Human Development & Quality of Life in Cabo Verde
Human Development
Cabo Verde enters the 2025 UNDP report with a 2023 HDI of 0.668 and rank 135, within the medium human development group. More revealing for this profile, the health component is anchored by life expectancy of 76.1 years. At the same time, the gender-development lens adds GDI 0.964 in UNDP group 2, which is kept separate from the headline HDI.
What sits inside Cabo Verde's HDI
For this comparison, Cabo Verde's 2023 HDI inputs include life expectancy of 76.1, expected schooling of 11.4, mean schooling of 6.1, and GNI per capita of $8,165 in 2021 PPP dollars. Together they explain the headline index without turning any single input into a separate ranking.
Inequality changes the headline
For the current profile, IHDI is the HDI after allowing for unequal distribution of achievement, for Cabo Verde, it remains an objective development measure rather than a subjective well-being indicator.
Gender and planetary-pressure adjustments
Cabo Verde's complementary UNDP indicators include GDI 0.964, GII 0.298. The indicators add context without becoming a single composite DigifyWorld rating.
Quality-of-life coverage is conditional
This profile does not show a verified comparable life-satisfaction value for Cabo Verde. No proxy is inserted for a value the source does not report.
What Cabo Verde's numbers say together
Within the UNDP framework, the complementary evidence for Cabo Verde includes IHDI 0.478 with a 28.4% loss; GDI 0.964. These measures answer different questions, so they are kept separate.
UNDP reports a 2023 HDI of 0.668 for Cabo Verde, with rank 135. That headline measure is useful for development comparison, but it is not a complete quality-of-life score.
The IHDI is 0.478, and UNDP reports an overall loss of 28.4% relative to the headline index.
The GDI value is 0.964 in group 2; it should be read alongside, not merged into, HDI.
Frequently asked questions
What is Cabo Verde's HDI?
In the Human Development Report 2025, Cabo Verde is listed at HDI 0.668 for 2023, rank 135.
How does inequality affect Cabo Verde's HDI?
After the inequality adjustment, Cabo Verde's index falls to 0.478; UNDP quantifies the overall loss at 28.4%. For the evidence on this page, do not infer an unstated comparison instead of collapsing separate dimensions into one label.
Why is there no life satisfaction score on this page?
A quality-of-life indicator is included for Cabo Verde only when a dated comparable value is supported by the cited dataset. A missing source value is shown as unavailable.
Is HDI the same as quality of life?
No. HDI combines health, education and income. Quality-of-life evidence is presented alongside HDI only when a comparable observation is available.
Sources & methodology
Sources for the development indicators and definitions shown above.
View sources used for this page
Primary source for 2023 HDI and its components, plus IHDI, GDI, GII and PHDI where reported.
Report edition underlying the 2023 human-development indices and ranking.
Data note: Reference years are shown with each indicator; unavailable observations remain unfilled.