Cape Verde GDP Growth Rate

The most important sector of Cape Verde’s economy is services and accounts for 72 percent of total GDP, of which public administration (18 percent); real estate and other services (13 percent); wholesale and retail trade (12 percent); transport (11 percent) and hotels and restaurants (7 percent). Industry constitutes 21 percent with construction (9 percent) and manufacturing, mining and quarrying (8 percent). Agriculture and fishing create 7 percent of the wealth. On the expenditure side, household consumption is the main component of GDP and accounts for 66 percent of its total use, followed by capital formation (36 percent) and government expenditure (17 percent). Exports of goods and services account for 47 percent of GDP while imports account for 67 percent, subtracting 20 percent of total GDP.

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