Mozambique
Republic of Mozambique
- Region
- Africa · Eastern Africa
- Capital
- Maputo
- Population
- 35,631,653 (2025)
- Government
- presidential republic
- Currency
- Mozambican metical (MZN)
- Official languages
- Portuguese
- Spoken languages
- Makhuwa 26.1%, Portuguese (official) 16.6%, Tsonga 8.6%, Nyanja 8.1, Sena 7.1%, Lomwe 7.1%, Chuwabo 4.7%, Ndau 3.8%, Tswa 3.8%, other Mozambican languages 11.8%, other 0.5%
- Written scripts
- Latin
- Area
- 801,590 km²
- Coastline
- Coastal
- UN member
- Yes
- Affiliations
- African Union, IMF, OIC, SADC, WCO, WTO
- Borders
- Malawi , South Africa , Eswatini , Tanzania , Zambia , Zimbabwe
Political stability
36 / 100
Economic stability
37 / 100
Population stability
31 / 100
0–100, higher is more stable. Political: World Bank governance score. Economic: government effectiveness, regulatory quality, and inflation proximity to 2% (World Bank). Population: stability of growth and net migration rates (World Bank).
Trade profile
- Key exports
- coal, natural gas, aluminum, gold, precious stones (2023)
- Key imports
- refined petroleum, chromium ore, iron alloys, iron ore, palm oil (2023)
- Natural resources
- coal, titanium, natural gas, hydropower, tantalum, graphite
- Primary route
- Indian Ocean gateways (Mombasa, Dar es Salaam, Djibouti) to Asia and the Gulf
- Secondary route
- Suez corridor to Europe
The xin.bz view
- Mozambique is back on two LNG tracks — TotalEnergies restarting Mozambique LNG and ExxonMobil awarding ~$1.1B in early Rovuma contracts — positioning it as a major source of geographically diversified LNG.
xin.bz coverage
El Niño Is Splitting Africa's Water Map — Just as the World Turns to the Continent for Food, Fertilizer, Fuel and Critical Minerals
A wetter Horn and a drier south, Southern Africa's grain and Kariba buffers, cocoa's port squeeze, Moroccan phosphate and Nigerian fuel as global substitutes, and the corridors that turn African resources into accessible supply.
Zimbabwe's Antimony Export Restriction Turns Processing Capacity Into Strategic Power
Zimbabwe has placed antimony and tungsten behind a national gate, and the decisive contest is now over who finances the processing capacity — in a market where three countries mine 85% of world supply.
Trade research
- WTO trade profile — tariffs, trade in goods and services, top partners
- World Bank country data — GDP, trade share of GDP, logistics indicators
- OEC trade profile — export/import composition and partners, visualized
- ITC Trade Map — detailed trade statistics by product (ITC/UN Comtrade)
- CIA World Factbook — geography, economy, transportation infrastructure
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Sources: mledoze/countries (ODbL), CIA World Factbook (public domain), World Bank Open Data (CC BY-4.0), flag-icons (MIT). Stability scores are xin.bz composites of the cited World Bank indicators; routes and commodity notes are xin.bz assessments. Informational only — verify with official sources.