Cape Verde vs Upper middle income: Trade in services
Trade in services over time
- Cape Verde
- Upper middle income
How they compare
Cape Verde currently reports 42.2% against 6.9% in Upper middle income, a difference of 35.3%.
That makes Cape Verde's figure about 6.1 times Upper middle income's.
Across all 46 years both countries report, Cape Verde has been ahead every year.
Cape Verde ranks 43rd and Upper middle income ranks 45th of 200 countries.
Cape Verde has averaged higher in every one of the 5 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Cape Verde | Upper middle income | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 23.3% | 5.5% | 17.8% | Cape Verde |
| 1990s | 26.0% | 7.5% | 18.5% | Cape Verde |
| 2000s | 48.1% | 8.7% | 39.5% | Cape Verde |
| 2010s | 47.3% | 7.5% | 39.8% | Cape Verde |
| 2020s | 35.5% | 6.5% | 29.0% | Cape Verde |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher trade in services, Cape Verde or Upper middle income?
- Cape Verde, at 42.2% against 6.9% in Upper middle income as of 2025.
- What is the difference in trade in services between Cape Verde and Upper middle income?
- 35.3%, with Cape Verde ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Cape Verde and Upper middle income?
- 46 years are reported by both, from 1980 to 2025.
- How do Cape Verde and Upper middle income rank globally for trade in services?
- Cape Verde ranks 43rd and Upper middle income ranks 45th of 200 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF), published as Trade in services (% of GDP). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Total trade in services includes services provided by residents to non-residents plus services provided by non-residents to residents. This indicator is expressed as a percentage of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) which is the total income earned through the production of goods and services in an economic territory during an accounting period.