Quality of life comparison
If you lived in Greenland instead of Cabo Verde, you would:
Economy
make 7.0 times more money
Cabo Verde has a GDP per capita of $6,000 as of 2020, while in Greenland, the GDP per capita is $41,800 as of 2015.
be 53.7% less likely to live below the poverty line
In Cabo Verde, 35.0% live below the poverty line as of 2015. In Greenland, however, that number is 16.2% as of 2015.
Life
be 15.2% more likely to be literate
In Cabo Verde, the literacy rate is 86.8% as of 2015. In Greenland, it is 100.0% as of 2015.
be 62.8% less likely to die during infancy
In Cabo Verde, approximately 23.5 children (per 1,000 live births) die before they reach the age of one as of 2022. In Greenland, on the other hand, 8.8 children do as of 2022.
have 25.4% fewer children
In Cabo Verde, there are approximately 18.5 babies per 1,000 people as of 2022. In Greenland, there are 13.8 babies per 1,000 people as of 2022.
Expenditures
spend 2.3 times more on education
Cabo Verde spends 4.7% of its total GDP on education as of 2019. Greenland spends 10.6% of total GDP on education as of 2018.
Geography
see 45.7 times more coastline
Cabo Verde has a total of 965 km of coastline. In Greenland, that number is 44,087 km.
The statistics above were calculated using the following data sources: The World Factbook.
Greenland: At a glance
How big is Greenland compared to Cabo Verde? See an in-depth size comparison.