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Data: UN Comtrade, 2023 · snapshot 2026-07-19
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ATLAS · TRADE FLOWS · CABO VERDE

What Cabo Verde Trades

In 2023, Cabo Verde sold about $282M of goods to the rest of the world and bought about $1.8B in return. Its biggest customer was Spain ($54M, 19% of exports); its biggest supplier, Portugal ($535M). The map above draws each partner as an arc sized by value; the full lists are below. Bilateral goods trade from UN Comtrade, exports FOB and imports CIF.

GOODS EXPORTED$282M
GOODS IMPORTED$1.8B
TOP PARTNERSpain

Where Cabo Verde sends its goods

Cabo Verde’s biggest export markets — the countries it sells the most goods to, by value (FOB).

1Spain19.2%$54M
2Portugal14.7%$41M
3Togo4.1%$12M
4Netherlands3.9%$11M
5Italy3.4%$9M
6France2.6%$7M
8India2.0%$6M
9Belgium1.6%$4M
10Ghana1.2%$3M
11United States1.2%$3M
12Malaysia1.2%$3M
13China1.1%$3M
14Germany0.2%$654,818
15Korea, Rep.0.2%$426,961
16Morocco0.1%$382,549
17Cyprus0.1%$277,017
18United Kingdom0.1%$228,784
19Angola0.1%$186,985
20Canada0.1%$180,999
21Cuba0.1%$157,668
22Senegal0.1%$141,785
23South Africa0.0%$125,720
24Nigeria0.0%$114,824
25Thailand0.0%$89,977

Top 25 partners by value. Shares are of total exports. 59.7% of exports is drawn on the map; the rest is trade logged against non-country groupings.

Where Cabo Verde buys its goods

Cabo Verde’s biggest suppliers — the countries it buys the most goods from, by value (CIF, including shipping).

1Portugal30.4%$535M
2Saudi Arabia11.5%$202M
3Spain8.3%$146M
4Netherlands8.3%$145M
5France6.3%$110M
6China5.5%$97M
8United States4.0%$70M
9India3.0%$53M
10Brazil2.6%$45M
11Belgium2.5%$44M
12Korea, Rep.1.5%$26M
13Turkiye1.2%$22M
14Malaysia0.7%$13M
15Japan0.7%$12M
16Argentina0.6%$11M
17Italy0.6%$11M
18Thailand0.6%$11M
19Germany0.4%$7M
20Switzerland0.4%$6M
21Morocco0.4%$6M
22Poland0.3%$6M
23Senegal0.3%$5M
24South Africa0.2%$4M

Top 25 partners by value. Shares are of total imports. 96.8% of imports is drawn on the map; the rest is trade logged against non-country groupings.

Trade flows of other countries

China · United States · Germany · Japan · Netherlands · Italy · France · Korea, Rep.