Cabo Verde vs Equatorial Guinea

Cabo Verde and Equatorial Guinea compared on 10 key figures from official sources. Each value is the latest one published for that country, so the year is shown with it.

• Equatorial Guinea has about 3.7 times as many people as Cabo Verde: 1.9 million against 527,326 in 2025.
• GDP per person in Equatorial Guinea ($6,615) is 14% higher than in Cabo Verde ($5,796) in 2025.
• The economy grew faster in Cabo Verde (6.3%) than in Equatorial Guinea (-5.8%), a difference of 12.1 percentage points in 2025.
• Consumer prices rose faster in Equatorial Guinea (2.9% in 2024) than in Cabo Verde (2.3% in 2025), a difference of 0.6 percentage points.
• The unemployment rate was higher in Cabo Verde (11.9%) than in Equatorial Guinea (8.3%), a difference of 3.6 percentage points in 2025.
• A baby born in Cabo Verde can expect to live 12.3 years longer than one born in Equatorial Guinea: 76.2 years against 63.9 years in 2024.
• The population of Cabo Verde is older: half of its people are over 27.9 years, against 21 years in Equatorial Guinea in 2023.
• A larger share of people used the internet in Cabo Verde (74.7%) than in Equatorial Guinea (63.3%), a difference of 11.4 percentage points in 2024.
• CO2 emissions per person in Equatorial Guinea (2.6 tonnes) are about 2 times as high as in Cabo Verde (1.3 tonnes) in 2024.
• Forest covers a larger share of the land in Equatorial Guinea (86.1%) than in Cabo Verde (12.5%), a difference of 73.6 percentage points in 2024.