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Africare/Cape Verde

REGION: West Africa
CAPITAL CITY: Praia
POPULATION: 495,000
LAND AREA: The size of Rhode Island

Cape Verde is an island nation — made up of 10 islands and five islets — off the coast of continental West Africa. The country has experienced significant droughts since the 1960s and continues to face other development challenges similar to those of its neighbors. Despite those hardships, Cape Verde is considered to be a stable democracy.

 

Country Stats

Life expectancy: 71 years (USA: 77.9)

Under-5 child mortality: 35/1,000 live births (USA: 7/1,000)

HIV prevalence, ages 15-49: Not available (USA: [0.4 - 1.0]%)

Physicians per 100,000 people: 49 (USA: 256)

People undernourished: Not available (USA: 0%)

People with access to safe drinking water: 80% (USA: 100%)

Adult literacy: 81.2*% (USA: 99%)

Annual income, one way to look at it (GDP per capita, PPP US$): $5,803 (USA: $41,890)

Annual income, another way to look at it (GDP per capita): $1,940 (USA: $41,890)

People living on less than $1 a day: Not available (USA: 0%)

(HIV prevalence statistics, UNAIDS. All other statistics, 2007/2008 Human Development Report, UNDP: asterisk* means approximate value.)