International Rankings of Mozambique 2023, country comparisons

This table lists the international rankings of Mozambique, in all categories that are published in the CIA World Factbook, and those that we derived from them. Additional international rankings of Mozambique, can be found in the main country ranks menu.
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Ranked Data	Rank	Value	Year
Communications
Broadband - fixed subscriptions - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	59	0.2	2020
Broadband - fixed subscriptions - total	137	70000	2020
Internet users - percent of population	105	17 %	2021
Internet users - total	86	5.440 million	2021
Telephones - fixed lines - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	60	N/A	2021
Telephones - fixed lines - total subscriptions	145	59682	2021
Telephones - mobile cellular - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	99	43	2021
Telephones - mobile cellular - total subscriptions	76	13.686 million	2021
Economy
Average household expenditures - on alcohol and tobacco	59	N/A % of household expenditures	2023
Average household expenditures - on food	95	N/A % of household expenditures	2023
Budget - expenditures	122	4.591 billion US Dollars	2019
Budget - revenues	116	4.569 billion US Dollars	2019
Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)	79	5.6 % of GDP	0
Current account balance	176	3.601 billion US Dollars	2021
Debt - external	112	10.910 billion US Dollars	2017
Exports	123	6.404 billion US Dollars	2021
GDP (official exchange rate)	130	14.964 billion US Dollars	2019
GDP - composition by end use - exports of goods and services	93	38.3 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - government consumption	17	27.2 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - household consumption	68	69.7 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - imports of goods and services	158	70.6 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - investment in fixed capital	77	21.7 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - investment in inventories	8	13.9 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - agriculture	32	23.9 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - industry	122	19.3 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - services	118	56.8 % of GDP	2017
Gini Index coefficient - distribution of family income	7	54 %	2014
Household income or consumption by percentage share - highest 10%	31	36.7 % share of income accruing to lowest and highest 10% of population	2008
Household income or consumption by percentage share - lowest 10%	32	1.9 % share of income accruing to lowest and highest 10% of population	0
Imports	112	10.392 billion US Dollars	2021
Industrial production growth rate	150	0.42 %	2019
Inflation rate (consumer prices)	55	5.69 %	2021
Labor force	45	14.137 million US Dollars	2021
Labor force - by occupation - agriculture	14	74.4 %	0
Labor force - by occupation - industry	128	3.9 %	0
Labor force - by occupation - services	154	21.7 %	2015
Population below poverty line	26	46.1 %	2014
Public debt	21	102.88 % of GDP	2020
Real GDP (purchasing power parity)	124	39.351 billion US Dollars	2021
Real GDP growth rate	143	2.36 %	2021
Real GDP per capita	173	1200 US Dollars	2021
Reserves of foreign exchange and gold	36	67.510 billion US Dollars	2021
Taxes and other revenues	70	21.84 % of GDP	0
Unemployment rate	163	3.98 %	2021
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - female	128	8.2	2021
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - male	126	8.1	0
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - total	128	8.1	0
Energy
Carbon dioxide emissions - from coal and metallurgical coke	112	109000 metric tonnes of CO2	2019
Carbon dioxide emissions - from consumed natural gas	87	2.901 million metric tonnes of CO2	2019
Carbon dioxide emissions - from petroleum and other liquids	120	4.743 million metric tonnes of CO2	2019
Coal - consumption	109	46000 metric tons	2020
Coal - exports	11	8.355 million metric tons	2020
Coal - imports	96	48000 metric tons	2020
Coal - production	31	7.250 million metric tons	2020
Coal - proven reserves	26	1.792 billion metric tons	2019
Electricity - consumption	89	12.724 billion kWh	2019
Electricity - exports	20	10.771 billion kWh	2019
Electricity - imports	27	8.276 billion kWh	2019
Electricity - installed generating capacity	111	2.765 million kWh	2020
Electricity - transmission/distribution losses	69	2.768 billion kWh	2019
Electricity access	2	N/A %	2023
Electricity generation sources - biomass and waste	51	0.6 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - fossil fuels	136	19.6 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - geothermal	17	0 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - hydroelectricity	18	79.6 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - nuclear	34	0 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - solar	67	0.2 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - tide and wave	6	0 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - wind	73	0 %	2020
Energy consumption per capita	161	8.107 million Btu/person	2019
Natural gas - consumption	86	1.398 billion cubic meters	2019
Natural gas - exports	31	4.067 billion cubic meters	2019
Natural gas - imports	88	0 cubic meters	2021
Natural gas - production	48	5.424 billion cubic meters	2019
Natural gas - proven reserves	14	2.832 trillion cubic meters	2021
Petroleum - crude oil and lease condensate exports	73	0 bbl/day	2018
Petroleum - crude oil and lease condensate imports	82	0 bbl/day	2018
Petroleum - crude oil estimated reserves	89	0 bbl/day	2021
Petroleum - refined petroleum consumption	118	35400 bbl/day	2019
Petroleum - total petroleum production	106	0 bbl/day	2021
Refined petroleum products - exports	128	0 bbl/day	2015
Refined petroleum products - imports	109	25130 bbl/day	2015
Refined petroleum products - production	112	0 bbl/day	2015
Environment
Air pollutants - carbon dioxide emissions	109	7.94 megatons	2016
Air pollutants - methane emissions	70	16.26 megatons	2020
Air pollutants - particulate matter emissions	99	19.44 micrograms per cubic meter	2016
Land use - agricultural land	45	56.3	2018
Land use - arable land	115	6.4	2018
Land use - forest	61	43.7	2018
Land use - other	186	0	2018
Land use - permanent crops	82	0.3	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	16	49.6	2018
Revenue from coal	2	4.17 % of GDP	2018
Revenue from forest resources	9	6.46 % of GDP	2018
Total renewable water resources	41	217.100 billion cubic meters	2020
Total water withdrawal - agricultural	84	1.080 billion cubic meters	2020
Total water withdrawal - industrial	93	30.000 million cubic meters	2020
Total water withdrawal - municipal	79	370.000 million cubic meters	2020
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	12	4.24	2025
Urbanization - urban population	144	38.8	2023
Waste and recycling - municipal solid waste generated annually	69	2.500 million tons	2014
Waste and recycling - municipal solid waste recycled annually	96	25000 tons	2014
Waste and recycling - percent of municipal solid waste recycled	82	1 %	2014
Geography
Area - land	39	786380 sq km	0
Area - total	39	799380 sq km	0
Area - water	53	1.300 million sq km	0
Coastline	51	2470 km	0
Elevation - highest point	90	2436 meters	0
Elevation - lowest point	35	0 meters	0
Elevation - mean elevation	98	345 meters	0
Irrigated land	87	1180 sq km	2012
Land boundaries - total	39	4783 km	0
Land use - agricultural land	45	56.3	2018
Land use - arable land	115	6.4	2018
Land use - forest	61	43.7	2018
Land use - other	186	0	2018
Land use - permanent crops	82	0.3	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	16	49.6	2018
Military
Military expenditures	41	1.2 % of GDP	2022
Population
Alcohol consumption per capita - beer	104	1.03 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - other alcohols	63	0 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - spirits	118	0.21 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - total	129	1.46 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - wine	75	0.22 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Birth rate	10	36.94 births/1,000 population	2023
Children under the age of 5 years underweight	30	15.6 %	1415
Contraceptive prevalence rate	105	27.1 %	2015
Current health expenditure	44	7.6 % of GDP	2020
Currently married women (ages 15-49)	42	63.7 %	2023
Death rate	35	9.93 deaths/1,000 population	2023
Dependency ratios - elderly dependency ratio	145	4.8 %	0
Dependency ratios - potential support ratio	13	20.8 %	2021
Dependency ratios - total dependency ratio	13	86.1 %	0
Dependency ratios - youth dependency ratio	12	81.3 %	0
Drinking water source - improved	45	93.4 % of population	0
Drinking water source - rural	19	38.5 % of population	0
Drinking water source - total	15	26.7 % of population	2020
Drinking water source - unimproved	20	6.6 % of population	0
Education expenditures	23	6.3 % of GDP	2020
Gross reproduction rate	12	2.33 %	2023
Hospital bed density	64	0.7 beds/1,000 population	2011
Infant mortality rate - female	8	57.76 deaths/1,000 live births	2023
Infant mortality rate - male	13	61.72 deaths/1,000 live births	0
Infant mortality rate - total	9	59.77 deaths/1,000 live births	0
Life expectancy at birth - female	202	59.03 years	2023
Life expectancy at birth - male	208	56.41 years	0
Life expectancy at birth - total population	202	57.7 years	0
Literacy - female	104	53.8 %	2021
Literacy - male	75	74.1 %	0
Literacy - total population	91	63.4 %	0
Maternal mortality ratio	58	127 deaths/100,000 live births	2020
Median age - female	162	17.6 years	2020
Median age - male	153	16.3 years	0
Median age - total	151	17 years	0
Mother's mean age at first birth	81	19.2	2011
Net migration rate	132	1.54 migrant(s)/1,000 population	0
Obesity - adult prevalence rate	121	7.2 %	2016
Physicians density	152	0.09 physicians/1,000 population	2020
Population	45	32.514 million	2023
Population growth rate	16	2.55 %	2023
Sanitation facility access - improved	79	71.9 % of population	2015
Sanitation facility access - rural	17	75.3 % of population	0
Sanitation facility access - total	15	57.8 % of population	2020
Sanitation facility access - unimproved	16	28.1 % of population	0
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - female	14	9 years	2017
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - male	11	10 years	0
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - total	12	10 years	0
Sex ratio - 0-14 years	13	1.03 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - 15-64 years	30	0.93 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - 65 years and over	17	0.96 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - at birth	10	1.03 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - total population	22	0.97 male(s)/female	0
Tobacco use - female	72	5.6 %	2020
Tobacco use - male	89	23 %	2020
Tobacco use - total	85	14.3 %	2020
Total fertility rate	12	4.74 children born/woman	2023
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	12	4.24	2025
Urbanization - urban population	144	38.8	2023
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - female	128	8.2	2021
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - male	126	8.1	0
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - total	128	8.1	0
Transportation
Airports	54	98	2021
Airports - with paved runways - civil airports	18	N/A	2023
Airports - with paved runways - joint use (civil-military) airports	1	N/A	2023
Airports - with paved runways - military airports	14	N/A	2023
Airports - with paved runways - other airports	22	N/A	2023
Airports - with unpaved runways	42	771000	3280
Heliports	26	N/A	2023
Merchant marine - total	122	30	0
National air transport system - annual freight traffic on registered air carriers	95	4.780 million	2018
National air transport system - annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers	115	540124	2018
National air transport system - inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers	91	11	0
National air transport system - number of registered air carriers	26	2	2020
Railways	33	N/A km	2023
Roadways - paved	84	7365 km	2015
Roadways - total	87	31083 km	2015
Waterways	84	460 km	2010

*CALCULATED FIGURES are those that we calculated from data presented by the CIA World Factbook. For example, we calculated population density by dividing the total population by the land area, the electricity consumption per capita by dividing electricity consumption by the total population, etc.

NOTE: The information regarding Mozambique on this page is re-published from the 2023 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency and other sources. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Mozambique 2023 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Mozambique 2023 should be addressed to the CIA or the source cited on each page.