Cape Verde recorded a total of 180,000 tourists in 2020, ranking 160th in the world in absolute terms.
That smaller countries regularly perform lower in a comparison of the absolute number of guests, is obvious. By putting the tourist numbers in relation to the population of Cape Verde, the result is much more comparable picture: With 0.31 tourists per resident, Cape Verde ranked 77th in the world. In Western Africa, it ranked 1st.
In 2020, Cape Verde generated around 169.00 million US dollars in the tourism sector alone. This corresponds to 8.7 percent of its the gross domestic product and approximately 18 percent of all international tourism receipts in Western Africa.
On average, each of the tourists arriving in 2020 spent about 794 US dollars.
Development of the tourism sector in Cape Verde from 1995 to 2020
The following chart shows the number of tourist arrivals registered in Cape Verde each year. Anyone who spends at least one night in the country but does not live there for more than 12 months is considered a tourist. Insofar as the survey included the purpose of the trip, business trips and other non-tourism travel purposes have already been excluded. The number of people passing through within the same day, and e.g., crew members of ships or flights are also not considered tourists in most countries. If the same person travels in and out more than once within the same year, each visit counts again.
The red line represents the average of all 15 countries in Western Africa.
Revenues from tourism
In 1995, tourism revenues amounted to 29.00 million USD, or about 6.0 percent of the gross national product. This corresponded to about 28,000 tourists at that time and roughly 1,036 USD per person. Within 25 years, the country's dependence on tourism has increased drastically. Before the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic, sales were $567.00 million billion, 28.61 percent of gross national product. Thus, each visitor spent an average of $748 on their vacation in Cape Verde.
In 2020, tourist receipts plummeted due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Of the $567.00 million billion (2019), only $169.00 million billion remained. This is a 70 percent decrease in Cape Verde.
All data for Cape Verde in detail
Year
Number of tourists
Receipts
% of GNP
Receipts per tourist
2020
180,000
169.00 m $
9.9 %
939 $
2019
758,000
567.00 m $
28.61 %
748 $
2018
710,000
520.00 m $
26.44 %
732 $
2017
668,000
451.00 m $
25.48 %
675 $
2016
598,000
397.00 m $
23.87 %
664 $
2015
520,000
380.00 m $
23.80 %
731 $
2014
494,000
453.00 m $
24.36 %
917 $
2013
503,000
483.00 m $
26.10 %
960 $
2012
482,000
452.00 m $
25.95 %
938 $
2011
428,000
438.00 m $
23.47 %
1,023 $
2010
336,000
387.00 m $
23.25 %
1,152 $
2009
287,000
349.00 m $
20.39 %
1,216 $
2008
285,000
432.00 m $
24.14 %
1,516 $
2007
267,000
375.00 m $
24.77 %
1,404 $
2006
242,000
280.00 m $
25.27 %
1,157 $
2005
198,000
177.00 m $
18.21 %
894 $
2004
157,000
153.00 m $
16.55 %
975 $
2003
150,000
135.00 m $
16.59 %
900 $
2002
126,000
100.00 m $
16.10 %
794 $
2001
134,000
77.00 m $
13.68 %
575 $
2000
115,000
64.00 m $
11.87 %
557 $
1999
67,000
56.00 m $
9.5 %
836 $
1998
52,000
45.00 m $
8.6 %
865 $
1997
45,000
50.00 m $
10.19 %
1,111 $
1996
37,000
37.00 m $
7.4 %
1,000 $
1995
28,000
29.00 m $
6.0 %
1,036 $
Our data on tourist numbers, revenues and expenditures are based on information from the World Tourism Organization. However, to ensure international comparability, the data for some years or countries were manually researched and corrected if they obviously included visitors without overnight stays. In these cases, the data were taken from the official communications of the respective national tourism authorities.
The World Tourism Organization additionally points out that in some countries, the number of tourists is only counted at airports, while in others they are also counted at border crossings or even hotels. A comprehensive and reliable indication is therefore hardly possible in any country.
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