Mozambique GDP Data & Country Report

Mozambique Country Report: GDP data and GDP forecasts; economic, financial and trade information; the best banks in Mozambique; country and population overview

DATA ON GDP AND ECONOMIC INFORMATION

Central bank

Bank of Mozambique

International Reserves

US$ 2.265 billion (Source: World Bank; Data updated: November 2010)

Gross Domestic Product - GDP

US$ 11.664 billion (2009 estimate)

GDP (Purchasing Power Parity)

23.728 billion of International dollars (2009 estimate)

Real GDP growth

2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007
9.2%	12.3%	9.2%	6.5%	8.8%	8.7%	6.3%	7.3%
2008	2009	2010	2011*
6.7%	6.3%	7%	7.5%

*Estimate

GDP per capita - current prices

US$ 530 (2009 estimate)

GDP per capita - PPP

$1,078 International Dollars (2009 estimate)

GDP (PPP) - share of world total

1980	1990	2000	2010	2015**
0.02%	0.02%	0.02%	0.03%	0.03%

**Forecast

GDP - composition by sector

agriculture: 28.4%
industry: 26.9%
services: 44.7% (2011 estimate)

(Data released on February 2012)

Gross domestic expenditure on R&D (% of GDP)

N/A

(Data released on November 2010)

Inflation

2008	2009	2010	2011*
10.3%(2008)	3.3%	12.7%	9.5%

*Estimate

Unemployment rate

2008	2009	2010	2011*
N/A	N/A	N/A(2009)	N/A

*Estimate

Household saving rates

N/A

(Data released on November 2010)

Public debt (General government gross debt as a % of GDP)

2007	2008	2009	2010	2011*
21.9%	25.4%	28.6%	32%	36.2%

*Estimate

Public deficit (General government net lending/borrowing as a % of GDP)

2007	2008	2009	2010*	2011**
-2.9%	-2.5%	-5.6%	-5.4%	-6.9%

*Estimate **Forecast

Government bond ratings

Standard & Poor's: B+/Stable/B

Moody's rating: N/A

Moody's outlook: N/A

(Foreign Currency Government Bond Ratings; Data last updated Nov 2010)

Market value of publicly traded shares

2007	2008	2009
N/A	N/A	N/A

Largest companies in Mozambique

N/A

DATA ON TRADE AND COMPETITIVENESS

Current account balance

US$ -1.4 billion (2009 estimate)(After 2008)

Current account balance by percentage of GDP

-12% of GDP (2009 estimate)(2009)

Exports as percent of GDP

(Exports of goods and services)

26.4% (2009)

(Data released on December 2010)

Shares in world total merchandising export

0.02%(2007)

(Data were released in Nov 2011 and refer to 2010)

Shares in world total commercial services export

0.02%(2007)

(Data were released in Nov 2011 and refer to 2010)

Total exports

US$2.517 billion f.o.b. (2010 estimate)

Export commodities

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

Total imports

US$3.292 billion f.o.b. (2008 estimate)

Import commodities

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

Exports - major partners

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

Imports - major partners

South Africa 36.7%, Australia 8.5%, China 4.6% (2007)

FDI inflows

2008	2009	2010
US$592 million	US$893 million(2009)	US$789 million(2009)

FDI outflows

2008	2009	2010
US$0 million	US$-3 million	US$1 million

Value of cross-border M&A, by country of purchaser

2008	2009	2010	2011
N/A	N/A(2009)	N/A(2009)	N/A

Cross-border M&A deals worth over $3 billion completed in 2008

(Acquiring company, Acquired company, Country of the acquired company, Value of the deal)

N/A

(for a monthly update on M&A click here )

Cross-border M&A deals worth over $3 billion completed in 2010

(Acquiring company, Acquired company, Country of the acquired company, Value of the deal)

N/A(2008 estimate)

(for a monthly update on M&A click here )

Best countries for doing business

World Bank/IFC Doing Business Project

(Economies are ranked on their ease of doing business, from 1 – 183. A high ranking means the regulatory environment is more conducive to the starting and operation of a local firm.)

Overall ranking: 126 out of 183 countries(2009) (2010)

Subcategories:

Starting a business: 65 out of 183 countries(2009)

Registering property: 144 out of 183 countries

Paying Taxes: 101 out of 183 countries

Getting credit: 128 out of 183 countries

Protecting investors: 44 out of 183 countries

Trading across border: 133 out of 183 countries

Enforcing Contracts: 132 out of 183 countries

(2010)

Global competitiveness ranking
(ranking by country on a basis of 142, the first is the best)

133

(2011/2012)

Index of Economic Freedom

WSJ and Heritage Foundation

Ranking: 109 Score: 56.8 (Mostly Unfree) (2009)

(100=totally free 0=totally repressed )

COUNTRY AND POPULATION OVERVIEW

Time zone

UTC+2

Total area

801,590 km² (2006)

Capital

Maputo (2009)

Currency

meticais (MZM) (2009)

Government type

republic (2009)

Languages

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)

Religions

Catholic 23.8%, Muslim 17.8%, Zionist Christian 17.5%, other 17.8%, none 23.1% (1997 census)

Total population

1980	1990	2000	2010*	2015**
12.05 million	14.15 million	17.69 million	21.59 million	23.83 million

*Estimate **Forecast

Urban population as % of total population

1960	1980	2000	2009
3.7%	13.1%	30.7%	37.6%

Population median age

18.0 years (2006)

Population growth rate

2.3% (2009)

Life expectancy

42 years (2007)

Adult literacy

44% (2000/2007)

% of population living on less than $2 a day

81.77% (2011)

Inequality of wealth distribution (Gini index)

45.7 (2008)

(0=perfect equality, 100=absolute inequality)

Freedom House rating

Political Rights:4
Civil Liberties:3 (2010)

(1 represents the most free, 7 the least free)

Total telephone subscribers as % of population

31.26% (2010)

(sum of fixed telephone lines and mobile cellular subscribers)

Internet users as % of total population

4.17% (Data were released in 2011 and refer to 2010)

Cost of living index

(ranking by city on a basis of 214; the 1st is the most expensive and the 214th is the least expensive)

Maputo: 171st (2011)

CO2 emissions
(Metric tons of CO2 per capita)

0.1034 (2008)

GLOBAL FINANCE RANKINGS AND AWARDS

WORLD'S BEST EMERGING MARKET BANKS

2012:

COUNTRY WINNERS Millennium bim (National, 2012)

2011:

COUNTRY WINNERS Millennium bim (National, 2011)

2010:

COUNTRY WINNERS Millennium Bim (National, 2010)

ARTICLES AND COUNTRIES REPORTS FROM GLOBAL FINANCE ARCHIVE

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WORLD'S BEST EMERGING MARKET BANKS

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