| GDP : |
purchasing power parity - $21.23 billion (2003 est.) |
| GDP - Real Growth Rate : |
7% (2003 est.) |
| GDP - Per Capita : |
purchasing power parity - $1,200 (2003 est.) |
| GDP - Composition By Sector : |
agriculture: 20.1%
industry: 27.3%
services: 52.7% (2003 est.) |
| Population Below Poverty Line : |
70% (2001 est.) |
| Household Income or Consumption by Percentage : |
lowest 10%: 2.5%
highest 10%: 31.7% (1997) |
| Inflation Rate (Consumer Prices) : |
14% (2003 est.) |
| Labor Force : |
9.2 million (2000 est.) |
| Labor Force - By Occupation : |
agriculture 81%, industry 6%, services 13% (1997 est.) |
| Budget : |
revenues: $1.089 billion
expenditures: $1.269 billion, including capital expenditures of $479.4 million (2003 est.) |
| Industries : |
food, beverages, chemicals (fertilizer, soap, paints), aluminum, petroleum products, textiles, cement, glass, asbestos, tobacco |
| Industrial Production Growth Rate : |
3.4% (2000) |
| Electricity - Production : |
7.193 billion kWh (2001) |
| Electricity - Production by Source : |
fossil fuel: 2.9%
hydro: 97.1%
nuclear: 0%
other: 0% (2001) |
| Electricity - Consumption : |
1.39 billion kWh (2001) |
| Electricity - Exports : |
5.8 billion kWh (2001) |
| Electricity - Imports : |
500 million kWh (2001) |
| Agriculture - Products : |
cotton, cashew nuts, sugarcane, tea, cassava (tapioca), corn, coconuts, sisal, citrus and tropical fruits, potatoes, sunflowers; beef, poultry |
| Exports : |
$795 million f.o.b. (2003 est.) |
| Exports - Commodities : |
aluminum, prawns, cashews, cotton, sugar, citrus, timber; bulk electricity |
| Exports - Partners : |
Belgium 26.5%, South Africa 14.6%, Italy 9.8%, Spain 9.6%, Germany 8.5%, Zimbabwe 4.8% (2003 est.) |
| Imports : |
$1.142 billion f.o.b. (2003 est.) |
| Imports - Commodities : |
machinery and equipment, vehicles, fuel, chemicals, metal products, foodstuffs, textiles |
| Imports - Partners : |
South Africa 26.7%, Australia 9.3%, US 3.9% (2003 est.) |
| Debt - External : |
$966 million (2002 est.) |
| Economic Aid - Recipient : |
$632.8 million (2001) |
| Currency : |
metical (MZM) |
| Currency Code : |
MZM |
| Exchange Rates : |
meticais per US dollar - 23,782.3 (2003), 23,678 (2002), 20,703.6 (2001), 15,447.1 (2000), 13,028.6 (1999)
note: effective October 2000, the exchange rate is determined as the weighted average of buying and selling exchange rates of all transactions of commercial banks and stock exchanges with the public |
| Fiscal Year : |
Calendar Year |
