Mozambique
Country in Africa
CountryScope
In brief
Population: 35.6M (2025). World rank 46 of 216; in Africa, 13 of 54. Area: 801,590 km². World rank 37 of 249; in Africa, 16 of 59. GDP per person: $627 (2025). World rank 206 of 210 (1 = best); in Africa, 49 of 52. From 2015 to 2025: population 26.5M → 35.6M, GDP $16.2B → $22.3B, and GDP per person $611 → $627. Worse than all its neighbours (Malawi, South Africa, Eswatini, Tanzania, Zambia, and Zimbabwe): GDP per person.
State
- Official name
- Republic of Mozambique
- Local name
- Moçambique
- Capital
- Maputo
- Region
- Africa
- Form of government
- Presidential republic
- UN member
- Yes
- Head of state
- Daniel Chapo
- Head of government
- Maria Benvinda Levy
- Independence
- June 25, 1975
- Women in parliament
- 38.3% 2025
Key figures
- Population
- 35,631,653 2025
- Area
- 801,590 km²
- GDP
- $22.3B 2025
- GDP per person
- $627 2025
- Life expectancy
- 63.8 years 2024
Practical information
- Languages
- Portuguese
- Currency
- Mozambican Metical (MZN)
- Time zones
- UTC+2
- Calling code
- +258
- Emergency numbers
- 117, 119, 198
- Driving side
- Left
- Plug types
- C, D, F
- Mains voltage
- 220 V
Territory
- Sea access
- Has a coastline
- Coastline, km
- 2,470
- Neighbours
- Malawi, South Africa, Eswatini, Tanzania, Zambia, Zimbabwe
- Agricultural land
- 56.1% 2024
Elevation
- Highest point
- Monte Binga, 2,436 m
- Lowest point
- Mozambique Channel, 0 m
- Mean elevation, m
- 345
Climate
- Average temperature in the capital, °C
- 23
- Warmest month in the capital
- February, 26°C
- Coldest month in the capital
- July, 19°C
- Precipitation, mm per year
- 1,032 2022
Population and migration
- Population density
- 44.5 per km² 2025
- Population growth per year
- +2.9% 2025
- Living in cities
- 37.2% 2025
- Net migration per year
- -65.6K 2025
- Born in another country
- 1% 2024
Age and life expectancy
- Aged 0–14
- 44.2% 2025
- Aged 15–64
- 53.1% 2025
- Aged 65 and over
- 2.7% 2025
- Life expectancy, women
- 66.7 years 2024
- Life expectancy, men
- 60.5 years 2024
Births and deaths
- Children per woman
- 4.7 2024
- Births per 1,000 people
- 37 2024
- Deaths per 1,000 people
- 6.9 2024
Society
- Religions
- Protestant 34.7%, Catholic 27.3%, Muslim 19.1%, no religion 13.5%, and other 4.3% (2017)
Quality of governance (100 = best)
- Rule of law, score 0–100
- 39.2 2025
- Control of corruption, score 0–100
- 26 2025
- Government effectiveness, score 0–100
- 35.8 2025
- Regulatory quality, score 0–100
- 42.4 2025
- Voice and accountability, score 0–100
- 41.2 2025
Size and growth
- GDP per person at purchasing power parity
- $1,698 2025
- GDP growth per year
- -0.5% 2025
Income and prices
- Income level (World Bank)
- Low income
- Gross national income per person
- $570 2025
- Inflation
- +4.4% 2025
- Price level, USA = 100
- 38 2024
Structure and jobs
- Agriculture, share of GDP
- 25.6% 2025
- Industry, share of GDP
- 22.1% 2025
- Services, share of GDP
- 42% 2025
- Unemployment
- 6.6% 2025
- Youth unemployment, ages 15–24
- 11.6% 2025
- Women in work or seeking work
- 77.1% 2025
Trade and finance
- Exports, share of GDP
- 41.4% 2025
- Imports, share of GDP
- 55.7% 2025
- Current account balance, share of GDP
- -14.2% 2025
- Foreign direct investment, share of GDP
- +25.8% 2025
- Remittances received, share of GDP
- 1.2% 2025
- Tax revenue, share of GDP
- 21.9% 2024
Poverty and inequality
- Gini index (0 = full equality)
- 49.6 2022
- Living on under $3 a day
- 81.4% 2022
Education
- Adult literacy
- 61.7% 2022
- Primary school enrolment
- 119% 2022
- Secondary school enrolment
- 37.2% 2017
- Higher education enrolment
- 7.5% 2018
- Public spending on education, share of GDP
- 6% 2022
Healthcare
- Health spending, share of GDP
- 8.5% 2023
- Health spending per person
- $53 2023
- Out-of-pocket health spending, share of total
- 10.4% 2023
- Doctors per 1,000 people
- 0.2 2022
- Nurses and midwives per 1,000 people
- 0.9 2022
- Hospital beds per 1,000 people
- 0.7 2021
- Children vaccinated against measles
- 65% 2024
Public health
- Infant deaths per 1,000 births
- 43.7 2024
- Deaths under age 5 per 1,000 births
- 59.4 2024
- Maternal deaths per 100,000 births
- 99 2023
- HIV prevalence, ages 15–49
- 11.5% 2024
- Diabetes prevalence, ages 20–79
- 3% 2024
- Overweight adults
- 27.2% 2022
- Adults who use tobacco
- 10.5% 2024
Living conditions
- Access to safe drinking water
- 66.6% 2024
- Access to basic sanitation
- 38.6% 2024
- Access to clean cooking fuels
- 8% 2024
Safety
- Homicides per 100,000 people
- 3.6 2011
- Road deaths per 100,000 people
- 30 2019
- Suicides per 100,000 people
- 10.6 2021
- Political stability and absence of violence, score 0–100
- 36.6 2025
- Natural hazards
- tropical cyclones, floods, and droughts
Air and emissions
- Air pollution PM2.5, µg/m³
- 13.7 2023
- CO₂ emissions, tonnes per person
- 0.3 2024
- All greenhouse gases, tonnes CO₂e per person
- 1 2024
Nature and water
- Forest cover
- 41.3% 2024
- Protected areas
- 18% 2025
- Renewable fresh water, m³ per person
- 3,071 2022
- Water stress, share of fresh water withdrawn
- 1.8% 2022
Internet and communications
- Using the internet
- 20.5% 2024
- Mobile subscriptions per 100 people
- 50 2024
- Home broadband per 100 people
- 0.1 2024
- Internet domain
- .mz
Energy
- Access to electricity
- 36.9% 2024
- Electricity use, kWh per person
- 390 2024
- Renewable share of energy use
- 76.9% 2021
- Electricity from renewables
- 82.7% 2021
- Electricity from fossil fuels
- 16.1% 2024
Transport
- Air passengers per year
- 680,108 2023
- Airports
- 92 2025
- Railways, km
- 4,787 2014
Science and innovation
- Research spending, share of GDP
- 0.3% 2015
- Researchers per million people
- 44 2015
- Scientific articles per year
- 205 2023
- Patent applications by residents
- 10 2024
- High-tech share of manufactured exports
- 3.6% 2024