Currency · Live data
Cape Verdean Escudo
CVECabo Verde · Issued by Banco de Cabo Verde
Price (USD)
$0.010622
Inflation (2024)
+1.05%
10y M2 change
+75%
M69 Score
93.0
EUR-pegged
Market Cap (USD)
$2.74B
via M2 · 2024
M2 (local currency)
257.95B CVE
current LCU
CPI YoY (2024)
+1.05%
World Bank · annual
Country
Cabo Verde
ISO 4217 · CVE
Last Update
2026-04-25
Daily ingest · 02:00 UTC
Cape Verdean Escudo M2 money supply
Broad money in CVE (cash + deposits + close substitutes), annual back to ~1960 via World Bank FM.LBL.BMNY.CN. Log scale auto-engages for hyperinflation outliers.
Cape Verdean Escudo inflation history
Annual CPI YoY since 2001 — World Bank consumer price index for Cabo Verde. Inflation volatility is one of three inputs into the Money2069 sound-money score.
Purchasing power calculator
How much would your Cape Verdean Escudo be worth today if you'd held it since…?
100 CVE in 2001 buys today
40.28 CVEworth of goods
Lost 60% of purchasing power since 2001.
To match 2001 purchasing power, you need today
248.28 CVE
46 years of cumulative inflation.
Calculation: cumulative product of (1 + CPI YoY) from the chosen year through 2024. Source: World Bank consumer price index (annual). Daily-refreshed.
Data sources & methodology
- FX (USD):
- Frankfurter / ECB · daily
- CPI YoY:
- World Bank FP.CPI.TOTL.ZG · annual
- M2 broad money:
- World Bank FM.LBL.BMNY.CN · annual (LCU)
- Market cap (USD):
- M2 / FX rate · daily
- 10-year M2 change:
- (M2 today / M2 10y ago) − 1
- M69 score:
- Weighted: CPI (50%), 10y M2 growth (40%), 1y FX stability (10%)
- Last fetched:
- 2026-04-25 16:14:50
- Country code (ISO 3166-1):
- CPV
Note: EUR-pegged
Raw data: /api/v1/currencies/current/CVE
Frequently asked questions
Who issues the Cape Verdean Escudo?+
The Cape Verdean Escudo (CVE) is issued by Banco de Cabo Verde. As the monetary authority for Cabo Verde, it sets policy interest rates, manages foreign reserves, and controls the money supply.
What is the inflation rate of the Cape Verdean Escudo?+
Latest available consumer price inflation for the Cape Verdean Escudo: 1.05% YoY (2024). Source: World Bank annual series (FP.CPI.TOTL.ZG). Daily-refreshed historical chart on this page.
Has the Cape Verdean Escudo been debased?+
Every fiat currency loses purchasing power over time as central banks expand the money supply. M2 has grown by approximately 75% over the past decade. Combined with cumulative inflation, this is the gap between CVE as accounting unit and CVE as a store of value.
Is the Cape Verdean Escudo sound money?+
On the Money2069 0–100 sound-money scale, the Cape Verdean Escudo currently scores 93.0. The score weights inflation volatility, 10-year money-supply growth, and 1-year FX stability. Higher = closer to sound. No fiat scores 100 because no fiat has zero issuance.
How does the Cape Verdean Escudo compare to gold or the US dollar?+
Use the table on the listing page to sort all 138 tracked currencies by inflation, 10-year M2 change, or M69 score. Pegged currencies (USD-pegged dirham, riyal, etc.) inherit the dollar's debasement profile; floating currencies tell their own story.
How often is this data updated?+
We pull fresh exchange rates daily from Frankfurter (ECB-sourced) and refresh the inflation series from the World Bank. The page is statically rendered with 24-hour ISR. Source data is publicly accessible via our /api/v1/currencies endpoints.