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General profile: Mozambique

GENERAL INFORMATION FOR 2023
Exchange rate
Population
Population
Exchange rates
GDP
GDP
33.635 Millions
..
20 882 Millions current US$
Land area¹
Land area
CPI growth (%)
CPI growth
GDP growth
GDP growth
(q) 786 380 km²
6.14 %
3.68 %
INTERNATIONAL MERCHANDISE TRADE
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-0.3 %
Merchandise exports growth rate in 2023
Total merchandise trade
(millions of US$)
2005
2010
2015
2023
Merchandise exports
1 783
(e) 3 000
3 413
8 276
Merchandise imports
2 408
(e) 4 600
8 334
10 092
Merchandise trade balance
-625
(e) -1 600
-4 921
-1 816
Export structure by product group in 2023
(as % of total exports)
9 %9 %4 %4 %51 %51 %24 %24 %12 %12 %
Top 5 partners in 2023
(exports, millions of US$)
1 4111 0448465525451 4111 044846552545
INTERNATIONAL TRADE IN SERVICES
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Total trade in services²
(millions of US$)
2005
2010
2015
2023
Services exports
342
245
723
1 012
Services imports
649
1 214
3 009
2 000
Services trade balance
-307
-969
-2 286
-988
Services exports by main category²
(as % of total services)
2005
2010
2015
2023
Transport
26.2
34.6
60.4
74.3
Travel
37.9
44.1
26.7
21.9
Other services
35.9
21.3
12.9
3.9
TRADE INDICES
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1741561251071311571341011001119991837950657278122155124969811110810110097100101110114104125135140
ECONOMIC TRENDS
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+3.7 %
Gross domestic product growth rate in 2023
Economic indicators
(millions of US$ unless otherwise specified)
2005
2010
2015
2023
GDP, current
8 869
11 412
16 209
20 882
GDP per capita, current US$
437
496
611
621
Real GDP growth, y-on-y, %
6.31
6.68
7.39
3.68
Current account balance, % of GDP
-8.58
-14.72
-36.69
-11.62
Exchange rate (/US$)
23.061
33.960
39.982
..
GDP by expenditure in 2022
(as % of total GDP)
75.216.738.652.583.075.216.738.652.583.0
FDI AND EXTERNAL FINANCIAL RESOURCES
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+0.8 %
FDI outflows as % of GDP in 2023
Financial flows
(millions of US$ unless otherwise specified)
2005
2010
2015
2023
FDI inflows
107.85
2 531.66
3 866.83
2 509.40
FDI outflows
14.60
237.90
1.50
174.10
Personal remittances, % of GDP
0.69
1.04
0.90
..
Financial flows trends
(millions of US$)
303.1454.0348.8299.6296.1257.993.4142.9155.5152.4174.1129.7115.8111.1115.799.480.02 5092 4585 1023 0352 2122 7032 2933 0933 8674 9026 1755 6293 5592 532898592399113108476337347255139FDI Inwards flowsFDI Inwards flowsFDI Inwards flowsMigrant's remittances receiptsMigrant's remittances receiptsMigrant's remittances receipts
TRADE IN GOODS AND SERVICES
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Trade balance indicators²
(as % and index)
2005
2010
2015
2023
Balance, % of GDP
-9.06
-18.82
-39.79
-9.06
Balance, % of imports
-27.80
-45.45
-60.93
-16.92
Normalized balance
-0.161
-0.294
-0.438
-0.092
Trade openness²
(sum of imports and exports as % of GDP)
981381069310012110196919010010276645961606556
LIVING AREA
Population by living area in 2023
(% of population)
Urban 39%Urban 39%Rural 61%Rural 61%
OTHER INDICATORS
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0.001 %
Share of the total world merchant fleet in 2023
Maritime transport indicators
 
2005
2010
2015
2023
Merchant fleet, national flag (thousands of DWT)
28
35
28
33
Container port throughput (TEU)
..
-
(e) 335 200
..
Information economy indicators
(as % of)
2005
2010
2015
2023
Share of ICT goods, % of total exports
0.11
0.11
0.09
..
Share of ICT goods, % of total imports
4.49
1.83
3.27
..
Share of workforce involved in the ICT sector
..
..
..
..
Source: UN Trade and Development, UNCTADstat (https://unctadstat.unctad.org/datacentre)
Notes:
1
Land area refers to the total area of a country excluding area under inland water bodies. It differs from the country area, that includes area under inland water bodies, but excludes offshore territorial waters.
2
Statistics presented correspond to the 6th edition of the IMF Balance of Payments and International Investment Position Manual (BPM6, 2009).
e
Estimated.
q
Estimated. Data refers to 2020.
Symbols for missing values:
0
Zero means that the amount is nil or negligible
..
No value reported or collected
_
Not applicable
...
Not available, including no quotation
#
Non-relevant calculation
-
Not publishable
***
Negative accumulation of flows; Value included in regional and global totals
Abbreviations & acronyms:
DWT:
Dead weight tons
FDI:
Foreign direct investment
GDP:
Gross domestic product
ICT:
Information and communication technology
TEU:
Twenty foot equivalent unit
US$:
United States dollar
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Generation date: 11 October 2024