Last verified: Tuesday, 13. August 2024 at 08:21 AM
Last verified: Tuesday, 13. August 2024 at 08:21 AM
Travelling Cape Verde is (relatively) safe Travelling Cape Verde is (relatively) safe. We detected travel advisories from 4 sources for this specific country.
This country shares no land border with any other country. Thus, the region score is identical to the country risk rating.
There are currently no officially reported cases of infections with SARS-CoV-2 (or Coronavirus) in Cape Verde. As reported by the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control this morning (~8:30am CET).
There are currently no officially reported deaths related to this disease in Cape Verde.
Source: www.ecdc.europa.eu
Chart of the risk level over that last 200 days. This is the daily calculated travel risk for Cape Verde.
Chart of the number of sources over that last 200 days. This is the daily number of advisory sources (of any rating) that have been active on that day.
Note: Changes happening on the 28th/29th of July 2019 are related to a change in the software and number of sources processed.
These are the individual advisories published by other countries about the destination Cape Verde from a travellers perspective. The scoring of all messages combined is the foundation for the current rating 2.5 out of 5.0.
Danger level: 0 - Travel is usually safe. This is the general advisory usually covering the country as a whole.
If you are planning international travel at this time, please read our COVID-19 related travel advice here, alongside our destination specific travel advice below.
Danger level: 1 - Travel is usually safe. This is the general advisory usually covering the country as a whole.
Reissued with obsolete COVID-19 page links removed. Exercise normal precautions in Cabo Verde. Some areas have increased risk. Read the entire Travel Advisory. Exercise Increased Caution in: Praia due to crime. Read the country information page for additional information on travel to Cabo Verde.
Danger level: 2 - Travel is usually safe. This is the general advisory usually covering the country as a whole.
Iaktta normal försiktighet - Det allmänna säkerhetsläget är gott och Kap Verde är ett tryggt resmål. Fickstölder och rån är vanliga. Undvik att röra dig ensam när det är mörkt.
Danger level: 3 - Travel with high caution. This is the general advisory usually covering the country as a whole.
The Canadian goverment suggests: Exercise a high degree of caution.
This is the recent history of individual changes of travel advices that affected the total asessment of Cape Verde. Most recent events first.
The total rating for Cape Verde changed from 3.5 to 3.0. Here are the influencing details:
The United States government decreased their existing warning for Cape Verde to 2.0 (of 5.0) from the previous rating of 4.0 (by -2.0).
The total rating for Cape Verde changed from 3.8 to 3.5. Here are the influencing details:
The United States government decreased their existing warning for Cape Verde to 4.0 (of 5.0) from the previous rating of 5.0 (by -1.0).
The total rating for Cape Verde changed from 2.8 to 3.8. Here are the influencing details:
The United States government increased their existing warning for Cape Verde to 5.0 (of 5.0) from the previous rating of 1.0 (by +4.0).
The total rating for Cape Verde changed from 2.5 to 2.8. Here are the influencing details:
The Canadian government increased their existing warning for Cape Verde to 4.0 (of 5.0) from the previous rating of 3.0 (by +1.0).
The total rating for Cape Verde changed from 2.3 to 2.5. Here are the influencing details:
The Irish government increased their existing warning for Cape Verde to 4.0 (of 5.0) from the previous rating of 3.0 (by +1.0).
The total rating for Cape Verde changed from 0.0 to 0.0. Here are the influencing details:
The Finnish government issued a new warning for Cape Verde with a rating of 2.0.
The Irish government issued a new warning for Cape Verde with a rating of 3.0.
The Canadian government issued a new warning for Cape Verde with a rating of 3.0.
The United States government issued a new warning for Cape Verde with a rating of 1.0.
Cape Verde with its capital Praia is a country in Africa (Western Africa), slightly larger than Rhode Island (4,033 km²). The country is located Western Africa, group of islands in the North Atlantic Ocean, west of Senegal. The climate can be described as temperate; warm, dry summer; precipitation meager and erratic. The landscape is steep, rugged, rocky, volcanic. With a population of about 0.43 million citizens.
| Topic | Value |
|---|---|
| Capital | Praia |
| Population | less than one million |
| Size | 4.033 km² |
| Size comparable to | slightly larger than Rhode Island |
| Common languages | Portuguese |
| Currency | Escudo (short: CVE) |
| Common voltage (electricity) | 220V - 50Hz |
| Used GSM Frequencies | 900 |
| International phone prefix | +238 |
| Internet Top Level Domain | .cv |
| Countrycode: ISO Alpha 2 | CV |
| Countrycode: ISO Alpha 3 | CPV |
| Countrycode: ISO Numeric | 132 |
These are problems Cape Verde is facing. Environmental issues refer to damages of the nature due to industry and society. Natural hazzards refer to potential dangers originating in nature.
Environmental problems
Natural hazzards
These are the main product industries and agricultural products of Cape Verde. This list indicates what this country is good at producing.
Industries
Agriculture products
These are the main product categories of imports and exports to and from Cape Verde.
Export products
Import products
Cape Verde is currently rated at 2,5 out of a possible 5.0. Collected from 4 official sources. Travelling Cape Verde is (relatively) safe.
You are good to go, enjoy your trip to Cape Verde.
We currently evaluate 11 official sources each morning. Today, we know of active advisories from 4 individual sources for Cape Verde.
There are currently no officially reported cases of infections with SARS-CoV-2 (or Coronavirus) in Cape Verde. As reported by the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control this morning (~8:30am CET). There are currently no officially reported deaths related to this disease in Cape Verde.
Cape Verde has a size of 4,033 km² or 1,557 mi² which is slightly larger than Rhode Island.
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Travel safety map for Cape Verde.
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2020-03-10:
Integrated data from European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (COVID-19/ SARS-CoV-2/ Coronavirus).
2019-09-01:
Added timeline charts for risk level and number of advisories.
2019-07-29:
Added two more sources (Finland and Denmark).
Affects country ratings.
2019-07-15:
South-Sudan was missing and was added today.
2019-05-18:
Performance improvements for API users.
2019-03-23:
Introduced professional API with more data.
2019-02-13:
Added three more sources (Cyprus, Ireland and Malta).
Affects country ratings.
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