Cape Verde Islands     [35]
(Independent in 1975 from Portugal)
ISO COUNTRY CODE: CV
LAND AREA: 4033 sq. km
NUMBER OF ISLANDS BY SIZE (sq. km):

>17,000	>10,000	>1,000	>100	>10	>1	<1	Unknown	TOTAL
0	0	0	7	2	1	0	5	15

DEMOGRAPHY
  POPULATION: 396000 (1996)
  DENSITY: 98 persons/sq. km    GROWTH RATE: 1%/year
  POP AGR/FISH/MINING: 31%
  URBAN POP: 53% (1994), versus 16% (1960), Annual Growth: 5.9%
  LIFE EXPECTANCY: 65.3 years,  ADULT LITERACY: 69.9%
  INFANT MORTALITY: 48 per/1000 (1994), versus 110 (1960)
  HUMAN DEVELOPMENT INDEX: 0.547

ECONOMY
  GNP: US$0.3 billion, Annual GNP Growth Rate 1980-1993: 4.9%,  Annual Growth Rate GNP/Capita: 3.0%
  GDP/Capita: $654  GDP/Capita PPP: $1862
  GDP/Capita: 1960 $0, 1970 $298, 1980 $415, 1990 $605
  OVERSEAS DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE: $111 million  ODA%GNP: 33.6%
  ODA/Capita: $292

ENVIRONMENT (see also individual islands)
  TOTAL FOREST AREA: 47,000 ha, 11.7% of land area, 0.1 ha/capita
  NATURAL FOREST AREA: 6,000 ha
  ANNUAL CHANGE IN FOREST COVER: 24.0%
  ARABLE LAND: 10.7% of land area
NATURE CONSERVATION INTEREST:

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
  ELECTRICITY CONSUMPTION: 102 kw-hr/capita, versus 26 kw-hr/cap (1970)

INSTITUTIONS
GOVERNMENT ENVIRONMENT/SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY:

Ministry of Rural Development and Fisheries                             

Instituto Nacional de Investigacao Agraria