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- Capital
- Maputo
- Currency
- Mozambican metical · MZN
- Central bank
- Banco de Moçambique
- Regional membership
- SADC — Southern African Development Community
- Official languages
- Portuguese
- Stock exchange
- Bolsa de Valores de Moçambique
- Instant payments
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- Banco de Moçambique Regulatory Sandbox
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Figures
- GDP (current US$)
- $22.3 bn · 2025
- GDP growth (annual %)
- -0.5% · 2025
- Population
- 35.6 m · 2025
- Inflation, consumer prices (annual %)
- 4.4% · 2025
- Personal remittances received (current US$)
- Not available for the latest year
- Exchange rate · MZN
- 63.77 MZN per US dollar · 2026-08-29
World Bank, World Development Indicators, via the World Bank API; year as published. Mid-market reference from exchangerate-api.com, refreshed daily; not a dealing rate.
Headlines · 23
From the AllAfrica country feed and pan-African newsrooms; each item links to the original.
AllAfrica · Mozambique
Young Mambas Target Another Cosafa Crown
[Cosafa] Mozambique finally claimed their maiden COSAFA Under-20 title when they won the 2020 edition in Nelson Mandela Bay, having previously suffered disappointment as beaten finalists in 2008.
AllAfrica · Mozambique
Wage Costs in Public Administration Fall 3.9 Percent
[AIM] Maputo -- Mozambican State expenditure on wages and other types of remuneration fell 3.9 percent in the first half of the year to 107.2 billion meticais (1.6 billion US dollars at the current exchange rate), amid…
AllAfrica · Mozambique
EDM to Make At Least 420,000 New Connections By the End of 2026
[AIM] Maputo -- Mozambique's publicly-owned electricity company, EDM, plans to make at least 420,000 new connections by the end of 2026, covering about two million people across the country.
AllAfrica · Mozambique
Greenhouses Seen As Solution to Tackle Impacts of Climate Change
[AIM] Maputo -- Mozambique's Ministry of Agriculture believes that greenhouses and boreholes offer a solution to address the impact of climate change on agricultural production and year-round vegetable cultivation.
AllAfrica · Mozambique
U.S. Government Urges Its Citizens to Avoid Travelling to Northern Mozambique
[AIM] Maputo -- The United States government has issued once again a travel advisory, calling on its citizens to avoid traveling to northern Mozambique as a result of increased risk of terrorist attacks.
AllAfrica · Mozambique
U.S. Citizen Town Hall On September 1, 2026, U.S. Embassy in Mozambique
[U.S. Embassy Maputo] The Consular Section of the U.S. Embassy in Mozambique will hold a town hall meeting for U.S. citizens the afternoon of Tuesday, September 1, 2026. The town hall will focus on the following topics:…
AllAfrica · Mozambique
Uptake of Injectable Prep Has Been High At Health Facilities
[AIM] Maputo -- Alice de Abreu, the Councilor for Health in Maputo Municipality, has revealed that the uptake of long-acting injectable PrEP against HIV has been high across the 27 health facilities in Mozambique's…
AllAfrica · Mozambique
Chinese Firm Acquires 70 Percent of Triton's Graphite Assets
[AIM] Maputo -- A subsidiary of China's Shandong Xinsheng Minerals (formerly Shandong Yulong Gold) has acquired a 70 percent stake in the graphite assets of Australian mining company Triton Minerals for…
AllAfrica · Mozambique
Former Lam Manager Faces 31 Financial Crimes
[AIM] Maputo -- Pó Jorge, the former managing director of the publicly-owned company Air Mozambique (formerly known as Mozambique Airlines, LAM), has been formally charged with 31 financial and corruption crimes…
AllAfrica · Mozambique
Chapo Calls for Policies Capable of Producing Economic Results
[AIM] Maputo -- The Mozambican President Daniel Chapo, as leader of the ruling Frelimo party, calls for policies capable of producing concrete economic results, instead of serving as party's internal documents…
AllAfrica · Mozambique
Peace Is Not Built Solely Through Formal Negotiations - Graça Machel
[AIM] Maputo -- Mozambique's former first lady, Graça Machel, the widow of the country's first president, Samora Machel, believes that peace and social cohesion are not built solely through formal negotiations or in the…
AllAfrica · Mozambique
Ingd Hands Over Food Assistance to More Than 1800 Households
[AIM] Maputo -- Mozambique's relief agency, the National Disaster Management Institute (INGD), has handed over food assistance to a total of 1,880 households affected by floods last January in the southern Maputo…
AllAfrica · Mozambique
INSS Strengthens Staff Technical Skills Following Corruption Scandals
[AIM] Maputo -- Mozambique's National Social Security Institute (INSS) has decided to strengthen technical skills of employees involved in public procurement processes, at a time when the sector is facing new legal…
AllAfrica · Mozambique
Mondlane Summoned By Supreme Court Over Five Criminal Charges
[AIM] Maputo -- Mozambique's Supreme Court has issued a summons to Venancio Mondlane, former presidential candidate and leader of the National Alliance for a Free and Autonomous Mozambique (Anamola), for trial on five…
AllAfrica · Mozambique
Government Approves Regulation Establishing Mozambique Development Bank
[AIM] Maputo -- The Mozambican government has approved the regulation establishing operational rules for the country's Development Bank (BDM), which will be aimed at mobilizing long-term resources and drive strategic…
AllAfrica · Mozambique
Agreement for Rehabilitation of Matola Rivers Signed
[AIM] Maputo -- Mozambique's Institute of Marine and Fisheries Sciences (IMARP) and the company JS Consultoria e Serviços on Monday signed a Memorandum of Understanding aimed at paving the way for an integrated project…
AllAfrica · Mozambique
Tika Launches Second Phase of Training for Health Professionals
[AIM] Maputo -- The Turkish Cooperation and Coordination Agency (TIKA) has announced the second phase of the training of Mozambican health professionals as part of a project aimed at supporting the country's technical…
AllAfrica · Mozambique
Mozambique Achieves Who Ml3 for 'Having Well-Functioning Regulatory System'
[AIM] Maputo -- Mozambique's National Medicine Regulatory Authority (ANARME) has achieved Maturity Level 3 (ML3) for the regulation of medicines and imported vaccines under the World Health Organization (WHO) global…
AllAfrica · Mozambique
GCERF Calls for Integrated Response Against Terrorism
[AIM] Maputo -- The Global Community Engagement and Resilience Fund (GCERF), an independent and non-profit foundation based in Geneva, calls for integrated response to violent extremism in the northern Mozambican…
AllAfrica · Mozambique
Sasol Paid More Than 670 Million Dollars in Taxes Over Past 11 Year
[AIM] Maputo -- The South African petrochemical giant Sasol paid, over the past 11 years, more than 670 million US dollars to Mozambican State in taxes.
AllAfrica · Mozambique
Chapo Urges Senior State Officials to Address Population's Main Concerns
[AIM] Maputo -- The Mozambican President Daniel Chapo, as leader of the ruling Frelimo party, has encouraged the senior state officials to seek solutions to address the population's main concerns, especially…
AllAfrica · Mozambique
Fishermen Kidnapped By Terrorists in Quissanga
[AIM] Maputo -- Residents of the coastal district of Quissanga, in the northern Mozambican province of Cabo Delgado, have denounced the disappearance of four fishermen while at sea.
AllAfrica · Mozambique
Frelimo Calls for Stronger Measures Against Terrorism
[AIM] Maputo -- Mozambique's ruling Frelimo party calls for stronger measures against the Islamist terrorism that has been plaguing the northern province of Cabo Delgado.