Using improved drinking water sources vs. GDP per capita in Cape Verde
Cape Verde: Using improved drinking water sources vs. GDP per capita was 98.0% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Using improved drinking water sources vs. GDP per capita in Cape Verde, 2000–2024
Source: WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme for Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene (2025) – processed by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
Cape Verde recorded 98.0% for using improved drinking water sources vs. gdp per capita in 2024. That is the highest value across all 25 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.1% on the previous year and up 3.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, using improved drinking water sources vs. gdp per capita in Cape Verde peaked at 98.0% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 90.5%, in 2000.
That places Cape Verde 136th out of 231 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 25 years of available data.
Using improved drinking water sources vs. GDP per capita in Cape Verde, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 90.5% | — |
| 2001 | 90.7% | +0.3% |
| 2002 | 91.0% | +0.3% |
| 2003 | 91.2% | +0.3% |
| 2004 | 91.6% | +0.4% |
| 2005 | 92.0% | +0.4% |
| 2006 | 92.3% | +0.4% |
| 2007 | 92.7% | +0.4% |
| 2008 | 93.1% | +0.4% |
| 2009 | 93.4% | +0.4% |
| 2010 | 93.8% | +0.4% |
| 2011 | 94.2% | +0.4% |
| 2012 | 94.5% | +0.4% |
| 2013 | 94.8% | +0.4% |
| 2014 | 95.2% | +0.4% |
| 2015 | 95.5% | +0.4% |
| 2016 | 95.8% | +0.4% |
| 2017 | 96.2% | +0.3% |
| 2018 | 96.5% | +0.3% |
| 2019 | 96.8% | +0.3% |
| 2020 | 97.2% | +0.3% |
| 2021 | 97.5% | +0.3% |
| 2022 | 97.8% | +0.3% |
| 2023 | 97.9% | +0.1% |
| 2024 | 98.0% | +0.1% |
Cape Verde compared with similar countries
- Cape Verde's 98.0% is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 98.8%, 99% of the median. (58 countries reporting)
- Cape Verde's 98.0% is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 85.2%, 1.2× the median. (48 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 91.9% | 90.5% | 93.4% | 10 |
| 2010s | 95.3% | 93.8% | 96.8% | 10 |
| 2020s | 97.7% | 97.2% | 98.0% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Cape Verde
- 133 Montserrat 98.1% compare
- 134 Jamaica 98.1% compare
- 135 Jersey 98.0% compare
- 137 Dominican Republic 97.9% compare
- 138 Cuba 97.8% compare
- 139 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 97.7% compare
More environment data for Cape Verde
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), annual 3.35 % change on previous year (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), per unit 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), per capita 0 Mt CO2e per person (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture (Mt CO2e), annual growth rate 1.83 % change on previous year (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture (Mt CO2e), per unit of GDP 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture (Mt CO2e), per capita 0 Mt CO2e per person (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Building (Energy) (Mt CO2e), annual 0 % change on previous year (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Building (Energy) (Mt CO2e), per unit of 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Building (Energy) (Mt CO2e), per capita 0 Mt CO2e per person (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Fugitive Emissions (Energy) (Mt CO2e) 0 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is using improved drinking water sources vs. gdp per capita in Cape Verde?
- Using improved drinking water sources vs. gdp per capita in Cape Verde was 98.0% in 2024, according to WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme for Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene (2025) – processed by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest using improved drinking water sources vs. gdp per capita recorded in Cape Verde?
- The highest recorded value was 98.0% in 2024.
- What is the lowest using improved drinking water sources vs. gdp per capita recorded in Cape Verde?
- The lowest recorded value was 90.5% in 2000.
- How does Cape Verde rank for using improved drinking water sources vs. gdp per capita?
- Cape Verde ranks 136th out of 231 countries with data for 2024.
- Is using improved drinking water sources vs. gdp per capita rising or falling in Cape Verde?
- Over the last ten years it is up 3.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Cape Verde data come from?
- The figures come from WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme for Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene (2025) – processed by Our World in Data, published as part of Using improved drinking water sources vs. GDP per capita. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Proportion of people who use an improved drinking water source, regardless of collection time. An improved drinking water source is a safely designed drinking water source and includes e.g. piped water, boreholes or tubewells and packaged or delivered water.