Independent rankings built from public data — every figure traceable to the body that published it.

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Mozambique places highest on Ecological Footprint (top 1% worldwide) and lowest on Prosperity Gap (bottom 1%).
Population
33,635,160
people
since 1950
Land area
786,380
km²
since 1961
GDP per person
1,451
international $, PPP
since 1990
Life expectancy
63.61
years at birth
since 1950
Human development
0.493
HDI, 0–1
since 1990
Unemployment
6.628
% of the labour force
since 1991
The newest published figure for each, the year it describes and who published it, with a line showing how it has moved.
01The country
As Wikidata records them. Official languages are the least consistent — some countries list only a national language, others every regional one. Sources and licences.
02Country Index 2026
Strongest first. Each position is Mozambique’s place among the countries with a standing on that topic, built from a few key statistics chosen to measure different things.
joint27thof 161
From 3 of 3 key statistics
66thof 182
From 4 of 4 key statistics
96thof 178
From 3 of 3 key statistics
134thof 177
From 3 of 3 key statistics
154thof 193
From 5 of 5 key statistics
158thof 198
From 3 of 3 key statistics
120thof 147
From 2 of 3 key statistics
158thof 191
From 3 of 3 key statistics
171stof 194
From 3 of 3 key statistics
140thof 150
From 3 of 3 key statistics
191stof 201
From 3 of 4 key statistics
180thof 182
From 2 of 4 key statistics
Each standing is built from a few key statistics chosen to measure different things. Select a subject for Mozambique’s readings on it, or see every statistic held for Mozambique in the table further down this page.
03Highs and lows
The two ends of its own record: every statistic on which Mozambique sits within ten places of the best or worst in the world, plus its strongest and weakest readings overall. Each is turned into a percentile — its place among every country measured — which is what lets a hunger score and a press-freedom rank be compared at all.
In the top third of all countries measured. 6 are within ten places of the best in the world, in a field of at least 50 countries — marked with that place.
Position · derived 125th of 126 · 1 = worst · 0.588 · 2025
world median 2.296 (better) · ▲ 7 pts since 2015
Position · derived 4th of 195 · 161.67 · 2022
world median 106.08 (better) · ▲ 3 pts since 2012
Position · derived 5th of 195 · 157.47 · 2022
world median 106.23 (better) · ▲ 2 pts since 2012
Position · derived 8th of 182 · 77.09 · 2025
world median 53.36 (better)
Position · derived 10th of 182 · 61.84 · 2025
world median 46.23 (better) · ▲ 16 pts since 2015
Position · derived 10th of 182 · 78.71 · 2025
world median 61.66 (better)
In the bottom third of all countries measured. 26 are within ten places of the worst in the world, in a field of at least 50 countries — marked with that place.
Position · derived 1st of 110 · 1 = worst · 350.57 · 2024
world median 43.94 (worse)
Position · derived 1st of 69 · 1 = worst · 44.72 · 2022
world median 0.42 (worse)
Position · derived 1st of 71 · 1 = worst · 81.36 · 2022
world median 1.05 (worse)
Position · derived 1st of 73 · 1 = worst · 96.28 · 2022
world median 10.79 (worse) · ▼ 2 pts since 2014
Position · derived 1st of 73 · 1 = worst · 24.43 · 2022
world median 2.118 (worse)
Position · derived 100th of 102 · 1,354 · 2025
world median 14,273 (worse)
Position · derived 182nd of 185 · 1,451 · 2025
world median 17,265 (worse)
Position · derived 165th of 168 · 3,536 · 2025
world median 47,384 (worse)
Position · derived 128th of 132 · 0.04 · 2024
world median 0.305 (worse)
Position · derived 5th of 109 · 1 = worst · 46.51 · 2024
world median 12.93 (worse) · ▼ 29 pts since 2014
Position · derived 5th of 73 · 1 = worst · 49.56 · 2022
world median 33.91 (worse) · ▲ 4 pts since 2014
Position · derived 159th of 164 · 8.65 · 2025
world median 64.87 (worse)
Position · derived 6th of 182 · 1 = worst · 83.68 · 2025
world median 28.67 (worse)
Position · derived 7th of 143 · 1 = worst · 48.4 · 2025
world median 17.1 (worse)
Position · derived 67th of 73 · 4.66 · 2022
world median 7.08 (worse)
Position · derived 176th of 182 · 2.15 · 2025
world median 22.16 (worse)
Position · derived 7th of 193 · 1 = worst · 34.39 · 2025
world median 4.17 (worse)
Position · derived 111th of 118 · -6.977 · 2021
world median 8.389 (worse) · ▼ 20 pts since 2011
Position · derived 165th of 172 · 0.362 · 2020
world median 0.564 (worse) · ▼ 2 pts since 2017
Position · derived 112th of 119 · 0.02 · 2024
world median 0.975 (worse) · ▼ 3 pts since 2014
Position · derived 146th of 155 · 2,198 · 2024
world median 2,982 (worse) · ▲ 5 pts since 2014
Position · derived 177th of 186 · -0.523 · 2025
world median 3.396 (worse) · ▼ 89 pts since 2015
Position · derived 10th of 169 · 1 = worst · 38.69 · 2023
world median 17.05 (worse) · ▼ 3 pts since 2013
Position · derived 160th of 169 · 0.297 · 2023
world median 0.609 (worse)
A band is a place among the countries each publisher scores, so Mozambique can move because other countries moved. See the Country Index for the full method.
04Over time
The published rank in widely quoted reports, edition by edition — each end with the size of that year’s field — and the statistics, not already named above, on which it has gained or lost the most ground.
UNDP Human Development Report Office
139th
of 141 · 1990
182nd
of 193 · 2023
Ranked in 34 of 34 editions
Transparency International
122nd
of 173 · 2012
161st
of 181 · 2025
Ranked in 14 of 14 editions
UNDP Human Development Report Office
81st
of 101 · 1995
120th
of 172 · 2023
Ranked in 29 of 34 editions
World Intellectual Property Organization
123rd
of 132 · 2022
128th
of 139 · 2025
Ranked in 4 of 4 editions
Growth Lab at Harvard University
126th
of 140 · 1995
128th
of 145 · 2024
Ranked in 30 of 30 editions
Oxford Insights
161st
of 172 · 2020
161st
of 195 · 2025
Ranked in 6 of 6 editions
Where Mozambique has climbed against the rest of the world, in percentile points.
Where Mozambique has slipped against the rest of the world, in percentile points.
05In context
A position reads best beside the countries around it. Every position below is a place in the world ranking of 174, not within the region.
Every country in the sub-region, by its position in the world (of 174 placed).
06The evidence
Grouped by topic. Each row gives the newest edition’s rank or position, the published value and the year the numbers describe — select a row for the world median, the best in the world and the trend.
bottom 2% of 132 countries measured
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) · Agriculture orientation index (1.0 = spending matches sector size)
Mozambique 0.04 · world median 0.305 (worse)
Best in the world 5.38 (Singapore)
No real change since 2014
bottom 24% of 198 countries measured
CIVICUS · Civic space score (0–100)
Mozambique 27.28 · world median 50.46 (worse)
Best in the world 100 (Kiribati)
No earlier reading to compare
bottom 3% of 185 countries measured
UNICEF · Children under 5 whose birth is registered (%)
Mozambique 31.3 · world median 98.4 (worse)
Best in the world 100 (53 countries tied)
No earlier reading to compare
bottom 11% of 182 countries measured · 182 share 181 positions
Transparency International · CPI score (0–100, where 100 is very clean)
Mozambique 21 · world median 39 (worse)
Best in the world 89 (Denmark)
▼ -21 percentile points since 2015
bottom 23% of 78 countries measured
World Bank Group · IDA Resource Allocation Index (1 = low to 6 = high)
Mozambique 2.858 · world median 3.246 (worse)
Best in the world 4.225 (Rwanda)
▼ -47 percentile points since 2015
bottom 4% of 109 countries measured
World Bank Group · Total debt service (% of exports of goods, services and primary income)
Mozambique 46.51 · world median 12.93 (worse)
Best in the world 0.285 (Iran)
▼ -29 percentile points since 2014
bottom 1% of 110 countries measured
World Bank Group · External debt stocks (% of GNI)
Mozambique 350.57 · world median 43.94 (worse)
Best in the world 2.213 (Iran)
No real change since 2014
top 30% of 132 countries measured
World Bank Group · General government final consumption expenditure (% of GDP)
Mozambique 19.2 · world median 16.21
Highest 38.94 (Ukraine)
▼ -20 percentile points since 2015
bottom 18% of 195 countries measured
Oxford Insights · AI readiness score (0–100)
Mozambique 22.31 · world median 40.19 (worse)
Best in the world 88.36 (United States)
▲ +11 percentile points since 2020
bottom 24% of 209 countries measured
World Bank Group · Governance estimate (−2.5 weak to 2.5 strong)
Mozambique -0.716 · world median 0.01 (worse)
Best in the world 2.28 (Singapore)
▼ -4 percentile points since 2014
bottom 34% of 168 countries measured
Open Data Watch · ODIN overall score (0–100)
Mozambique 50 · world median 59 (worse)
Best in the world 90 (2 countries tied)
▲ +9 percentile points since 2015
bottom 10% of 135 countries measured
World Bank Group · Public sector employment (% of total employment)
Mozambique 3.881 · world median 15.01
Highest 47.1 (Maldives)
No earlier reading to compare
top 8% of 168 countries measured
World Bank Group · Public sector wage bill (% of GDP)
Mozambique 14.51 · world median 7.975
Highest 42.65 (Nauru)
▲ +33 percentile points since 2012
bottom 21% of 209 countries measured
World Bank Group · Regulatory Quality (−2.5 to 2.5)
Mozambique -0.764 · world median -0.09 (worse)
Best in the world 2.132 (Singapore)
▼ -12 percentile points since 2014
bottom 12% of 211 countries measured
World Bank Group · Rule of Law estimate (−2.5 to 2.5)
Mozambique -1.195 · world median -0.1 (worse)
Best in the world 2.021 (Finland)
▼ -7 percentile points since 2014
bottom 44% of 188 countries measured
World Bank Group · SPI overall score (0–100)
Mozambique 66.74 · world median 69.3 (worse)
Best in the world 94.14 (Norway)
▲ +5 percentile points since 2016
bottom 38% of 139 countries measured
International Labour Organization (ILO) · Employees who are trade union members (%)
Mozambique 12.49 · world median 16.68 (worse)
Best in the world 91.42 (Iceland)
No earlier reading to compare
bottom 30% of 176 countries measured
V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg · Electoral democracy index (0–1)
Mozambique 0.279 · world median 0.497 (worse)
Best in the world 0.913 (Denmark)
▼ -10 percentile points since 2015
bottom 25% of 208 countries measured
World Bank Group · Voice and Accountability estimate (−2.5 to 2.5)
Mozambique -1.006 · world median -0.02 (worse)
Best in the world 1.929 (Norway)
▼ -10 percentile points since 2014
top 46% of 190 countries measured
World Bank Group · WBL Index (0–100, where 100 is full legal parity)
Mozambique 82.5 · world median 81.25 (better)
Best in the world 100 (14 countries tied)
▼ -7 percentile points since 2014
bottom 25% of 139 countries measured
World Bank Group · Adults with an account (% of population aged 15+)
Mozambique 54.39 · world median 72.83 (worse)
Best in the world 99.85 (Iceland)
No real change since 2017
bottom 6% of 118 countries measured
World Bank Group · Adjusted net savings, including particulate emission damage (% of GNI)
Mozambique -6.977 · world median 8.389 (worse)
Best in the world 32.18 (Bangladesh)
▼ -20 percentile points since 2011
top 26% of 209 countries measured
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) · Agricultural land (% of land area)
Mozambique 52.79 · world median 37.96
Highest 86.48 (Côte d’Ivoire)
No real change since 2013
top 9% of 158 countries measured
World Bank Group · Agriculture, forestry and fishing value added (% of GDP)
Mozambique 25.57 · world median 6.572
Highest 47.59 (Niger)
No real change since 2015
bottom 4% of 179 countries measured
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) · Cereal yield (kg per hectare)
Mozambique 737.7 · world median 3,072 (worse)
Best in the world 29,147 (Oman)
No real change since 2013
top 2% of 195 countries measured
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) · Crop production index (2014–2016 = 100)
Mozambique 157.47 · world median 106.23 (better)
Best in the world 189.93 (Senegal)
▲ +2 percentile points since 2012
bottom 12% of 145 countries measured
Growth Lab at Harvard University · ECI score (standardised, roughly −3 to +3)
Mozambique -1.227 · world median 0.131 (worse)
Best in the world 1.729 (Japan)
No real change since 2014
top 42% of 138 countries measured
World Bank Group · Exports of goods and services (% of GDP)
Mozambique 41.38 · world median 36.34
Highest 199.76 (Hong Kong)
▲ +11 percentile points since 2015
bottom 21% of 191 countries measured · 191 share 188 positions
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) · Fertilizer consumption (kg per hectare of arable land)
Mozambique 15.13 · world median 87.36
Highest 2,926 (Malaysia)
▲ +9 percentile points since 2013
top 2% of 195 countries measured
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) · Food production index (2014–2016 = 100)
Mozambique 161.67 · world median 106.08 (better)
Best in the world 177.49 (Senegal)
▲ +3 percentile points since 2012
bottom 5% of 186 countries measured
World Bank Group · GDP growth (annual %)
Mozambique -0.523 · world median 3.396 (worse)
Best in the world 19.34 (Guyana)
▼ -89 percentile points since 2015
bottom 2% of 185 countries measured
World Bank Group · GDP per capita (constant 2021 international $, PPP)
Mozambique 1,451 · world median 17,265 (worse)
Best in the world 139,593 (Singapore)
No real change since 2015
bottom 6% of 73 countries measured
World Bank Group · Gini index (0 = perfect equality, 100 = perfect inequality)
Mozambique 49.56 · world median 33.91 (worse)
Best in the world 24.08 (Slovakia)
▲ +4 percentile points since 2014
bottom 8% of 139 countries measured
World Intellectual Property Organization · GII score (0–100)
Mozambique 15.39 · world median 28.52 (worse)
Best in the world 65.96 (Switzerland)
No real change since 2022
bottom 2% of 102 countries measured
World Bank Group · GNI per capita (constant 2021 international $, PPP)
Mozambique 1,354 · world median 14,273 (worse)
Best in the world 116,633 (Singapore)
No real change since 2015
top 42% of 131 countries measured
World Bank Group · Gross capital formation (% of GDP)
Mozambique 24.2 · world median 22.93
Highest 45.27 (Algeria)
▼ -38 percentile points since 2015
bottom 2% of 146 countries measured
World Bank Group · Gross savings (% of GDP)
Mozambique 1.706 · world median 22.06
Highest 47.82 (Macau)
▼ -6 percentile points since 2014
top 28% of 131 countries measured
World Bank Group · Household and NPISH final consumption expenditure (% of GDP)
Mozambique 70.92 · world median 62.04
Highest 133.34 (Somalia)
▲ +14 percentile points since 2015
bottom 6% of 120 countries measured · 120 share 119 positions
UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD) · ICT goods exports (% of total goods exports)
Mozambique 0.02 · world median 0.975 (worse)
Best in the world 61.45 (Hong Kong)
▼ -3 percentile points since 2014
top 31% of 138 countries measured
World Bank Group · Imports of goods and services (% of GDP)
Mozambique 55.72 · world median 41.72
Highest 196.89 (Hong Kong)
▼ -12 percentile points since 2015
bottom 38% of 158 countries measured
World Bank Group · Industry, including construction, value added (% of GDP)
Mozambique 22.08 · world median 24.65
Highest 75.09 (Guyana)
▲ +7 percentile points since 2015
bottom 5% of 169 countries measured
UNDP Human Development Report Office · IHDI (0–1)
Mozambique 0.297 · world median 0.609 (worse)
Best in the world 0.923 (Iceland)
No real change since 2013
top 49% of 167 countries measured · 167 share 175 positions
UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD) · LSCI (index, average Q1 2023 = 100)
Mozambique 62.13 · world median 56.21 (better)
Best in the world 1,319 (China)
▲ +6 percentile points since 2016
bottom 2% of 188 countries measured
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) · Livestock units per hectare of agricultural land
Mozambique 0.05 · world median 0.535
Highest 43.97 (Singapore)
No real change since 2013
top 5% of 194 countries measured
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) · Livestock production index (2014–2016 = 100)
Mozambique 153.35 · world median 107.06 (better)
Best in the world 190.08 (Malawi)
▲ +45 percentile points since 2012
bottom 21% of 132 countries measured
World Bank Group · Manufacturing value added (% of GDP)
Mozambique 6.189 · world median 11.26
Highest 43.97 (Puerto Rico)
▼ -16 percentile points since 2015
top 9% of 130 countries measured
OECD Development Assistance Committee · Net ODA received (% of GNI)
Mozambique 15.34 · world median 2.579
Highest 101.78 (Tuvalu)
▲ +4 percentile points since 2013
bottom 1% of 73 countries measured · 73 share 69 positions
World Bank Group · Poverty gap at $3.00 a day, 2021 PPP (%)
Mozambique 44.72 · world median 0.42 (worse)
Best in the world 0 (5 countries tied)
No real change since 2014
bottom 1% of 73 countries measured · 73 share 71 positions
World Bank Group · Population below $3.00 a day, 2021 PPP (%)
Mozambique 81.36 · world median 1.05 (worse)
Best in the world 0 (3 countries tied)
No real change since 2014
bottom 1% of 73 countries measured
World Bank Group · Population below $8.30 a day, 2021 PPP (%)
Mozambique 96.28 · world median 10.79 (worse)
Best in the world 0.04 (Cyprus)
▼ -2 percentile points since 2014
bottom 1% of 73 countries measured
World Bank Group · Average factor incomes must rise by to reach $28 a day
Mozambique 24.43 · world median 2.118 (worse)
Best in the world 0.43 (Luxembourg)
No real change since 2014
top 16% of 197 countries measured · 197 share 180 positions
World Bank Group · Natural resources rents (% of GDP)
Mozambique 14.91 · world median 1.708
Highest 61.03 (Libya)
▲ +9 percentile points since 2011
top 34% of 138 countries measured
World Bank Group · Exports plus imports (% of GDP)
Mozambique 97.1 · world median 79.68
Highest 396.65 (Hong Kong)
▼ -3 percentile points since 2015
bottom 6% of 126 countries measured · 126 share 99 positions
World Energy Council · Trilemma score (0–100)
Mozambique 40.4 · world median 63.8 (worse)
Best in the world 83.2 (Denmark)
No earlier reading to compare
bottom 16% of 182 countries measured
International Labour Organization (ILO) · Average weekly hours actually worked per employed person
Mozambique 32.49 · world median 38.89
Highest 54.7 (Bhutan)
▲ +14 percentile points since 2015
top 1% of 182 countries measured
International Labour Organization (ILO) · Employment in agriculture (% of total employment)
Mozambique 73.01 · world median 14.38
Highest 85.34 (Burundi)
▲ +2 percentile points since 2015
bottom 1% of 182 countries measured
International Labour Organization (ILO) · Employment in industry (% of total employment)
Mozambique 6.44 · world median 18.88
Highest 39.44 (Oman)
▼ -4 percentile points since 2015
bottom 2% of 182 countries measured
International Labour Organization (ILO) · Employment in services (% of total employment)
Mozambique 20.55 · world median 59.51
Highest 92.17 (Djibouti)
No real change since 2015
top 8% of 182 countries measured
International Labour Organization (ILO) · Employed share of the population aged 15+ (%)
Mozambique 73.49 · world median 57.72 (better)
Best in the world 86.9 (Qatar)
▼ -3 percentile points since 2015
top 4% of 182 countries measured
International Labour Organization (ILO) · Women aged 15+ in the labour force (%)
Mozambique 77.09 · world median 53.36 (better)
Best in the world 82.91 (Madagascar)
No real change since 2015
top 39% of 179 countries measured
World Bank Group · Firms with a female top manager (%)
Mozambique 21.32 · world median 19.16 (better)
Best in the world 62.9 (Kiribati)
No earlier reading to compare
bottom 2% of 168 countries measured
World Bank Group · GDP per person employed (constant 2021 international $)
Mozambique 3,536 · world median 47,384 (worse)
Best in the world 262,554 (Luxembourg)
No real change since 2015
top 5% of 182 countries measured
International Labour Organization (ILO) · Population aged 15+ in the labour force (%)
Mozambique 78.71 · world median 61.66 (better)
Best in the world 87.01 (Qatar)
No real change since 2015
bottom 3% of 182 countries measured
International Labour Organization (ILO) · Output per hour worked (constant 2021 international $ at PPP)
Mozambique 2.15 · world median 22.16 (worse)
Best in the world 164.65 (Ireland)
No real change since 2015
top 4% of 182 countries measured
International Labour Organization (ILO) · Self-employed (% of total employment)
Mozambique 85.31 · world median 31.84
Highest 91.56 (Chad)
No real change since 2015
bottom 34% of 182 countries measured
International Labour Organization (ILO) · Unemployment (% of labour force)
Mozambique 6.628 · world median 5.084 (worse)
Best in the world 0.13 (Qatar)
▼ -45 percentile points since 2015
bottom 3% of 182 countries measured
International Labour Organization (ILO) · Vulnerable employment (% of total employment)
Mozambique 83.68 · world median 28.67 (worse)
Best in the world 0.456 (Qatar)
No real change since 2015
bottom 2% of 113 countries measured
International Labour Organization (ILO) · Employed people living in extreme poverty (%)
Mozambique 79.61 · world median 4.885 (worse)
Best in the world 0.007 (Bhutan)
No real change since 2015
top 46% of 182 countries measured
International Labour Organization (ILO) · Unemployment, ages 15-24 (% of youth labour force)
Mozambique 11.61 · world median 12.83 (better)
Best in the world 0.457 (Niger)
▼ -27 percentile points since 2015
bottom 12% of 172 countries measured
UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS) · Adults 15+ who can read and write (%)
Mozambique 61.67 · world median 93.99 (worse)
Best in the world 100 (3 countries tied)
No earlier reading to compare
bottom 16% of 195 countries measured
UNDP Human Development Report Office · Expected years of schooling
Mozambique 10.85 · world median 13.34 (worse)
Best in the world 21.69 (Monaco)
No real change since 2013
bottom 9% of 193 countries measured
UNDP Human Development Report Office · Mean years of schooling (adults 25+)
Mozambique 4.59 · world median 9.933 (worse)
Best in the world 14.3 (Germany)
▲ +4 percentile points since 2013
bottom 6% of 165 countries measured
UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS) · Primary completion rate (%)
Mozambique 53.52 · world median 97.43 (worse)
Best in the world 100 (5 countries tied)
▲ +2 percentile points since 2015
bottom 3% of 164 countries measured
UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS) · Upper secondary completion rate (%)
Mozambique 8.65 · world median 64.87 (worse)
Best in the world 99.27 (South Korea)
No real change since 2015
bottom 9% of 174 countries measured
UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS) · 15–24 year-olds who can read and write (%)
Mozambique 71.44 · world median 98.22 (worse)
Best in the world 100 (6 countries tied)
No earlier reading to compare
bottom 6% of 155 countries measured
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) · Dietary energy supply (kcal per person per day)
Mozambique 2,198 · world median 2,982 (worse)
Best in the world 3,962 (United States)
▲ +5 percentile points since 2014
top 21% of 136 countries measured
UNICEF · Infants under 6 months exclusively breastfed (%)
Mozambique 55.5 · world median 40.74 (better)
Best in the world 83.3 (Burundi)
No earlier reading to compare
bottom 30% of 172 countries measured
UNDP Human Development Report Office · GII (0 = full equality, 1 = maximum inequality)
Mozambique 0.479 · world median 0.351 (worse)
Best in the world 0.003 (Denmark)
▲ +5 percentile points since 2013
bottom 10% of 109 countries measured
Oxford Poverty and Human Development Initiative (OPHI) · MPI (0–1)
Mozambique 0.334 · world median 0.039 (worse)
Best in the world 0 (Serbia)
No real change since 2018
bottom 43% of 44 countries measured
Food Security Information Network (FSIN) · In IPC Phase 3+ (% of analysed population)
Mozambique 24 · world median 22 (worse)
Best in the world 3 (El Salvador)
▲ +7 percentile points since 2016
bottom 50% of 209 countries measured · 209 share 206 positions
Small Arms Survey · Violent deaths per 100,000 people
Mozambique 4.04 · world median 4.02 (worse)
Best in the world 0 (4 countries tied)
▼ -7 percentile points since 2011
bottom 4% of 172 countries measured
World Bank Group · HCI score (0–1)
Mozambique 0.362 · world median 0.564 (worse)
Best in the world 0.879 (Singapore)
▼ -2 percentile points since 2017
bottom 6% of 193 countries measured
UNDP Human Development Report Office · HDI score (0–1)
Mozambique 0.493 · world median 0.762 (worse)
Best in the world 0.972 (Iceland)
No real change since 2013
bottom 32% of 81 countries measured
ACAPS · INFORM Severity (1–5, most severe crisis)
Mozambique 3.6 · world median 3.1 (worse)
Best in the world 1.3 (Trinidad and Tobago)
▼ -20 percentile points since 2020
bottom 8% of 222 countries measured
UN DESA Population Division · Years a newborn would live at current death rates
Mozambique 63.61 · world median 74.63 (worse)
Best in the world 86.37 (Monaco)
▲ +4 percentile points since 2013
bottom 37% of 195 countries measured
UN Maternal Mortality Estimation Inter-Agency Group (MMEIG) · Maternal deaths per 100,000 live births
Mozambique 82.22 · world median 46.65 (worse)
Best in the world 0.11 (Cook Islands)
▲ +6 percentile points since 2013
bottom 19% of 181 countries measured · 181 share 178 positions
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) · Pesticide use (kg per hectare of cropland)
Mozambique 0.38 · world median 1.73
Highest 37.72 (Antigua and Barbuda)
▲ +11 percentile points since 2014
bottom 13% of 165 countries measured · 165 share 104 positions
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) · Population undernourished (%)
Mozambique 21.8 · world median 5.2 (worse)
Best in the world 2.5 (62 countries tied)
▲ +5 percentile points since 2013
bottom 9% of 162 countries measured
UNICEF, WHO and World Bank Group (Joint Malnutrition Estimates) · Children under 5 who are stunted (%)
Mozambique 36.73 · world median 13.8 (worse)
Best in the world 0.518 (Latvia)
No earlier reading to compare
bottom 11% of 200 countries measured
UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UN IGME) · Deaths before age five (per 1,000 live births)
Mozambique 59.42 · world median 14.54 (worse)
Best in the world 1.26 (San Marino)
▲ +2 percentile points since 2014
top 13% of 90 countries measured
UNICEF · Children aged 1-14 experiencing violent discipline (%)
Mozambique 55.4 · world median 75.8 (better)
Best in the world 37.6 (Qatar)
No earlier reading to compare
bottom 4% of 215 countries measured
World Bank Group · Population with electricity access (%)
Mozambique 36.9 · world median 100 (worse)
Best in the world 100 (122 countries tied)
▼ -3 percentile points since 2014
bottom 7% of 121 countries measured
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) · Irrigated share of agricultural land (%)
Mozambique 0.106 · world median 3.66
Highest 89.04 (Bangladesh)
No earlier reading to compare
top 36% of 206 countries measured
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) · Arable land (hectares per person)
Mozambique 0.168 · world median 0.109
Highest 1.459 (Kazakhstan)
▼ -5 percentile points since 2013
top 48% of 161 countries measured
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) · Share of the cereal supply that is imported (%)
Mozambique 47.3 · world median 42.8
Highest 100 (16 countries tied)
No real change since 2012
bottom 4% of 145 countries measured · 145 share 143 positions
UNICEF · Women 20–24 married before 18 (%)
Mozambique 48.4 · world median 17.1 (worse)
Best in the world 0 (3 countries tied)
No earlier reading to compare
bottom 5% of 169 countries measured
UNDP Human Development Report Office · Coefficient of Human Inequality (%)
Mozambique 38.69 · world median 17.05 (worse)
Best in the world 4.865 (Slovenia)
▼ -3 percentile points since 2013
bottom 38% of 93 countries measured
World Bank Group · Average cost of sending $200 home (% of the amount)
Mozambique 3.785 · world median 3.225 (worse)
Best in the world -49.69 (Malawi)
▲ +29 percentile points since 2016
bottom 19% of 184 countries measured
UNDP Human Development Report Office · Gender Development Index (1.000 = parity)
Mozambique 0.92 · world median 0.971 (worse)
Best in the world 1 (2 countries tied)
▼ -5 percentile points since 2013
top 21% of 180 countries measured · 180 share 179 positions
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) · Land under cereal production (hectares)
Mozambique 3,333,705 · world median 689,278
Highest 103,715,108 (India)
▲ +6 percentile points since 2013
bottom 17% of 156 countries measured · 156 share 150 positions
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) · Organic share of agricultural land (%)
Mozambique 0.04 · world median 0.725 (worse)
Best in the world 86.38 (Samoa)
No real change since 2014
bottom 9% of 156 countries measured
UNDP Human Development Report Office · PHDI (0–1)
Mozambique 0.486 · world median 0.678 (worse)
Best in the world 0.827 (United Kingdom)
No real change since 2013
top 40% of 173 countries measured · 173 share 171 positions
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) · Freshwater withdrawn for agriculture (% of total)
Mozambique 73.05 · world median 62.14
Highest 99.48 (Somalia)
No real change since 2012
top 34% of 198 countries measured · 198 share 193 positions
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) · Farm-gate emissions (kt CO₂eq)
Mozambique 18,233 · world median 8,635
Highest 1,044,508 (India)
No real change since 2013
top 1% of 126 countries measured
Global Footprint Network · Ecological Footprint (global hectares per person)
Mozambique 0.588 · world median 2.296 (better)
Best in the world 0.514 (Yemen)
▲ +7 percentile points since 2015
top 28% of 213 countries measured · 213 share 210 positions
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) · Forest area (% of land area)
Mozambique 45.81 · world median 31.08
Highest 94.45 (Suriname)
▼ -2 percentile points since 2013
bottom 7% of 160 countries measured
Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre (IDMC) · New displacements by disaster (people)
Mozambique 585,000 · world median 4,750 (worse)
Best in the world 1 (Serbia)
▼ -27 percentile points since 2014
top 46% of 181 countries measured
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) · Renewable internal freshwater (cubic metres per person)
Mozambique 3,071 · world median 2,528 (better)
Best in the world 445,023 (Iceland)
▼ -7 percentile points since 2012
top 16% of 193 countries measured · 193 share 190 positions
Ember · Renewables (% of electricity generated)
Mozambique 83.43 · world median 31.14 (better)
Best in the world 100 (7 countries tied)
▼ -10 percentile points since 2014
top 16% of 177 countries measured
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) · Freshwater withdrawal as a share of available resources (%)
Mozambique 1.75 · world median 10 (better)
Best in the world 0.03 (Republic of the Congo)
No real change since 2013
bottom 3% of 193 countries measured
Institute for International Law of Peace and Armed Conflict (IFHV), Ruhr University Bochum · WorldRiskIndex score (0–100, where 100 is the most at risk)
Mozambique 34.39 · world median 4.17 (worse)
Best in the world 0.18 (Monaco)
No real change since 2015
top 40% of 140 countries measured
OECD · SIGI score (0 = no discrimination, 100 = absolute)
Mozambique 20.7 · world median 25.2 (better)
Best in the world 6.7 (Norway)
No earlier reading to compare
bottom 12% of 196 countries measured · 196 share 59 positions
Uppsala Conflict Data Program (UCDP) · Deaths in organized violence (people)
Mozambique 610 · world median 0 (worse)
Best in the world 0 (138 countries tied)
▼ -52 percentile points since 2015
top 33% of 149 countries measured
Bonn International Centre for Conflict Studies (BICC) · GMI score (higher means a heavier military weight)
Mozambique 83.4 · world median 100.66 (better)
Best in the world 3.512 (Haiti)
▼ -7 percentile points since 2013
bottom 7% of 191 countries measured
European Commission Joint Research Centre, with the Inter-Agency Standing Committee · INFORM Risk score (0–10, where 10 is the highest risk)
Mozambique 7.1 · world median 3.7 (worse)
Best in the world 0.7 (Singapore)
No real change since 2016
bottom 17% of 176 countries measured
V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg · Freedom from political killings and torture (0–1)
Mozambique 0.314 · world median 0.79 (worse)
Best in the world 0.989 (2 countries tied)
▼ -13 percentile points since 2015
bottom 9% of 211 countries measured
World Bank Group · Political Stability estimate (−2.5 to 2.5)
Mozambique -1.758 · world median 0.04 (worse)
Best in the world 1.582 (Liechtenstein)
▼ -16 percentile points since 2014
The newest edition of these reports does not include Mozambique. Usually the publisher does not cover it; sometimes it has dropped out of a ranking it used to appear in.
07Keep reading
08Method
How a standing is built from percentiles, why Mozambique can move because other countries moved, and why publishers measure between 120 and 215 countries each are set out in full in how a standing is made and what a standing cannot tell you.
The photograph of Mozambique on this page comes from Wikimedia Commons and is shown in greyscale. The photographer and the licence are named beside each one.
Nations Inquiry (2026). Mozambique: country statistics, rankings and trends. https://nationsinquiry.com/countries/mozambique