Economy of Mozambique - Statistics

Statistics

GDP: purchasing power parity - $18.95 billion (2008 est.)

GDP - real growth rate: 6.5% (2002 est.)

GDP - per capita: purchasing power parity - $900 (2008 est.)

GDP - composition by sector:
agriculture: 23.4% (2008 est.)
industry: 30.7% (2008 est.)
services: 45.9% (2008 est.)

Household income or consumption by percentage share:
lowest 10%: 2.1% (2002)
highest 10%: 39.4% (2002)

Distribution of family income - Gini index: 47.3 (2002)

Inflation rate (consumer prices): 11.2% (2008 est.)

Labor force: 10.04 million (2008 est.)

Labor force - by occupation: agriculture 81%, industry 6%, services 13% (1997 est.)

Unemployment rate: 21% (1997 est.)

Budget:
revenues: $2.786 billion (2008 est.)
expenditures: $3.108 billion (2008 est.)

Industries: food, beverages, chemicals (fertilizer, soap, paints), aluminium, petroleum products, textiles, cement, glass, asbestos, tobacco

Industrial production growth rate: 9% (2008 est.)

Electricity - production: 14.62 billion kWh (2006 est.)

Electricity - consumption: 9.555 billion kWh (2006 est.)

Electricity - exports: 12.83 billion kWh (2006 est.)

Electricity - imports: 9.839 billion kWh (2006 est.)

Oil - consumption: 14,390 bbl/d (2,288 m3/d) (2006 est.)

Oil - proved reserves: 0 bbl (0 m3) (1 January 2006 est.)

Natural gas - production: 1.65 billion cu m (2006 est.)

Natural gas - consumption: 1.45 billion cu m (2006 est.)

Natural gas - exports: 0 cu m (2005 est.)

Natural gas - imports: 0 cu m (2007 est.)

Natural gas - proved reserves: 127.4 billion cu m (1 January 2008 est.)

Agriculture - products: cotton, cashew nuts, sugar cane, tea, cassava (tapioca), coconuts, sisal, citrus and tropical fruits; potatoes, sunflowers, beef, poultry

Exports: $2.693 billion f.o.b. (2008 est.)

Exports - commodities: aluminum, prawns, cashews, cotton, sugar, citrus, timber; bulk electricity

Exports - partners: Italy 19.4%, Belgium 18.4%, Spain 12.5%, South Africa 12.3%, UK 7.3%, China 4.1% (2007)

Imports: $3.292 billion f.o.b. (2008 est.)

Imports - commodities: machinery and equipment, vehicles, fuel, chemicals, metal products, foodstuffs, textiles

Imports - partners: South Africa 36.7%, Australia 8.5%, China 4.6% (2007)

Debt - external: $4.316 billion (31 December 2008 est.)

Currency: 1 metical (Mt) = 100 centavos

Exchange rates: meticais (MZM) per US dollar - 24.125 (2008 est.), 26.264 (2007), 25.4 (2006)

Fiscal year: calendar year