Cape Verde's economic growth rises to 5.9% in the second quarter 2018

Published: 05/10/2018

Cape Verde’s economy accelerated its growth in the second quarter of 2018, growing at a real annual rate of 5.9%, compared with 3.5% in the first quarter, according to the National Statistics Institute (INE).
Investment saw a positive year-on-year change of 5.0% by volume in the second quarter of 2018 (2.3% in the previous quarter) and Exports and Imports increased by 27.7% and 16.7% by volume, respectively.