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Latest items for Cape Verde

Aug. 20, 2025, 1:54 a.m.
Countries: Cape Verde
Variables: ISTD-DATA-2, ISTD-DATA-3

"The prevalence rate of HIV/AIDs in Cape Verde is 0.8% in the general population, 7.9% amongst sex workers, 3.9% amongst drug users and 15% amongst homosexual men" (Page 3).
Aug. 20, 2025, 1:54 a.m.
Countries: Cape Verde
Variables: IM-DATA-1

"The reduction of maternal and infant mortality was estimated in 2011 as being 26 and 15 per 100,000 babies born alive respectively" (Page 3).
Aug. 20, 2025, 1:54 a.m.
Countries: Cape Verde
Variables: DACH-DATA-2

"According to the Demographic Inquiry into Reproductive Health in 201512, the prevalence in the use of contraceptives was 43.9% amongst women as a whole" (Page 2).
Aug. 20, 2025, 1:54 a.m.
Countries: Cape Verde
Variables: CBMC-DATA-1

"Data for 2010 showed that 26.2% of young people between the ages of 15 to 19 and 0.5% that were under the age of 15, had previously become pregnant at some point in their lives" (Page 2).
Aug. 20, 2025, 1:54 a.m.
Countries: Cape Verde
Variables: BR-DATA-1

"The fall in the fertility rate from 2.9 children per woman in 2005 to 2.3 in 2015 suggests an expansion in this practice" (Page 2).
Aug. 20, 2025, 1:54 a.m.
Countries: Cape Verde
Variables: ABO-LAW-1

"The law permits the abortion up to the twelfth gestational week. The consent of the family is needed in the case of girls under the age of 18" (Page 2-3).
Aug. 20, 2025, 1:54 a.m.
Countries: Cape Verde
Variables: ABO-DATA-1

"[I]t is estimated that 60% of abortions that take place in the country, occur outside of the official health system" (Page 3).
June 24, 2025, 9:07 a.m.
Countries: Cape Verde
Variables: AFE-DATA-1

The gender parity index (GPI) for gross secondary school enrollment (i.e. the ratio of gross enrollment of girls to gross enrollment of boys at the secondary level) is 1.11. This number was found by using the World Bank's data for secondary school gross enrollment for girls and boys. As of 2021, the gross enrollment rate for females is 91% while the gross enrollment rate for males is 82%. (CEC2 - CODER COMMENT).
Jan. 15, 2025, 9:59 p.m.
Countries: Cape Verde, Guinea-Bissau, Mozambique, South Africa, Tunisia, Zambia
Variables: ABO-LAW-1

"[Benin's] is one of the most liberal laws in Africa… In Africa, only São Tomé and Príncipe, South Africa, Mozambique, Cape Verde, Tunisia, Zambia and Guinea-Bissau have similarly liberal abortion laws" (para 9).
Dec. 31, 2024, 4:46 p.m.
Countries: Cape Verde, Czech Republic
Variables: IRP-SCALE-1

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Aug. 10, 2024, 2:57 a.m.
Countries: Cape Verde, Jamaica, Latvia, Malta, Mongolia, Slovenia
Variables: MULTIVAR-SCALE-6

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March 31, 2024, 3:14 p.m.
Countries: Albania, Angola, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bangladesh, Barbados, Belize, Benin, Bhutan, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Brazil, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Central African Rep, Comoros, Costa Rica, Cote D'Ivoire, Croatia, D R Congo, East Timor, Ecuador, Ethiopia, Fiji, Gambia, Ghana, Greece, Guatemala, Guinea, Honduras, Hungary, India, Indonesia, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Kosovo, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Latvia, Lesotho, Liberia, Macedonia, Malawi, Maldives, Mali, Malta, Mauritania, Mexico, Moldova, Mongolia, Morocco, Namibia, Nepal, New Zealand, Niger, Nigeria, Norway, Oman, Pakistan, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Poland, Portugal, Qatar, Romania, Rwanda, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Korea, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Suriname, Switzerland, Tajikistan, Tanzania, Thailand, Togo, Tunisia, Turkey, Uganda, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, Uruguay, Uzbekistan, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Variables: TRAFF-SCALE-1

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March 30, 2024, 10:05 p.m.
Countries: Cape Verde
Variables: TRAFF-DATA-1

According to the U.S. State Department's 2023 TIP report, Cabo Verde ranks as a Tier 2 country (85).
March 11, 2024, 4:31 p.m.
Countries: Cape Verde
Variables: IRP-LAW-1

"Is selling sex criminalised? There are no criminal laws against selling sex. Is buying sex criminalised? No. Is organising/managing criminalised? There are no criminal laws against organising/managing sex work." (para 1-3).
Feb. 2, 2024, 6:33 a.m.
Countries: Cape Verde
Variables: DV-DATA-1

According to 2022 data from the WHO's Global Health Observatory, the proportion of ever-partnered women and girls (aged 15-49) in Cabo Verde who have been subjected to physical and/or sexual violence by a current or former intimate partner in their lifetime is 19 percent (KMM-CODER COMMENT).
Jan. 24, 2024, 3:24 p.m.
Countries: Algeria, Argentina, Azerbaijan, Bahamas, Barbados, Bhutan, Brazil, Brunei, Cape Verde, Colombia, Cuba, Cyprus, Ecuador, El Salvador, Fiji, Guatemala, Honduras, Iraq, Jamaica, Jordan, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Libya, Maldives, Mauritius, Mexico, Mongolia, Morocco, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Suriname, Tunisia, Vanuatu
Variables: MMR-SCALE-2

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Jan. 24, 2024, 3:19 p.m.
Countries: Cape Verde
Variables: MMR-SCALE-1

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Jan. 24, 2024, 3:15 p.m.
Countries: Albania, Argentina, Armenia, Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Barbados, Belarus, Belgium, Belize, Benin, Bhutan, Bolivia, Botswana, Brazil, Brunei, Bulgaria, Burkina Faso, Burma/Myanmar, Canada, Cape Verde, Central African Rep, Chad, Chile, China, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cote D'Ivoire, Croatia, Cuba, Cyprus, Czech Republic, D R Congo, Denmark, Dominican Republic, East Timor, Ecuador, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, Estonia, Finland, France, Gambia, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Haiti, Honduras, Hungary, Indonesia, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Latvia, Lesotho, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Malawi, Malaysia, Maldives, Mali, Malta, Mauritius, Mexico, Mongolia, Montenegro, Namibia, Netherlands, Nicaragua, Niger, Nigeria, Norway, Panama, Papua New Guinea, Paraguay, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Qatar, Romania, Russia, Rwanda, Serbia, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Africa, South Korea, Spain, Suriname, Swaziland, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, Thailand, Togo, Trinidad/Tobago, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States, Uruguay, Uzbekistan, Vanuatu, Venezuela, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Variables: ERBG-SCALE-1

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Jan. 24, 2024, 3:06 p.m.
Countries: Afghanistan, Albania, Angola, Argentina, Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Bahamas, Belgium, Belize, Bhutan, Bolivia, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Botswana, Brazil, Brunei, Bulgaria, Burkina Faso, Burma/Myanmar, Burundi, Cambodia, Canada, Cape Verde, Central African Rep, Chile, China, Colombia, Comoros, Costa Rica, Croatia, Cuba, Cyprus, Czech Republic, D R Congo, Djibouti, Dominican Republic, East Timor, Ecuador, Egypt, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Fiji, Finland, France, Gabon, Germany, Ghana, Greece, Guatemala, Guinea-Bissau, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Hungary, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Kosovo, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Lebanon, Lesotho, Libya, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Madagascar, Malawi, Malaysia, Malta, Mauritius, Montenegro, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Nicaragua, North Korea, Oman, Pakistan, Palestine, Panama, Papua New Guinea, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Rwanda, Senegal, Serbia, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, Somalia, South Africa, South Korea, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Suriname, Swaziland, Sweden, Switzerland, Syria, Taiwan, Tajikistan, Tanzania, Thailand, Trinidad/Tobago, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Uganda, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States, Uruguay, Uzbekistan, Vanuatu, Yemen, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Variables: DACH-SCALE-2

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Jan. 24, 2024, 3:03 p.m.
Countries: Algeria, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bahamas, Bangladesh, Belarus, Belize, Bhutan, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Brazil, Brunei, Bulgaria, Cambodia, Cape Verde, Colombia, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Georgia, Guatemala, Honduras, Hungary, Iran, Iraq, Jamaica, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Lebanon, Libya, Macedonia, Malaysia, Mauritius, Mexico, Moldova, Mongolia, Montenegro, Morocco, Nicaragua, North Korea, Oman, Palestine, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Romania, Russia, Serbia, Slovakia, Solomon Islands, Suriname, Syria, Tajikistan, Trinidad/Tobago, Tunisia, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, Vanuatu, Venezuela, Vietnam
Variables: DACH-SCALE-1

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Jan. 21, 2024, 11:10 a.m.
Countries: Cape Verde
Variables: MMR-DATA-1

According to a 2023 report on global trends in maternal mortality from 2000-2020 published by the WHO, UNICEF, UNFPA, World Bank Group, and UNDESA/Population Division, in 2020 the maternal mortality ratio (per 100,000 live births) in Cabo Verde was 42 (KMM-CODER COMMENT).
Jan. 20, 2024, 1:37 p.m.
Countries: Cape Verde
Variables: ERBG-DATA-2

According to 2023 World Bank Gender Data collected from the most recent ILO modeled estimates from 2020 onwards, the female laborforce participation rate (as a percentage of the female population ages 15+) in Cabo Verde is 49.9% (KMM-CODER COMMENT).
Jan. 7, 2024, 3:30 p.m.
Countries: Cape Verde
Variables: DACH-DATA-1

According to the World Bank, as of 2021, life expectancy in Cabo Verde is 78 years for women and 70 years for men (KMM-CODER COMMENT).
Dec. 28, 2023, 2:18 p.m.
Countries: Cape Verde
Variables: DACH-DATA-1

According to 2019 data from the WHO's Global Health Observatory, average life expectancy in Cabo Verde is 69.9 years for men and 77.9 years for women (KMM-CODER COMMENT).
Oct. 12, 2023, 3:59 p.m.
Countries: Algeria, Bangladesh, Belize, Bolivia, Botswana, Burma/Myanmar, Cambodia, Cape Verde, Djibouti, Dominican Republic, East Timor, Ecuador, Egypt, Fiji, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, India, Indonesia, Israel, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Libya, Mongolia, Morocco, Nepal, Nicaragua, Oman, Panama, Papua New Guinea, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, Suriname, Swaziland, Syria, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan
Variables: BR-SCALE-1

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Sept. 29, 2023, 9:40 a.m.
Countries: Cape Verde, Ecuador, Saudi Arabia
Variables: BR-DATA-1

"16.4 births per 1000 population"
Aug. 24, 2023, 1:08 a.m.
Countries: Cape Verde
Variables: LRW-DATA-1

"[There is a] high prevalence of child sexual abuse in the State party, with girls accounting for 95 per cent of the victims of sexual abuse" (5).
Aug. 24, 2023, 1:08 a.m.
Countries: Cape Verde
Variables: PW-DATA-1

"[P]olygamy has decreased in the State party" (14).
Aug. 24, 2023, 1:08 a.m.
Countries: Cape Verde
Variables: MURDER-DATA-2

"[T]here were eight femicides in 2018, all of which involved situations in which women were leaving their partners" (5,14).
Aug. 24, 2023, 1:08 a.m.
Countries: Cape Verde
Variables: LRW-PRACTICE-2

"[The country adopted] the regulatory framework of the Gender Based Violence Law, in 2015" (1). "[T]he national plan to combat sexual violence against children and adolescents for the period 2017–2019, [was adopted] in 2016" (2). "[D]ata on court cases collected by the Superior Council of Magistrates are not disaggregated by victim or perpetrator characteristics, such as sex or other variables, which does not enable an analysis of cases of gender-based discrimination or violence" (3). "[The state developed] the national gender equality plan for the period 2015–2018, the national plan to combat gender-based violence and the national gender equality plan for the period 2019–2021" (3).