Quality of life comparison
If you lived in Cabo Verde instead of Venezuela, you would:
Health
be 53.9% less likely to be obese
In Venezuela, 25.6% of adults are obese as of 2016. In Cabo Verde, that number is 11.8% of people as of 2016.
Economy
make 22.1% less money
Venezuela has a GDP per capita of $7,704 as of 2018, while in Cabo Verde, the GDP per capita is $6,000 as of 2020.
be 30.4% more likely to be unemployed
In Venezuela, 6.9% of adults are unemployed as of 2018. In Cabo Verde, that number is 9.0% as of 2017.
Life
be 53.6% less likely to die during childbirth
In Venezuela, approximately 125.0 women per 100,000 births die during labor as of 2017. In Cabo Verde, 58.0 women do as of 2017.
be 10.6% less likely to be literate
In Venezuela, the literacy rate is 97.1% as of 2016. In Cabo Verde, it is 86.8% as of 2015.
be 32.8% more likely to die during infancy
In Venezuela, approximately 17.7 children (per 1,000 live births) die before they reach the age of one as of 2022. In Cabo Verde, on the other hand, 23.5 children do as of 2022.
Expenditures
spend 3.6 times more on education
Venezuela spends 1.3% of its total GDP on education as of 2017. Cabo Verde spends 4.7% of total GDP on education as of 2019.
Geography
see 65.5% less coastline
Venezuela has a total of 2,800 km of coastline. In Cabo Verde, that number is 965 km.
The statistics above were calculated using the following data sources: The World Factbook.
Cabo Verde: At a glance
How big is Cabo Verde compared to Venezuela? See an in-depth size comparison.