Mozambique

Official Name:

Republic of Mozambique (Mozambique)

Area:

801.590 km ²

Population (2007):

20.905.585 inhabitants

Coastline:

2.470 km

Capital:

Maputo

Maritime Ports and terminals:

Beira, Maputo, Nacala

Maritime claims:

• Territorial sea: 12 nm
• Exclusive economic zone: 200 nm

Political divisions:

10 provinces (provincias, singular - provincia), 1 city (cidade); Cabo Delgado, Gaza, Inhambane, Manica, Maputo, Cidade de Maputo, Nampula, Niassa, Sofala, Tete, Zambezia

Language(s):

Emakhuwa 26,1%, Xichangana 11,3%, Portuguese 8,8% (official; spoken by 27% of population as a second language), Elomwe 7,6%, Cisena 6,8%, Echuwabo 5,8%, other Mozambican languages 32%, other foreign languages 0,3%, unspecified 1,3% (1997 census)

National holiday:

Independence Day, 25 June (1975)

Nationality:

Mozambican(s)

Official time:

UTC 2.

Member of:

ACP, AfDB, AU, C, FAO, G-77, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICCt (signatory), ICRM, IDA, IDB, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, IHO, ILO, IMF, IMO, Interpol, IOC, IOM (observer), IPU, ISO (correspondent), ITU, ITUC, MIGA, MONUC, NAM, OIC, OIF (observer), OPCW, SADC, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNHCR, UNIDO, UNMIS, UNWTO, UPU, WCO, WFTU, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO

Internet country code:

.mz

Economic Profile

Currency:

Metical (MZM)

GDP - per capita (PPP):

USD1.500 (2006 est.)

GDP (official exchange rate):

(2006 est.) USD 6.323.000.000

PIB (Real growth rate:

7,9% (2006 est.)

GDP (Composition by sector): (2006 est.)

• Agriculture: 21,1%
• Industry: 30,9%
• Services: 48%

Labor force:

9.400.000 (2006 est.)

Labor force - by occupation (1997):

• Agriculture 81%
• Industry: 6%
• Services 13%

Unemployment rate:

21% (1997 est.)

Inflation rate (Consumer prices):

12,8% (2006 est)

Investment (Gross Fixed):

21,5% del PIB (2006 est.)

Budget:

• Revenues: USD1.391.000.000
• Expenditures: USD1.822.000.000

Public debt:

23,2% of GDP (2006 est.)

Current account balance:

USD -444.400.000 (2006 est.)

Exports:

USD 2.429.000.000 FOB (2006 est.)

Exports - Commodities:

Aluminum, prawns, cashews, cotton, sugar, citrus, timber; bulk electricity

Exports - Partners:

Netherlands 59,7%, South Africa 16,2%, Zimbabwe 2,9% (2005)

Imports:

USD 2.815.000.000 FOB (2006 est.)

Imports - Commodities:

Machinery and equipment, vehicles, fuel, chemicals, metal products, foodstuffs, textiles

Imports - partners:

South Africa 42,9%, Netherlands 11,5%, Portugal 3,6% (2005)

Reserves of foreign exchange and gold:

USD 1.353.000.000 (2006 est.)

Debt - external:

USD 2.392.000.000 (2006)