Export unit values, US dollar (ACM1. Agricultural products) in Cape Verde
Cape Verde: Export unit values, US dollar (ACM1. Agricultural products) was 0.4734 in 2014. ▼ Falling
Export unit values, US dollar in Cape Verde, 1971–2014
Source: International Monetary Fund.
Analysis
In 2014, export unit values, us dollar in Cape Verde stood at 0.4734.
That represents a change of down 9.5% on the previous year and down 36.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, export unit values, us dollar in Cape Verde peaked at 1.54 in 1995 and was at its lowest, 0.2041, in 2006.
That places Cape Verde 162nd out of 166 countries with data for 2014, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 44 years of available data.
Export unit values, US dollar (ACM1. Agricultural products) in Cape Verde, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1971 | 0.5748 | — |
| 1972 | 0.6369 | +10.8% |
| 1973 | 0.6204 | -2.6% |
| 1974 | 0.6411 | +3.3% |
| 1975 | 0.4802 | -25.1% |
| 1976 | 0.8304 | +72.9% |
| 1977 | 0.4853 | -41.6% |
| 1978 | 0.5745 | +18.4% |
| 1979 | 0.5118 | -10.9% |
| 1980 | 0.5179 | +1.2% |
| 1981 | 0.583 | +12.6% |
| 1982 | 0.559 | -4.1% |
| 1983 | 0.3972 | -28.9% |
| 1984 | 0.4703 | +18.4% |
| 1985 | 0.4611 | -1.9% |
| 1986 | 0.5308 | +15.1% |
| 1987 | 0.416 | -21.6% |
| 1988 | 0.5219 | +25.5% |
| 1989 | 0.4704 | -9.9% |
| 1990 | 0.3979 | -15.4% |
| 1991 | 0.8189 | +105.8% |
| 1992 | 1.01 | +23.1% |
| 1993 | 0.8093 | -19.7% |
| 1994 | 0.2462 | -69.6% |
| 1995 | 1.54 | +526.9% |
| 1996 | 0.6312 | -59.1% |
| 1997 | 0.8735 | +38.4% |
| 1998 | 0.223 | -74.5% |
| 1999 | 0.5659 | +153.8% |
| 2000 | 0.6295 | +11.2% |
| 2001 | 0.9661 | +53.5% |
| 2002 | 0.6974 | -27.8% |
| 2003 | 0.8229 | +18.0% |
| 2004 | 0.7481 | -9.1% |
| 2005 | 0.2391 | -68.0% |
| 2006 | 0.2041 | -14.7% |
| 2007 | 0.2395 | +17.4% |
| 2008 | 0.2829 | +18.1% |
| 2009 | 0.5006 | +77.0% |
| 2010 | 0.5398 | +7.8% |
| 2011 | 0.552 | +2.3% |
| 2012 | 0.5364 | -2.8% |
| 2013 | 0.523 | -2.5% |
| 2014 | 0.4734 | -9.5% |
Cape Verde compared with similar countries
- Cape Verde's 0.4734 is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 0.6886, 69% of the median. (49 countries reporting)
- Cape Verde's 0.4734 is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 0.6695, 71% of the median. (45 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Export unit values, US dollar (ACM1. Agricultural products) in Cape Verde changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 | +526.9% | 0.2462 | 1.54 |
| 1999 | +153.8% | 0.223 | 0.5659 |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.595 | 0.4802 | 0.8304 | 9 |
| 1980s | 0.4927 | 0.3972 | 0.583 | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.7117 | 0.223 | 1.54 | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.533 | 0.2041 | 0.9661 | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.5249 | 0.4734 | 0.552 | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is export unit values, us dollar in Cape Verde?
- Export unit values, us dollar in Cape Verde was 0.4734 in 2014, according to International Monetary Fund.
- What is the highest export unit values, us dollar recorded in Cape Verde?
- The highest recorded value was 1.54 in 1995.
- What is the lowest export unit values, us dollar recorded in Cape Verde?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.2041 in 2006.
- How does Cape Verde rank for export unit values, us dollar?
- Cape Verde ranks 162nd out of 166 countries with data for 2014.
- Is export unit values, us dollar rising or falling in Cape Verde?
- Over the last ten years it is down 36.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Cape Verde data come from?
- The figures come from International Monetary Fund, published as part of Export unit values, US dollar (ACM1. Agricultural products). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
This dataset provides export quality indicators for over 800 products across 166 countries from 1963 to 2014, resulting in over 1.7 million observations. Higher index values indicate higher quality, and the index is normalized with a value of 1 representing the 90th percentile of export quality among all exporters (the world frontier). Data can be aggregated at various levels, including by product according to the Standard International Trade Classification (SITC) up to the 4-digit level, by Broad Economic Categories (BEC) up to the 3-digit level, and by aggregate sectors such as Agriculture, Commodities, and Manufactures.