If you lived in Tennessee instead of Cabo Verde, you would:

Economy

make 7.3 times more money

Cabo Verde has a GDP per capita of $8,200 as of 2023, while in Tennessee, the GDP per capita is $60,177 as of 2024.

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be 71.6% less likely to be unemployed

In Cabo Verde, 12.0% of adults are unemployed as of 2023. In Tennessee, that number is 3.4% as of 2025.

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Basic Needs

be 25.1% more likely to have internet access

In Cabo Verde, approximately 70.0% of the population has internet access as of 2021. In Tennessee, about 87.6% do as of 2023.

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The statistics above were calculated using the following data sources: The World Factbook, Bureau of Labor Statistics, US Census Bureau (American Community Survey), Bureau of Economic Analysis.

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