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Topic 05 of 18 · Country Index 2026
Cabo Verde: Health & Wellbeing
How long, and how well fed, do people live?
Cabo Verde is placed 80th of 200 countries on health & wellbeing in the Country Index 2026, from 4 of its 4 key statistics. Readings behind it: Life Expectancy at Birth 76.06 (2023); Under-Five Mortality Rate 11.14 (2024).
Share
Health & Wellbeing
80th
of 200 countries placed
Placed from 4 of 4 key statistics
- 76.06Life Expectancy at Birth, 2023Years a newborn would live at current death rates
- 11.14Under-Five Mortality Rate, 2024Deaths before age five (per 1,000 live births)
- 6Stunting Prevalence in Children Under Five, 2024Children under 5 who are stunted (%)
- 6.4Prevalence of Severe Food Insecurity, 2024Population in severe food insecurity (%)
01The evidence
The 4 key statistics that decide it
Only these place Cabo Verde on health & wellbeing — one vote each. Every value is the publisher’s own, read at the edition the Country Index 2026 used — or, for a survey-based key, each country’s latest reading; the grey ticks are every other country it was compared with, lowest on the left.
Key 1 of 4
Life Expectancy at Birth
UN DESA Population Division
2023 edition · data for 2023 · CC BY 3.0 IGO
76.06
Years a newborn would live at current death rates
Higher is better
Cabo Verde: 76.06. Across the 222 countries in this edition, values run from 54.46 (Nigeria) to 86.37 (Monaco); the world median is 74.63.
- World median
- 74.63
- Best in Western Africa
- 76.06 Cabo Verde
Key 2 of 4
Under-Five Mortality Rate
UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UN IGME)
2024 edition · data for 2024 · CC BY 3.0 IGO
11.14
Deaths before age five (per 1,000 live births)
Lower is better
Cabo Verde: 11.14. Across the 200 countries in this edition, values run from 1.26 (San Marino) to 115.65 (Nigeria); the world median is 14.54.
- World median
- 14.54
- Best in Western Africa
- 11.14 Cabo Verde
Key 3 of 4
Stunting Prevalence in Children Under Five
UNICEF, WHO and World Bank Group (Joint Malnutrition Estimates)
Latest reading per country, 2014–2024 · Cabo Verde’s is from 2018 · CC BY 3.0 IGO
6
Children under 5 who are stunted (%)
Lower is better
Cabo Verde: 6. Across the 162 countries at their latest reading, values run from 0.518 (Latvia) to 52.8 (Burundi); the world median is 13.8.
- World median
- 13.8
- Best in Western Africa
- 6 Cabo Verde
Key 4 of 4
Prevalence of Severe Food Insecurity
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
2024 edition · data for 2024 · CC BY 4.0
6.4
Population in severe food insecurity (%)
Lower is better
Cabo Verde: 6.4. Across the 125 countries in this edition, values run from 0.6 (Brazil) to 62.9 (South Sudan); the world median is 4.9.
- World median
- 4.9
- Best in Western Africa
- 2.4 Mali
02Over time
Which way Cabo Verde is moving
Each key’s published value, edition by edition, beside the world median. The Country Index 2026 is the first edition of the standing, so the standing itself has no history to chart yet.
Life Expectancy at Birth
Years a newborn would live at current death rates · higher is better
Cabo VerdeWorld median
Cabo Verde rose from 68.12 in 2000 to 76.06 in 2023; the world median went from 70.68 to 74.63.
Every year’s figures
Year Cabo Verde World median 2023 76.06 74.630 2022 75.91 74.313 2021 74.42 72.433 2020 73.82 73.063 2019 75.45 74.196 2018 74.84 74.081 2017 74.71 74.029 2016 74.35 74.013 2015 74.10 73.783 2014 73.79 73.330 2013 73.48 73.386 2012 73.31 73.210 2011 72.91 73.003 2010 72.51 72.827 2009 72.14 72.426 2008 71.89 72.264 2007 71.49 72.113 2006 71.34 72.027 2005 70.94 71.876 2004 70.50 71.477 2003 70.01 71.409 2002 69.45 71.173 2001 68.71 70.926 2000 68.12 70.678 Under-Five Mortality Rate
Deaths before age five (per 1,000 live births) · lower is better
Cabo VerdeWorld median
Cabo Verde fell from 36.01 in 2000 to 11.14 in 2024; the world median went from 30.43 to 14.54.
Every year’s figures
Year Cabo Verde World median 2024 11.14 14.5 2023 11.60 15.2 2022 12.10 14.7 2021 12.67 15.1 2020 13.33 15.3 2019 14.11 15.7 2018 15.06 16.3 2017 16.21 16.8 2016 17.58 17.5 2015 19.15 17.9 2014 20.87 18.3 2013 22.61 18.7 2012 24.23 18.8 2011 25.63 19.0 2010 26.74 19.2 2009 27.50 20.8 2008 27.93 20.7 2007 28.05 21.8 2006 28.02 22.8 2005 28.01 24.0 2004 28.25 25.9 2003 29.00 26.9 2002 30.47 28.0 2001 32.77 29.1 2000 36.01 30.4 Prevalence of Severe Food Insecurity
Population in severe food insecurity (%) · lower is better
Cabo VerdeWorld median
Cabo Verde fell from 9.6 in 2017 to 6.4 in 2024; the world median went from 4 to 4.9.
Every year’s figures
Year Cabo Verde World median 2024 6.4 4.9 2023 6.1 4.7 2022 6.0 5.4 2021 6.1 5.7 2020 6.4 5.6 2019 7.6 5.0 2018 8.6 4.2 2017 9.6 4.0 2016 — 3.4 2015 — 3.4
03In context
Cabo Verde beside its neighbours
A position reads best beside the countries around it. Every position below is a place among all 200 countries on health & wellbeing, never a place within the region.
Cabo Verde and Western Africa
Cabo Verde has no land border, so the table compares it with its sub-region. Standing among all 200; the key columns are the publishers’ own values.
| Country | Standing | Life Expectancy at BirthYears a newborn would live at current death rates | Under-Five Mortality RateDeaths before age five (per 1,000 live births) | Stunting Prevalence in Children Under FiveChildren under 5 who are stunted (%) | Prevalence of Severe Food InsecurityPopulation in severe food insecurity (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cabo Verde | 80th | 76.06 | 11.14 | 6 | 6.4 |
 Senegal | 131st | 68.68 | 36.53 | 17.47 | 3.5 |
 Ghana | 147th | 65.5 | 35.88 | 17.39 | 8.8 |
 Mali | 151st | 60.44 | 72.98 | 25.1 | 2.4 |
 Mauritania | 154th | 68.48 | 36.91 | 25.1 | 12.5 |
 Gambia | =159th | 65.86 | 42.41 | 17.48 | 17.6 |
 Burkina Faso | 163rd | 61.09 | 74.89 | 21.1 | 7.3 |
 Côte d’Ivoire | 165th | 61.94 | 64.47 | 23.42 | 7.9 |
 Togo | 167th | 62.74 | 56.13 | 23.78 | 9.2 |
 Guinea-Bissau | 179th | 64.08 | 67.34 | 28.14 | — |
 Benin | 183rd | 60.77 | 74.75 | 34.13 | 13.1 |
 Niger | 184th | 61.18 | 110.72 | 47.7 | 7.4 |
 Guinea | 188th | 60.74 | 92.14 | 26.14 | — |
 Sierra Leone | 191st | 61.79 | 90.5 | 26.26 | 31.9 |
 Liberia | =192nd | 62.16 | 86.39 | 29.83 | 35.5 |
 Nigeria | 196th | 54.46 | 115.65 | 33.8 | 26.4 |
“—”: no published reading in that edition. What a standing is
Across Western Africa
Every country in the sub-region, by its place among all 200.
Placed either side on health & wellbeing
The countries immediately above and below Cabo Verde in the topic’s list.
04Context, no vote
Where Cabo Verde is ahead of the world, and behind
43 more statistics filed under health & wellbeing, published in full and deliberately given no vote in the standing. Select a row for the publisher, the rank and the links.
Ahead of the world median22
Statistics on which Cabo Verde does better than the middle country measured.
HPV Vaccination Coverage, GirlsWUENIC · 2025 · world median 65.59965.5No real change since 2022
Cabo Verde: 99 · world median 65.5 · Girls in the target group given the final dose of HPV vaccine (%). WHO and UNICEF (WUENIC), 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from 1 to 99; higher is better.
Early Initiation of BreastfeedingUNICEF · 2024 · world median 52.9571.152.95No earlier reading
Cabo Verde: 71.1 · world median 52.95 · Newborns put to the breast within one hour of birth (%). UNICEF, 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 7.749 to 93.1; higher is better.
Position 20th of 136 · derived.
Days Above 35°CECMWF · 2025 · world median 3.4803.48No real change since 2015
Cabo Verde: 0 · world median 3.48 · Days a year with a maximum temperature above 35°C, averaged over the country’s land. World Bank Group (Climate Change Knowledge Portal), from Copernicus ERA5 (ECMWF), 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from 0 to 222.89; lower is better.
Excess Mortality During the COVID-19 PandemicAriel Karlinsky and Dmitry Kobak (World Mortality Dataset) · 2026 · world median 272.35146.8272.35No earlier reading
Cabo Verde: 146.8 · world median 272.35 · Excess deaths per 100,000 people, March 2020 to the end of each country's data (at most December 2023). Ariel Karlinsky and Dmitry Kobak (World Mortality Dataset), 2026 edition, data for 2026.
Published values in that edition run from -264.9 to 1,013; lower is better.
Oral Rehydration Salts for Children with DiarrhoeaUNICEF · 2024 · world median 41.555.741.5No earlier reading
Cabo Verde: 55.7 · world median 41.5 · Children under 5 with diarrhoea given oral rehydration salts (%). UNICEF, 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 9.9 to 95.4; higher is better.
Position 33rd of 127 · derived.
Immunisation Coverage, Measles First Dose (MCV1)WUENIC · 2025 · world median 909590▲ Improved since 2015
Cabo Verde: 95 · world median 90 · Infants given a first dose of measles vaccine (%). WHO and UNICEF (WUENIC), 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from 13 to 99; higher is better.
Wasting Prevalence in Children Under FiveUNICEF, WHO and World Bank Group (Joint Malnutrition Estimates) · 2024 · world median 3.5462.43.546No earlier reading
Cabo Verde: 2.4 · world median 3.546 · Children under 5 who are wasted (%). UNICEF, WHO and World Bank Group (Joint Malnutrition Estimates), 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 0.1 to 22.74; lower is better.
Position 110th of 163 · derived, 1st = worst.
Demand for Family Planning Satisfied by Modern MethodsUN DESA Population Division · 2023 · world median 71.257771.25▼ Worsened since 2013
Cabo Verde: 77 · world median 71.25 · Share of women aged 15–49 wanting to avoid pregnancy who use a modern method (%). UN DESA Population Division, 2023 edition, data for 2023.
Published values in that edition run from 8.4 to 92.4; higher is better.
Position 66th of 196 · derived.
Mortality Rate, Ages 5–14UN IGME · 2024 · world median 2.8581.8572.858▲ Improved since 2014
Cabo Verde: 1.857 · world median 2.858 · Deaths between ages 5 and 14 (per 1,000 children aged 5). UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UN IGME), 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 0.392 to 59.04; lower is better.
Position 132nd of 200 · derived, 1st = worst.
Postnatal Care for Newborns Within Two DaysUNICEF · 2025 · world median 82.991.182.9No earlier reading
Cabo Verde: 91.1 · world median 82.9 · Newborns with a health check within 2 days of birth (%). UNICEF, 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from 7.3 to 99.9; higher is better.
Position 41st of 109 · derived.
Antenatal Care Coverage, At Least Four VisitsUNICEF · 2025 · world median 8185.681No earlier reading
Cabo Verde: 85.6 · world median 81 · Women with a live birth who had 4+ antenatal visits (%). UNICEF, 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from 22.6 to 100; higher is better.
Position 62nd of 153 · derived.
Immunisation Coverage, DTP3WUENIC · 2025 · world median 919391▲ Improved since 2015
Cabo Verde: 93 · world median 91 · Infants given a third dose of DTP vaccine (%). WHO and UNICEF (WUENIC), 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from 39 to 99; higher is better.
Adult Mortality (Probability of Dying Between 15 and 60)UN DESA Population Division · 2023 · world median 133.7113.4133.7▲ Improved since 2013
Cabo Verde: 113.4 · world median 133.7 · Deaths before age 60 per 1,000 people alive at 15, at that year's death rates. UN DESA Population Division, 2023 edition, data for 2023.
Published values in that edition run from 25.15 to 415.44; lower is better.
Position 129th of 222 · derived, 1st = worst.
Infant Mortality RateUN IGME · 2024 · world median 12.2610.6312.26▲ Improved since 2014
Cabo Verde: 10.63 · world median 12.26 · Deaths before age one (per 1,000 live births). UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UN IGME), 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 1.214 to 71.87; lower is better.
Position 113th of 200 · derived, 1st = worst.
Gender Inequality IndexUNDP Human Development Report Office · 2023 · world median 0.3510.2980.351No real change since 2015
Cabo Verde: 0.298 · world median 0.351 · GII (0 = full equality, 1 = maximum inequality). UNDP Human Development Report Office, 2023 edition, data for 2023.
Published values in that edition run from 0.003 to 0.838; lower is better.
Ranked 77th of 172 by UNDP Human Development Report Office.
Life Expectancy at Age 65UN DESA Population Division · 2023 · world median 16.3916.6516.39▲ Improved since 2013
Cabo Verde: 16.65 · world median 16.39 · Further years a 65-year-old would live at current death rates. UN DESA Population Division, 2023 edition, data for 2023.
Published values in that edition run from 12.13 to 23.21; higher is better.
Position 104th of 222 · derived.
Maternal Mortality RatioMMEIG · 2023 · world median 46.6540.0446.65No real change since 2013
Cabo Verde: 40.04 · world median 46.65 · Maternal deaths per 100,000 live births. UN Maternal Mortality Estimation Inter-Agency Group (MMEIG), 2023 edition, data for 2023.
Published values in that edition run from 0.11 to 992.83; lower is better.
Position 104th of 195 · derived, 1st = worst.
Exclusive Breastfeeding Under Six MonthsUNICEF · 2024 · world median 40.7441.840.74No earlier reading
Cabo Verde: 41.8 · world median 40.74 · Infants under 6 months exclusively breastfed (%). UNICEF, 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 3.497 to 83.3; higher is better.
Position 65th of 136 · derived.
Institutional DeliveriesUNICEF · 2025 · world median 96.99796.9No earlier reading
Cabo Verde: 97 · world median 96.9 · Live births delivered in a health facility (%). UNICEF, 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from 11.5 to 100; higher is better.
PM2.5 Air Pollution ExposureAtmospheric Composition Analysis Group, Washington University in St. Louis · 2023 · world median 14.451414.45▼ Worsened since 2013
Cabo Verde: 14 · world median 14.45 · Population-weighted PM2.5 concentration (µg/m³). Atmospheric Composition Analysis Group, Washington University in St. Louis, 2023 edition, data for 2023.
Published values in that edition run from 2.5 to 68.2; lower is better.
Position 114th of 220 · derived, 1st = worst.
Stillbirth RateUN IGME · 2023 · world median 8.1638.1238.163▲ Improved since 2013
Cabo Verde: 8.123 · world median 8.163 · Stillbirths (per 1,000 total births). UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UN IGME), 2023 edition, data for 2023.
Published values in that edition run from 1.18 to 34.9; lower is better.
Position 102nd of 200 · derived, 1st = worst.
Neonatal Mortality RateUN IGME · 2024 · world median 8.1348.0368.134▲ Improved since 2014
Cabo Verde: 8.036 · world median 8.134 · Deaths in the first 28 days (per 1,000 live births). UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UN IGME), 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 0.544 to 39.47; lower is better.
Position 101st of 200 · derived, 1st = worst.
Behind the world median11
Statistics on which Cabo Verde does worse than the middle country measured.
Vegetable Supply per PersonFAO · 2023 · world median 102.69102.09102.69▼ Worsened since 2013
Cabo Verde: 102.09 · world median 102.69 · Vegetables available as food (kg per person per year). Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), 2023 edition, data for 2023.
Published values in that edition run from 6.89 to 412.72; higher is better.
Adolescent Birth Rate (Ages 15–19)UN DESA Population Division · 2023 · world median 27.4638.7627.46▲ Improved since 2013
Cabo Verde: 38.76 · world median 27.46 · Live births per 1,000 women aged 15–19. UN DESA Population Division, 2023 edition, data for 2023.
Published values in that edition run from 0.465 to 163.09; lower is better.
Position 87th of 222 · derived, 1st = worst.
Dietary Energy SupplyFAO · 2024 · world median 2,9822,8302,982▲ Improved since 2014
Cabo Verde: 2,830 · world median 2,982 · Dietary energy supply (kcal per person per day). Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 1,757 to 3,962; higher is better.
Position 99th of 155 · derived.
Overweight Prevalence in Children Under FiveUNICEF, WHO and World Bank Group (Joint Malnutrition Estimates) · 2024 · world median 5.58.3795.5▼ Worsened since 2014
Cabo Verde: 8.379 · world median 5.5 · Children under 5 who are overweight (%). UNICEF, WHO and World Bank Group (Joint Malnutrition Estimates), 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 0.623 to 26.43; lower is better.
Position 56th of 163 · derived, 1st = worst.
Prevalence of Moderate or Severe Food InsecurityFAO · 2024 · world median 20.932.120.9▲ Improved since 2017
Cabo Verde: 32.1 · world median 20.9 · Population in moderate or severe food insecurity (%). Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 1 to 88.8; lower is better.
Position 46th of 135 · derived, 1st = worst.
Human Development IndexUNDP Human Development Report Office · 2023 · world median 0.7620.6680.762▼ Worsened since 2013
Cabo Verde: 0.668 · world median 0.762 · HDI score (0–1). UNDP Human Development Report Office, 2023 edition, data for 2023.
Published values in that edition run from 0.388 to 0.972; higher is better.
Ranked 135th of 193 by UNDP Human Development Report Office.
Share of Population Unable to Afford a Healthy DietFAO · 2025 · world median 26.449.326.4No real change since 2017
Cabo Verde: 49.3 · world median 26.4 · Share of the population unable to afford a healthy diet (%). Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from 0.6 to 93.9; lower is better.
Position 44th of 145 · derived, 1st = worst.
Share of Dietary Energy Supply from Cereals, Roots and TubersFAO · 2022 · world median 415141▼ Worsened since 2012
Cabo Verde: 51 · world median 41 · Share of dietary energy supply from cereals, roots and tubers (%). Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), 2022 edition, data for 2022.
Published values in that edition run from 21 to 82; lower is better.
Care-Seeking for Children with Symptoms of PneumoniaUNICEF · 2024 · world median 67.753.467.7No earlier reading
Cabo Verde: 53.4 · world median 67.7 · Children under 5 with pneumonia symptoms taken to a health provider (%). UNICEF, 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 14 to 99.1; higher is better.
Position 92nd of 127 · derived.
Prevalence of UndernourishmentFAO · 2023 · world median 5.213.55.2▲ Improved since 2013
Cabo Verde: 13.5 · world median 5.2 · Population undernourished (%). Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), 2023 edition, data for 2023.
Published values in that edition run from 2.5 to 54.2; lower is better.
Position 42nd of 104 · derived, 1st = worst.
Fruit Supply per PersonFAO · 2023 · world median 84.8351.9784.83▼ Worsened since 2013
Cabo Verde: 51.97 · world median 84.83 · Fruit available as food, excluding wine (kg per person per year). Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), 2023 edition, data for 2023.
Published values in that edition run from 4.27 to 379.63; higher is better.
Level with the median, or no median to compare1
Coefficient of Variation of Habitual Caloric ConsumptionFAO · 2024 · world median 0.250.250.25▲ Improved since 2014
Cabo Verde: 0.25 · world median 0.25 · Coefficient of variation of habitual calorie consumption across the population (standard deviation ÷ mean). Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 0.17 to 0.4; lower is better.
No better end9
These describe the shape of a country — more is not better or worse, only different — so they are never ahead or behind.
Average Weekly Hours WorkedILO · 2025 · world median 38.8946.2238.89Moved since 2015
Cabo Verde: 46.22 · world median 38.89 · Average weekly hours actually worked per employed person. International Labour Organization (ILO), 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from 23.64 to 54.7.
Position 12th of 182 · derived, counted from the highest value.
Modern Contraceptive PrevalenceUN DESA Population Division · 2023 · world median 35.44335.4Moved since 2013
Cabo Verde: 43 · world median 35.4 · Share of all women aged 15–49 using a modern contraceptive method (%). UN DESA Population Division, 2023 edition, data for 2023.
Published values in that edition run from 2 to 73.8.
Caesarean Section RateUNICEF · 2025 · world median 20.6523.920.65No earlier reading
Cabo Verde: 23.9 · world median 20.65 · Live births delivered by caesarean section (%). UNICEF, 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from 0.6 to 72.2.
Contraceptive Prevalence (Any Method)UN DESA Population Division · 2023 · world median 41.2544.141.25No real change since 2013
Cabo Verde: 44.1 · world median 41.25 · Share of all women aged 15–49 using any contraceptive method (%). UN DESA Population Division, 2023 edition, data for 2023.
Published values in that edition run from 6.6 to 78.7.
Meat Supply per PersonFAO · 2023 · world median 57.8343.8557.83Moved since 2013
Cabo Verde: 43.85 · world median 57.83 · Meat available as food (kg per person per year, carcass weight). Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), 2023 edition, data for 2023.
Published values in that edition run from 3.49 to 156.95.
Fish and Seafood Supply per PersonFAO · 2023 · world median 16.1710.6716.17Moved since 2013
Cabo Verde: 10.67 · world median 16.17 · Fish and seafood available as food (kg per person per year, live-weight equivalent). Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), 2023 edition, data for 2023.
Published values in that edition run from 0.38 to 83.81.
Cost of a Healthy DietFAO · 2025 · world median 4.553.884.55Moved since 2017
Cabo Verde: 3.88 · world median 4.55 · Cost of the cheapest locally available healthy diet, PPP dollars per person per day. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from 2.66 to 8.27.
Catastrophic Out-of-Pocket Health SpendingWorld Bank Group · 2019 · world median 6.882.0476.88No earlier reading
Cabo Verde: 2.047 · world median 6.88 · Population in households spending more than 10% of their budget on health out of pocket (%). World Bank Group, 2019 edition, data for 2019.
Published values in that edition run from 0.133 to 31.21.
Pesticide Use per HectareFAO · 2024 · world median 1.730.071.73No real change since 2014
Cabo Verde: 0.07 · world median 1.73 · Pesticide use (kg per hectare of cropland). Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 0 to 37.72.
Position 170th of 178 · derived, counted from the highest value.
No current reading for Cabo Verde
Adults Who Have Been Too Anxious or Depressed to Carry On, Agreement That Vaccines Are Safe, Births Attended by Skilled Health Staff (last 2022), Children with Functional Difficulties, Fatal Occupational Injuries, Female Genital Mutilation Prevalence, Global Multidimensional Poverty Index, Global Report on Food Crises (last 2022), Human Capital Index, INFORM Severity Index, Insecticide-Treated Net Use, Low Birthweight Prevalence, Malaria Incidence (P. falciparum) (last 2019), Malaria Incidence (P. vivax), Malaria Mortality (P. falciparum) (last 2019), Minimum Dietary Diversity, Children Aged 6–23 Months, Severe Child Food Poverty, Children Aged 6–23 Months and Violent Discipline of Children. Listed rather than hidden, so the page can be checked against it.
“Position · derived” is this site’s ordering of the published values, 1st = best unless the row says otherwise; the publisher ranks no country on it. Rank, position and standing
05Country Index 2026
Health & Wellbeing among Cabo Verde’s 16 topics
Health & Wellbeing is Cabo Verde’s 6th best-placed topic of 16. Strongest first, each marker at its share of that topic’s field.
- Peace & Security6th of 1774/4 keys
- Gender & Equalityjoint 34th of 1833/4 keys
- Democracy & Civil Liberties37th of 1984/4 keys
- Governance & Institutions48th of 1944/4 keys
- Risk & Resilience54th of 1933/4 keys
- Health & Wellbeing80th of 2004/4 keys
- Energy80th of 1652/3 keys
- Development & Human Capital109th of 1963/3 keys
- Digital & Technologyjoint 123rd of 1984/4 keys
- Environment & Sustainability125th of 1862/4 keys
- Education & Knowledge142nd of 1983/4 keys
- Economy & Innovation129th of 1762/4 keys
- Poverty & Inequalityjoint 128th of 1593/3 keys
- Work & Labour161st of 1824/4 keys
- Food & Agriculture165th of 1843/4 keys
- Mobility & Trade163rd of 1772/4 keys
06The top of the list
Who leads on health & wellbeing
The three countries placed highest of 200, and the leaders Cabo Verde can most readily be measured against.
1
San MarinoSouthern Europe
1st of 200 · 2 of 4 keys
Photo: Matl derivative work: Jjtkk · CC BY-SA 3.0, greyscale
2
MonacoWestern Europe
2nd of 200 · 2 of 4 keys
Photo: Martin Weber derivative work: Jjtkk · CC BY-SA 3.0, greyscale
3
AndorraSouthern Europe
3rd of 200 · 2 of 4 keys
Photo: Tiia Monto derivative work: Jjtkk · CC BY-SA 3.0, greyscale
Placed highest nearby
Highest placed on all 4 keys
South Korea5th4/4 keysHighest in Africa
Cabo Verde80th4/4 keys
Positions out of 200 placed on the topic. A country needs readings on enough keys to be placed, and the top of the list is often held on fewer of them.
07Analysis
Charts and analysis about Cabo Verde and health & wellbeing
On health & wellbeing
Global Hunger Index 2025: Countries with the Most Alarming Hunger Crisis
Thirteen countries scored across four editions — 2000, 2008, 2016 and 2025 — and five the report could not score at all. DR Congo and South Sudan share 121st place on 37.5.
On health & wellbeing
World Happiness Report 2025: Finland Leads Again as the US and UK Face Major Declines
The ten highest life evaluations of 2025, drawn on a world map, and the six things the report uses to explain them. Costa Rica and Mexico are the only two outside Europe and the Middle East.
08Questions
Cabo Verde on health & wellbeing: questions answered
Every answer is built from the numbers on this page, so none can say something the page does not.
How does Cabo Verde rank on health & wellbeing?
Cabo Verde is placed 80th of 200 countries on Health & Wellbeing in the Country Index 2026, from 4 of its 4 key statistics (Life Expectancy at Birth, Under-Five Mortality Rate, Stunting Prevalence in Children Under Five and Prevalence of Severe Food Insecurity). The position is this site’s ordering of published statistics, not a rank any publisher printed.
What is the latest Life Expectancy at Birth figure for Cabo Verde?
76.06 in 2023 (years a newborn would live at current death rates), according to UN DESA Population Division. The world median in the same edition was 74.63.
What is the latest Under-Five Mortality Rate figure for Cabo Verde?
11.14 in 2024 (deaths before age five (per 1,000 live births)), according to UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UN IGME). The world median in the same edition was 14.54.
How have Cabo Verde’s health & wellbeing figures changed?
Life Expectancy at Birth rose from 68.12 in 2000 to 76.06 in 2023; Under-Five Mortality Rate fell from 36.01 in 2000 to 11.14 in 2024; Prevalence of Severe Food Insecurity fell from 9.6 in 2017 to 6.4 in 2024.
Which health & wellbeing statistics are missing for Cabo Verde?
No current reading is published for Cabo Verde on Adults Who Have Been Too Anxious or Depressed to Carry On, Agreement That Vaccines Are Safe, Births Attended by Skilled Health Staff, Children with Functional Difficulties, Fatal Occupational Injuries, Female Genital Mutilation Prevalence, Global Multidimensional Poverty Index, Global Report on Food Crises, Human Capital Index, INFORM Severity Index, Insecticide-Treated Net Use, Low Birthweight Prevalence, Malaria Incidence (P. falciparum), Malaria Incidence (P. vivax), Malaria Mortality (P. falciparum), Minimum Dietary Diversity, Children Aged 6–23 Months, Severe Child Food Poverty, Children Aged 6–23 Months and Violent Discipline of Children. They are listed rather than hidden, so the evidence on the page can be checked against it.
09Method
Method, sources and how to cite
What this topic does not measure
Health spending, hospital beds and doctors per person are not measured, because more of any of them does not guarantee better outcomes. Mental health and self-reported happiness are not part of this topic. Food supply per person is measured under Food & Agriculture. Maternal mortality and many other indicators are published here as context; maternal mortality is a key in Development & Human Capital instead.
How the Health & Wellbeing standing is decided
A standing is this site’s ordering, named with its edition — never a publisher’s rank. 4 key statistics vote, one vote each; every country’s published value becomes a place within that key’s own field, the places are averaged, and the average is never published. A country needs 2 of the 4 keys to be placed.
The health & wellbeing method, step by stepHow every standing on this site is built
The key statistics and their licences
- Life Expectancy at Birth — UN DESA Population Division, CC BY 3.0 IGO
- Under-Five Mortality Rate — UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UN IGME), CC BY 3.0 IGO
- Stunting Prevalence in Children Under Five — UNICEF, WHO and World Bank Group (Joint Malnutrition Estimates), CC BY 3.0 IGO
- Prevalence of Severe Food Insecurity — Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), CC BY 4.0
The other 43 statistics on this page come from 13 publishers, each named beside its numbers, with every edition and licence on the datasets pages.
The standing itself is part of the Country Index 2026, published under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Photographs
Cabo Verde’s banner and the countries placed highest, from their profiles: Wikimedia Commons, shown in greyscale, each used under the licence named.
- Cabo Verde (banner) — Ximonic , Simo Räsänen derivative work: Jjtkk, CC BY-SA 3.0
- San Marino — Matl derivative work: Jjtkk, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Monaco — Martin Weber derivative work: Jjtkk, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Andorra — Tiia Monto derivative work: Jjtkk, CC BY-SA 3.0
Cite this page
Nations Inquiry (2026). Cabo Verde: Health & Wellbeing — standing and statistics, Country Index 2026. https://nationsinquiry.com/countries/cabo-verde/health