FAOSTAT · 2024

Agricultural production in Cabo Verde

According to FAOSTAT, Cabo Verde produced 5 t of cereals, 25,114 t of vegetables, 5,962 t of fruit, 4,615 t of meat and 10,438 t of milk in 2024. Its largest crops by volume were sugar cane (22,040 t), tomatoes (10,440 t) and coconuts (6,697 t).

Products recorded: 45
World #1: 0; products
World top 10: 0; products
Year: 2024

Among its twelve largest crops, the biggest ten-year change was in sweet potatoes (−74%), followed by carrots and turnips (−73%).

Livestock numbers: 29,779 cattle, 73,057 pigs, 19,701 sheep and 147,123 goats.

Totals by group

Group	Tonnes	World rank	Share	10-year change
All vegetables	25,114	158	0%	−39%
All sugar crops	22,040	116	0%	−22%
All milk	10,438	155	0%	−9.2%
All roots and tubers	6,606	167	0%	−65%
All fruit	5,962	177	0%	−69%
All pulses	4,948	136	0.01%	−24%
All meat	4,615	171	0%	−15%
All eggs	2,418	140	0%	+17%
All cereals	5	176	0%	−100%

All products by volume, 2024

Product	Tonnes	World rank	Share	10-year change
Sugar cane	22,040	82	0%	−22%
Tomatoes	10,440	122	0.01%	−33%
Coconuts, in shell	6,697	61	0.01%	+12%
Goat milk	5,826	85	0.03%	−23%
Other pulses n.e.c.	4,948	60	0.11%	−24%
Onions, dry	4,947	122	0%	+2.2%
Cow milk	4,612	160	0%	+18%
Other vegetables, fresh n.e.c.	4,385	148	0%	−21%
Bananas	3,903	92	0%	−63%
Pork (pig meat)	2,564	125	0%	−14%
Hen eggs	2,418	140	0%	+17%
Sweet potatoes	2,275	86	0%	−74%
Potatoes	2,212	137	0%	−18%
Cassava	2,119	75	0%	−72%
Carrots and turnips	1,666	107	0%	−73%
Chillies and peppers, dry	1,551	44	0.03%	+5.4%
Pumpkins and squash	1,514	107	0%	−0.4%
Beer	1,200	161	0%	+50%
Watermelons	1,080	106	0%	−30%
Cucumbers	775	118	0%	−63%
Beef (cattle meat)	702	171	0%	+27%
Lettuce and chicory	690	83	0%	−63%
Goat meat	671	108	0.01%	−24%
Cabbages	614	134	0%	−83%
Chicken meat	590	170	0%	−37%
Mangoes and guavas	491	91	0%	−78%
Other fruits, n.e.c.	488	129	0%	−90%
Fat of pigs	172	100	0%	−14%
Raw hides and skins of cattle	132	142	0%	+27%
Edible offal of pigs, fresh, chilled or frozen	114	103	0%	−14%
Raw hides and skins of goats or kids	113	98	0.01%	−24%
Edible offal of cattle, fresh, chilled or frozen	106	142	0%	+28%
Edible offal of goat, fresh, chilled or frozen	105	98	0.01%	−23%
Sheep meat	88	154	0%	+66%
Green garlic	83	98	0%	−9.8%
Castor oil seeds	72	28	0%	+1.4%
Buttermilk, dry	22	111	0%	—
Cattle fat, unrendered	17	144	0%	+31%
Goat fat, unrendered	15	99	0%	−21%
Coffee, green	14	71	0%	−73%
Raw hides and skins of sheep or lambs	11	128	0%	+83%
Edible offal of sheep, fresh, chilled or frozen	8	130	0%	+60%
Tea, packed	6	119	0%	—
Maize	5	161	0%	−100%
Sheep fat, unrendered	1	134	0%	0.0%

Live animals, 2024

Product	Head	World rank	Share	10-year change
Chickens	681,000	153	0%	−32%
Goats	147,123	111	0.01%	−25%
Pigs	73,057	119	0.01%	−15%
Cattle	29,779	165	0%	+31%
Sheep	19,701	145	0%	+68%
Asses	16,685	59	0.03%	+8.3%
Mules and hinnies	1,950	45	0.03%	+4.3%
Horses	597	132	0%	+11%

Source: FAO. 2025. FAOSTAT: Crops and livestock products. Accessed on 4 November 2026. fao.org/faostat. Licence: CC BY 4.0. Charts, rankings and changes calculated by Husfarm.