008 to 2024), the average change was −US$12.33 million and a typical year strayed about US$90.66 million from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.7 standard deviations above 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 US$124.34 million in 2008 and the biggest yearly fall was US$277.13 million in 2020. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.
From 2016 to 2025 there is no clear straight-line trend: a straight line explains 28% of the movement over 10 observed years, so the value is moving around more than it is heading anywhere.
Worked out from the yearly values above. How the checks work: standard deviation, z-scores and straight-line trends.
How it compares
In 2025, Cabo Verde had the 118th highest value of the 132 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.
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Cabo Verde | US$184.33 million | 2025 |
| World | US$30.01 trillion | 2024 |
| Sub-Saharan Africa | US$21.77 billion | 2025 |
| Upper middle income | US$11.31 trillion | 2024 |
Closest to Cabo Verde in the 2025 ranking
- Sudan — 114th of 132: US$335.93 million
- Guinea-Bissau — 115th of 132: US$320.17 million
- Tunisia — 116th of 132: US$278.65 million
- Seychelles — 118th of 132: US$135.21 million
- Montenegro — 119th of 132: US$118.76 million
- Samoa — 120th of 132: US$111.41 million
What this measures
Gross domestic savings are calculated as GDP less final consumption expenditure (total consumption). This indicator is expressed in current prices, meaning no adjustment has been made to account for price changes over time. This indicator is expressed in United States dollars.
Regional and income-group figures are computed by the World Bank as a weighted average.
All 19 values
| Year | Gross domestic savings (current US$) |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 184,326,599 |
| 2024 | 129,445,452 |
| 2023 | 131,578,317 |
| 2022 | 50,643,026 |
| 2021 | -41,153,760 |
| 2020 | 21,042,919 |
| 2019 | 298,174,371 |
| 2018 | 294,394,501 |
| 2017 | 266,943,568 |
| 2016 | 298,244,152 |
| 2015 |
Gross domestic savings (current US$) in nearby economies
- Angola — US$23.24 billion (2024)
- Benin — US$8.06 billion (2025)
- Botswana — US$4.53 billion (2025)
- Burkina Faso — US$6.13 billion (2025)
- Burundi — US$951.2 million (2025)
- Cameroon — US$7.68 billion (2025)
- Central African Republic — −US$150.63 million (2025)
- Chad — US$7.1 billion (2025)
- Comoros — −US$189.56 million (2025)
- Congo, Dem. Rep. — US$28.51 billion (2025)
More economic policy & debt data for Cabo Verde
- Grants, excluding technical cooperation (BoP, current US$) — US$42.27 million (2023)
- Net bilateral aid flows from DAC donors, Total (current US$) — US$33.96 million (2023)
- Net official development assistance and official aid received (current US$) — US$101.71 million (2023)
- Net official development assistance and official aid received (constant 2023 US$) — US$101.71 million (2023)
- Net official development assistance received (current US$) — US$101.71 million (2023)
- Net official development assistance received (constant 2023 US$) — US$101.71 million (2023)
- Net ODA received per capita (current US$) — US$194.72 (2023)
- Adjusted savings, education expenditure (% of GNI)
Reading data like this
Questions people ask
- What is Cabo Verde's gross domestic savings (current US$)?
- US$184.33 million in 2025, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).
- How has it changed since 2007?
- It is down 45.64% from US$339.11 million in 2007 (3.33% a year on average, compounded). The highest value was US$463.46 million in 2008 and the lowest −US$41.15 million in 2021.
- How does Cabo Verde rank?
- 118th highest of 132 economies with data for 2025.
- Is the latest change in gross domestic savings (current US$) unusual for Cabo Verde?
- In 2025, Cabo Verde's gross domestic savings (current US$) rose US$54.88 million on 2024 (from US$129.45 million to US$184.33 million). Across the 17 yearly changes before that (2008 to 2024), the average change was −US$12.33 million and a typical year strayed about US$90.66 million from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.7 standard deviations above 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 NY.GDS.TOTL.CD, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: Country official statistics, National Statistical Organizations and/or Central Banks; National Accounts data files, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD); Staff estimates, World Bank (WB) 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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