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Mozambique

18.3S 35.0E · 28 EVENTS · 9 DOMAINS
INDEPENDENCE FROM PORTUGAL · 25 JUNE 1975
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1976 – 2026 · Civil War, Peace and Modern Mozambique
6 EVENTS
c. 1977 · Civil war and the rise of RENAMO 3 REFS
4 October 1992 · Rome General Peace Accords 3 REFS
1962 – 1975 · FRELIMO, Liberation War and Independence
5 EVENTS
1962 · FRELIMO is founded 3 REFS
25 June 1975 · Independence of Mozambique 3 REFS
1891 – 1962 · Chartered Companies and Forced Labour
4 EVENTS
1891 · Mozambique Company chartered 3 REFS
1930s onward · Forced cotton cultivation and chibalo 3 REFS
1700 – 1918 · Prazos, the Gaza Empire and Conquest
4 EVENTS
18th–19th century · Prazo estates along the Zambezi 3 REFS
1895 · Defeat and capture of Gungunhana 3 REFS
1498 – 1700 · Da Gama and the Portuguese Seizure of the Coast
5 EVENTS
2 March 1498 · Vasco da Gama reaches the coast 3 REFS
1558 – c. 1620 · Fort São Sebastião is built 3 REFS
c. 900 – 1498 CE · The Swahili Coast and the Gold of Sofala
4 EVENTS
10th century CE · Sofala recorded as a gold port 3 REFS
c. 11th–15th century · Coastal trading towns flourish 2 REFS
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Quick facts · atlas reference
Capital
Maputo
Population
27 m
Area
801,590 km²
Region
Eastern Africa
Languages
Portuguese
Currency
Mozambican metical (MT)
Demonym
Mozambican
UN member
Yes
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Economy

GDP
$22 B’25 WB-WDI
GDP per capita
$627’25 WB-WDI
GDP growth
-0.5%’25 WB-WDI
Inflation
4.4%’25 WB-WDI
Trade openness
97.1%’25 WB-WDI

Society

Population
36 m’25 WB-WDI
Life expectancy
63.8 yrs’24 WB-WDI
Urban population
37.2%’25 WB-WDI
Fertility rate
4.7’24 WB-WDI
Literacy rate
61.7%’22 WB-WDI

Governance

Voice & accountability
39.2’24 WB-WGI
Political stability
35.9’24 WB-WGI
Government effectiveness
37.4’24 WB-WGI
Regulatory quality
42.8’24 WB-WGI
Rule of law
36.4’24 WB-WGI
Control of corruption
26.4’24 WB-WGI

Health

Health spending
8.5%’23 WB-WHO
Physicians
0.17’22 WB-WHO
Under-5 mortality
59.4’24 WB-UNICEF-WHO
Measles immunisation
65.0%’24 WB-UNICEF-WHO
Safe drinking water
27.5%’24 WB-WHO

Education

Adult literacy
61.7%’22 WB-UNESCO
Education spending
6.0%’22 WB-UNESCO
Primary enrolment
119.2%’22 WB-UNESCO
Secondary enrolment
37.2%’17 WB-UNESCO
Tertiary enrolment
7.5%’18 WB-UNESCO

Technology

R&D spending
0.3%’15 WB-UNESCO
Researchers (per million)
44’15 WB-UNESCO
Internet users
20.5%’24 WB-ITU
Mobile subscriptions
50’24 WB-ITU
High-tech exports
3.6%’24 WB-WDI

Geography

Land area
786,380 km²’23 WB-WDI
Forest area
45.8%’23 WB-WDI
Agricultural land
52.8%’23 WB-WDI
CO₂ per capita (t)
0.3’24 WB-WDI
Renewable energy
76.9%’21 WB-WDI

Resources

Resource rents
14.9%’21 WB-WDI
Oil rents
0.1%’21 WB-WDI
Mineral rents
0.1%’21 WB-WDI
Forest rents
7.3%’21 WB-WDI
Electricity access
36.9%’24 WB-WDI

Military

Military burden
2.0%’24 WB-SIPRI
Defense spending
$450 M’24 WB-SIPRI
Armed forces
11,000’20 WB-SIPRI

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