The 2010 CIA World Factbook. United States. Central Intelligence Agency

billion (31 December 2009 est.)

      Agriculture - products:

      bananas, corn, beans, sweet potatoes, sugarcane, coffee, peanuts; fish

      Industries:

      food and beverages, fish processing, shoes and garments, salt mining, ship repair

      Industrial production growth rate:

      4% (2010 est.) country comparison to the world: 87

      Electricity - production:

      250 million kWh (2007 est.) country comparison to the world: 173

      Electricity - consumption:

      232.5 million kWh (2007 est.) country comparison to the world: 172

      Electricity - exports:

      0 kWh (2008 est.)

      Electricity - imports:

      0 kWh (2008 est.)

      Oil - production:

      0 bbl/day (2009 est.) country comparison to the world: 198

      Oil - consumption:

      2,000 bbl/day (2009 est.) country comparison to the world: 183

      Oil - exports:

      0 bbl/day (2007 est.) country comparison to the world: 143

      Oil - imports:

      1,619 bbl/day (2007 est.) country comparison to the world: 178

      Oil - proved reserves:

      0 bbl (1 January 2010 est.) country comparison to the world: 194

      Natural gas - production:

      0 cu m (2008 est.) country comparison to the world: 188

      Natural gas - consumption:

      0 cu m (2008 est.) country comparison to the world: 200

      Natural gas - exports:

      0 cu m (2008 est.) country comparison to the world: 193

      Natural gas - imports:

      0 cu m (2008 est.) country comparison to the world: 194

      Natural gas - proved reserves:

      0 cu m (1 January 2010 est.) country comparison to the world: 195

      Current account balance:

      -$286 million (2010 est.) country comparison to the world: 96 -$319 million (2009 est.)

      Exports:

      $114 million (2010 est.) country comparison to the world: 190 $105 million (2009 est.)

      Exports - commodities:

      fuel, shoes, garments, fish, hides

      Exports - partners:

      Spain 53.98%, Portugal 22.23%, Morocco 7.13% (2009)

      Imports:

      $858 million (2010 est.) country comparison to the world: 175 $835 million (2009 est.)

      Imports - commodities:

      foodstuffs, industrial products, transport equipment, fuels

      Imports - partners:

      Portugal 44.86%, Netherlands 15.51%, Spain 6.1%, Italy 4.46%, Brazil 4.21% (2009)

      Reserves of foreign exchange and gold:

      $296 million (31 December 2010 est.) country comparison to the world: 124 $284 million (31 December 2009 est.)

      Debt - external:

      $325 million (2002) country comparison to the world: 169

      Exchange rates:

      Cape Verdean escudos (CVE) per US dollar - 88.58 (2010), 79.377 (2009), 73.84 (2008), 81.235 (2007), 87.946 (2006)

      Communications ::Cape Verde

      Telephones - main lines in use:

      72,200 (2009) country comparison to the world: 153

      Telephones - mobile cellular:

      392,000 (2009) country comparison to the world: 165

      Telephone system:

      general assessment: effective system, extensive modernization from 1996–2000 following partial privatization in 1995

      domestic: major service provider is Cabo Verde Telecom (CVT); fiber-optic ring, completed in 2001, links all islands providing Internet access and ISDN services; cellular service introduced in 1998; broadband services launched in 2004

      international: country code - 238; landing point for the Atlantis-2 fiber-optic transatlantic telephone cable that provides links to South America, Senegal, and Europe; HF radiotelephone to Senegal and Guinea-Bissau; satellite earth station - 1 Intelsat (Atlantic Ocean) (2007)

      Broadcast media:

      state-run TV and radio broadcast network plus a growing number of private broadcasters; Portuguese public TV and radio services for Africa are available; transmissions of a few international broadcasters are obtainable (2007)

      Internet country code:

      .cv

      Internet hosts:

      26 (2010) country comparison to the world: 215

      Internet users:

      150,000 (2009) country comparison to the world: 148

      Transportation ::Cape Verde

      Airports:

      10 (2010) country comparison to the world: 156

      Airports - with paved runways:

      total: 9

      over 3,047 m: 1

      1,524 to 2,437 m: 3

      914 to 1,523 m: 3

      under 914 m: 2 (2010)

      Airports - with unpaved runways:

      total: 1

      under 914 m: 1 (2010)

      Roadways:

      total: 1,350 km country comparison to the world: 178 paved: 932 km

      unpaved: 418 km (2000)

      Merchant marine:

      total: 13 country comparison to the world: 104 by type: cargo 3, chemical tanker 3, passenger/cargo 7

      foreign-owned: 3 (Spain 1, UK 2) (2010)

      Ports and terminals:

      Porto Grande

      Military ::Cape Verde

      Military branches:

      People's Revolutionary Armed Forces (FARP): Army, Coast Guard (includes maritime air wing) (2007)

      Military service age and obligation:

      18 years of age (est.) for selective compulsory military service; 14-month conscript service obligation (2006)

      Manpower available for military service:

      males age 16–49: 128,858

      females age 16–49: 133,581 (2010 est.)

      Manpower fit for military service:

      males age 16–49: 103,894

      females age 16–49: 114,721 (2010 est.)

      Manpower reaching militarily significant age annually:

      male: 6,077

      female: 6,075 (2010 est.)

      Military expenditures: