Home

Transportation of Cape Verde

Airports:7 (2006)
Airports - with paved runways:total: 7
over 3,047 m: 1
1,524 to 2,437 m: 1
914 to 1,523 m: 4
under 914 m: 1 (2006)
Roadways:total: 1,350 km
paved: 932 km
unpaved: 418 km (2000)
Merchant marine:total: 7 ships (1000 GRT or over) 12,300 GRT/7,726 DWT
by type: cargo 2, chemical tanker 1, passenger/cargo 4
foreign-owned: 2 (Spain 1, UK 1) (2006)
Ports and terminals:Mindelo, Praia, Tarrafal

Cape Verde Quickstats

  • Population: 423,613 (July 2007 est.)
  • Area: 4,033 sq km
  • Density: 126 /km² (79th)
  • GDP (total): $3.055 billion (158th)
  • GDP (per capita): $6,418 (92nd)
  • Literacy: 76.6%

Languages of Cape Verde

Useful to know

  • Currency: Cape Verdean escudo (CVE)
  • Dial code: +238

International Trade

External sites

More Resources

Cape Verde Internet

  • Usage: 29,000
  • Penetration: 5.9 %
  • Top Domain: .cv

WT eBusiness info:

  • Success Ranking: 100
  • Market testing: Untested
  • Overall risk: High
  • Overall reward: Low

e-maturity:

  • Tourism: 10%
  • eCommerce: 10%
  • Gaming: 10%
  • eLearning: 10%

Recent blog posts