Australia vs Cape Verde: Claims on central government, etc.
Australia
8.0%
in 2025
Cape Verde
8.5%
in 2025
Australia rank
106th
Cape Verde rank
104th
Claims on central government, etc. over time
- Australia
- Cape Verde
How they compare
Cape Verde currently reports 8.5% against 8.0% in Australia, a difference of 0.5%.
That makes Cape Verde's figure about 1.1 times Australia's.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 46 shared years of data; in 1980 it was Australia ahead.
Australia ranks 106th and Cape Verde ranks 104th of 186 countries.
Across the 5 decades both report, Australia averaged higher in 1 and Cape Verde in 4.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Australia | Cape Verde | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 9.0% | 3.3% | 5.7% | Australia |
| 1990s | 7.0% | 19.3% | 12.4% | Cape Verde |
| 2000s | -0.8% | 26.4% | 27.2% | Cape Verde |
| 2010s | 2.0% | 15.6% | 13.6% | Cape Verde |
| 2020s | 10.1% | 13.7% | 3.6% | Cape Verde |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher claims on central government, etc., Australia or Cape Verde?
- Cape Verde, at 8.5% against 8.0% in Australia as of 2025.
- What is the difference in claims on central government, etc. between Australia and Cape Verde?
- 0.5%, with Cape Verde ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Australia and Cape Verde?
- 46 years are reported by both, from 1980 to 2025.
- How do Australia and Cape Verde rank globally for claims on central government, etc.?
- Australia ranks 106th and Cape Verde ranks 104th of 186 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- International Financial Statistics database, International Monetary Fund (IMF), published as Claims on central government, etc. (% GDP). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Claims on central government include loans to central government institutions net of deposits. This indicator is expressed as a percentage of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) which is the total income earned through the production of goods and services in an economic territory during an accounting period.