Income inequality: Atkinson index in Cape Verde
Cape Verde: Income inequality: Atkinson index was 0.4538 in 2023. ▼ Falling
Income inequality: Atkinson index in Cape Verde, 2010–2023
Source: UNDP, Human Development Report (2025) – with minor processing by Our World in Data.
Analysis
The most recent figure for income inequality: atkinson index in Cape Verde is 0.4538, measured in 2023. That is the lowest value across all 14 years on record.
That represents a change of down 10.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, income inequality: atkinson index in Cape Verde peaked at 0.5061 in 2010 and was at its lowest, 0.4538, in 2015.
Cape Verde ranks 21st of 174 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 14 years of available data.
Income inequality: Atkinson index in Cape Verde, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 0.5061 | — |
| 2011 | 0.5061 | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 0.5061 | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 0.5061 | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 0.5061 | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 0.4538 | -10.3% |
| 2016 | 0.4538 | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 0.4538 | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 0.4538 | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 0.4538 | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 0.4538 | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 0.4538 | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 0.4538 | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 0.4538 | +0.0% |
Cape Verde compared with similar countries
- Cape Verde's 0.4538 is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 0.2515, 1.8× the median. (51 countries reporting)
- Cape Verde's 0.4538 is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 0.4345, 1.0× the median. (47 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 0.48 | 0.4538 | 0.5061 | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.4538 | 0.4538 | 0.4538 | 4 |
Countries ranked near Cape Verde
- 18 Dominica 0.4605 compare
- 19 Botswana 0.4548 compare
- 20 Central African Republic 0.4547 compare
- 22 Madagascar 0.4488 compare
- 23 Democratic Republic of Congo 0.4481 compare
- 24 Rwanda 0.4433 compare
More poverty & inequality data for Cape Verde
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via the World Bank 0 surveys (2025)
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per person (2025)
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Fertility rate vs. share living in extreme poverty 1.52 live births per woman (2023)
- Cereal yield vs. share in extreme poverty 40.3 kg per hectare (2024)
- Cereal yield vs extreme poverty, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Cereal yield vs extreme poverty, annual growth rate 75.22 % change on previous year (2024)
- Tax revenues vs income inequality, gaps filled 18.84 (2023)
- Tax revenue as share of GDP vs. income inequality 18.8% (2023)
- Tax revenues vs income inequality, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is income inequality: atkinson index in Cape Verde?
- Income inequality: atkinson index in Cape Verde was 0.4538 in 2023, according to UNDP, Human Development Report (2025) – with minor processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest income inequality: atkinson index recorded in Cape Verde?
- The highest recorded value was 0.5061 in 2010.
- What is the lowest income inequality: atkinson index recorded in Cape Verde?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.4538 in 2015.
- How does Cape Verde rank for income inequality: atkinson index?
- Cape Verde ranks 21st out of 174 countries with data for 2023.
- Is income inequality: atkinson index rising or falling in Cape Verde?
- Over the last ten years it is down 10.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Cape Verde data come from?
- The figures come from UNDP, Human Development Report (2025) – with minor processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Income inequality: Atkinson index. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The Atkinson index measures inequality on a scale from 0 to 1. Higher values indicate higher inequality. Depending on the country and year, the data relates to income measured after taxes and benefits, or to consumption, per capita.