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[Updated on November, 2008]
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Basic Information | Business Situation | Foreign Trade | International Country Rankings
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Basic Information
| Government Type | Republic | Chief of State | President Armando Emilio Guebuza | Area | 799 390 sqkm | Population | 21.4 (2007) | Life expectancy at birth | 36 years (2006) Ministry of Health | HDI | 172 out of 177 (2007) | ODA per capita | 63,2 (2004) |
| Ibrahim Index of African Governance |
Rank 22 Score 57.1 (2008) |
Gini
- national
- Maputo city | (2004)
0,42
0,52 | Density | 28 Persons per sqkm (2008) | Iliteracy Rate | 53,6% | Language
-Official
- Business Language |
Portuguese
Portuguese, English
| Capital | Maputo | Telephone subscribers (per 1000 people) | 27 (2004) | Mobile phone subscribers | 2 356 158 (2007) | Internet users (per 1000 people) | 8.8 (2007) | Natural resources
| Coal, titanium, natural gas, hydropower, tantalum, graphite | Currency | Metical/Meticais | Exchange Rate | 2005: 22,84 Mt (average)
2006: 25,88 Mt (average)
2007: 26,10 Mt (average)
2008: 32,18 Mt (average)
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| Business Situation |
GDP | 6,3 bn USD (2005)
7.1 bn USD (2006)
8 bn USD (2007) | Growth rate | 2006 : 7,9%
2007 : 7.9%
2008 : 7.5%
2009 (prog.): 7,1% | GDP per capita | 804 USD (2007) | Expenditure
Private
+ Government
+ Gross domestic investment
+ Export of goods and services
- Imports of goods and services | (2005)
79,1%
10,3%
20,4%
32,6%
42,3% | Contribution to GDP
- agriculture, fishing, forestry
- industry
- services
- others | (2006)
27%
25%
39%
9% | Inflation rate | 2007: 8,1% (estimated)
2006: 13,2 %
2005: 7,1% | Interest rate | 2008: 18,8 (forecast)
2007: 17,5
2006: 18,6%
2005: 11,8%
| Total number of official jobs
- public sector
- private sector | 453 145
152 000 (estimated)
301 145 |
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| Public Finances |
Government budget
Revenue in % of GDP
Total Revenue
Revenue and Grants (in USD)
Total Tax Revenue
- income and profits
- goods and services
- international trade
Total expenditure
- salaries
- goods and services
- interests
- transfer payments
Balance:
(before grants)
(after grants) | 2006:
14,4
1 030 139 104
1 807 302 937
914 219 475
236 282 844
512 905 719
142 194 745
1 942 851 623
512 905 719
256 530 139
55 370 943
197 488 408
- 912 364 760
- 143 238 022 | 2007 (budgeted)
1 253 325 563
2 737 319 469
603 734 315
252 951 953
80 231 660
235 446 898
- 1 483 993 906 |
Tax rates:
Corporate income tax rate
Corporate capital gains tax rate
Value added tax |
32%
32%
17%
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| Foreign Trade |
Imports | 2006: 2 649 000
2007: 3 028 000 | Exports | 2006: 2 381 000
2007: 2 731 000 | Import goods (in % of total import) | For Mozal (20,1%), Machinery (10,9%), Petroleum products (10,3%), Cars (6,4%), Cereals (5,3%), Electricity (3,0%) | Export goods (in % of total export) | Aluminium (59,1%), Electricity (7,5%), Gas (4,6%), Tabaco (4,6%), Prawns (3,5%), Sugar (3%) | Trading Partners
- Main Exporters
- Main Importers | (2006)
South Africa (15,2%), Netherlands (59.7%) Portugal (3,0%), Arabian Emirates (3,0%), India (2,8%), China (2,4%), U.S. (2,4%), Germany (1,5%)
Netherlands (15,6%), South Africa (36,3%), Zimbabwe (2,6%), Switzerland (2,3%), Portugal (3,3%), Spain (1,7%), China (1,2%), India (1,1%), Germany (1,1%) | Balance of Payments | | Foreign Grants | 769 088 099 USD (prog.) | Foreign money reserve excluding gold | 1,451 Mio USD (2007) |
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| International Country Rankings |
Credit Rating (Standard and Poor’s) | B (short-term)
B+ (long-term)
| Doing Business (World Bank) | 130 out of 175 countries (2008)
144 out of 178 countries (2009) | Corruption perception index (Transparency International) | 2007: Place 111 out of 179 countries
2006: Place 90 of 146 countries
| State of political freedom (Freedom House)
| Partly free
- limited respects for political rights and civil liberties
- environment of corruption
- weak rule of law
- dominance of single political party |
Freedom of press (Journalists without borders)
| 2004: 64
2005: 49
2006: 45
2007: 73
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Economic freedom:
- doing business
- property rights
- corruption
- labor freedom |
101 out of 157 countries (2007)
56,6
mostly unfree |
Global Competitiveness Index (World Economic Forum) | 2008: 130 out of 134 countries
2007: 128 | Transformation Index (Bertelsmann) | 55 out of 119 countries |
Global Integrity:
Public Integrity Indicators
- Civil society, public information & media
- Elections
- Government accountability
- Administration & civil service
- Oversight and regulation
Anti-corruption & the rule of law |
67(weak)
45 (very weak)
60 (weak)
52 (very weak)
67 (weak)
69 (weak)
Overall score 60 Weak
out of 100; with ratings running from “very strong”
(90 and above) to “very weak” (less than 60) |
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All data refer to 2006 unless otherwise noted.
Sources: Bertelsmann, EIU, Freedom House, IMF, INE, Standard and Poor’s, Transparency International, UNDP, WB, World Economic Forum, own calculations.
Data collected by Dr. Claudia Simons-Kaufmann, lecturer for economics and consultant in Germany and Mozambique, in cooperation with GTZ APSP, Maputo.
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