Foreign direct investment inflows in Cabo Verde

Net foreign direct investment inflows to Cabo Verde were 5.0% of GDP in 2025.

Cabo Verde, 2025 5.0% % of GDP
Change from 2024 +1.0percentage points 2024: 4.1%
World, 2025 1.4% Official aggregate
Position in 2025 37th of 184 See the full ranking

Foreign direct investment inflows in Cabo Verde over time

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% of GDP. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

Foreign direct investment, net inflows, as a share of GDP (% of GDP), 2001 to 2025
Period Cabo VerdeWorld
2025 5.0% 1.4%
2024 4.1% 1.2%
2023 6.3% 0.9%
2022 5.4% 1.9%
2021 4.5% 2.5%
2020 3.7% 1.3%
2019 5.5% 2.2%
2018 4.7% 1.2%
2017 5.6% 2.7%
2016 6.8% 3.5%
2015 5.5% 3.6%
2014 8.8% 2.4%
2013 4.4% 2.6%
2012 6.7% 2.7%
2011 5.0% 3.2%
2010 6.4% 2.7%
2009 6.8% 2.4%
2008 10.8% 3.7%
2007 11.6% 5.3%
2006 11.9% 4.2%
2005 8.3% 3.3%
2004 7.3% 2.2%
2003 4.8% 1.9%
2002 2.4% 2.1%
2001 1.6% 2.6%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of +1.0 percentage points from 4.1% in 2024.
  • Since 2015, when it was 5.5%, the figure has changed by −0.5 percentage points.
  • Among the 184 countries with data for 2025, Cabo Verde has the 37th highest value.
  • The figure for the world in 2025 was 1.4%.

Source and dates

Original producer
International Monetary Fund, Balance of Payments and International Financial Statistics
Distributed by
World Bank, World Development Indicators
Dataset or series code
BX.KLT.DINV.WD.GD.ZS · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
1980 to 2025 for Cabo Verde
Provider update
8 October 2026
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (per series metadata)
Attribution
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators, original data: International Monetary Fund, Balance of Payments and International Financial Statistics