Cabo Verde vs Eswatini

Cabo Verde and Eswatini 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.

• Eswatini has about 2.4 times as many people as Cabo Verde: 1.3 million against 527,326 in 2025.
• GDP per person in Cabo Verde ($5,796) is 41% higher than in Eswatini ($4,108) in 2025.
• The economy grew faster in Cabo Verde (6.3%) than in Eswatini (4.2%), a difference of 2.1 percentage points in 2025.
• Consumer prices rose faster in Eswatini (2.6% in 2019) than in Cabo Verde (2.3% in 2025), a difference of 0.3 percentage points.
• The unemployment rate was higher in Eswatini (34.2%) than in Cabo Verde (11.9%), a difference of 22.3 percentage points in 2025.
• A baby born in Cabo Verde can expect to live 11.9 years longer than one born in Eswatini: 76.2 years against 64.3 years in 2024.
• The population of Cabo Verde is older: half of its people are over 27.9 years, against 22 years in Eswatini in 2023.
• A larger share of people used the internet in Cabo Verde (74.7%) than in Eswatini (63.4%), a difference of 11.3 percentage points in 2024.
• CO2 emissions per person in Cabo Verde (1.3 tonnes) are 48% higher than in Eswatini (0.88 tonnes) in 2024.
• Forest covers a larger share of the land in Eswatini (25.3%) than in Cabo Verde (12.5%), a difference of 12.8 percentage points in 2024.