Poverty & Inequality in Mozambique

96 indicators covering poverty & inequality for Mozambique.

IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank
Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via the World Bank 2 surveys 2025 unchanged 76th
Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per person 2025 down 25.5% 114th
Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per US$ of GDP 2025 down 27.4% 52nd
Fertility rate vs. share living in extreme poverty 4.76 live births per woman 2023 down 12.3% 10th
Cereal yield vs. share in extreme poverty 776.4 kg per hectare 2024 up 4.2% 171st
Cereal yield vs extreme poverty, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP 2024 down 17.7% 105th
Cereal yield vs extreme poverty, annual growth rate 5.25 % change on previous year 2024 down 77.2% 43rd
Tax revenues vs income inequality, gaps filled 20.92 2023 down 4.7% 85th
Tax revenue as share of GDP vs. income inequality 20.9% 2023 down 4.7% 85th
Tax revenues vs income inequality, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP 2023 down 21.7% 59th
Tax revenues vs income inequality, annual growth rate 3.23 % change on previous year 2023 down 79.3% 78th
Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 % change on previous year 2025 1st
Gender Inequality Index 0.479 2023 down 9.1% 51st
Share of government consumption in GDP vs. share of population living in extreme poverty 17.8% 2023 down 4.9% 113th
Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient in women 0.1688 2023 down 26.6% 28th
Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient by sex 0.1688 2023 down 26.6% 28th
Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient in men 0.2063 2023 down 17.2% 21st
Poverty headcount ratio at $3.00 a day (2021 PPP) 81.4% 2022 up 9.4% 1st
Poverty gap at $3.00 a day (2021 PPP) 44.7% 2022 up 17.3% 1st
Poverty headcount ratio at $4.20 a day (2021 PPP) 89.1% 2022 up 5.7% 1st
Poverty headcount ratio at $8.30 a day (2021 PPP) 96.3% 2022 up 1.8% 4th
Prosperity gap 24.4 average shortfall from a prosperity standard of $28/day 2022 up 19.6% 1st
Income inequality: Atkinson index 0.5441 2023 up 5.3% 6th
Poverty gap at $4.20 a day (2021 PPP) 56.5% 2022 up 12.8% 1st
Poverty headcount ratio at societal poverty line 81.4% 2022 up 9.4% 1st
Poverty gap at $8.30 a day (2021 PPP) 74.8% 2022 up 6.6% 1st
Population living in slums 55.0% 2022 down 20.4% 24th
Inequality-adjusted Human Development Index 0.297 2023 up 10.8% 158th
Inequality-adjusted Human Development Index vs. Human Development Index 0.297 2023 up 10.8% 158th
Inequality-adjusted Human Development Index vs. GDP per capita 0.297 2023 up 10.8% 158th
Proportion of population below international poverty line 81.4% 2022 up 9.4% 1st
Three metrics of inequality 68.09 2022 down 6.1% 10th
Gini coefficient (before tax) 0.6809 2022 down 6.1% 10th
Out-of-pocket expenditure (OOP) per capita in US$ 5.49 2023 up 65.1% 189th
Income share held by second 20% 8.6% 2022 up 13.2% 117th
Income share held by third 20% 12.5% 2022 up 11.6% 119th
Income share held by fourth 20% 18.8% 2022 up 8.0% 123rd
Income share held by highest 20% 55.5% 2022 down 6.7% 5th
Income share held by highest 10% 40.8% 2022 down 10.3% 4th
Income share held by lowest 10% 1.7% 2022 up 6.2% 109th
Income share held by lowest 20% 4.7% 2022 up 11.9% 110th
Gini index 49.6 2022 down 8.1% 7th
Proportion of people living below 50 percent of median income 17.0% 2022 unchanged 24th
Total shortfall from extreme poverty 16.03 billion international-$ in 2021 prices 2022 up 47.1% 2nd
Poverty gap index at $3 a day 44.7% 2022 up 17.4% 1st
Official development assistance grants for poverty reduction, by 2.42 2024 up 31.9% 13th
Gini coefficient: World Inequality Database vs. World Bank 0.6181 2022 down 5.4% 10th
Income inequality: Gini coefficient before and after tax 0.6181 2022 down 5.4% 10th
Share of gross national income from poverty reduction grants 2.4% 2024 up 31.5% 12th
Use of interpolation and extrapolation on original Gini coefficient data 1,125 2017 up 1.5% 154th
Income share of the richest 10% vs. Gini coefficient (before tax) 59.4% 2022 down 8.2% 7th
Income share of the richest 1% vs. Gini coefficient (before tax) 22.7% 2022 down 27.0% 10th
Proportion of total government spending on essential services, social 0.6% 2024 down 84.3% 121st
Share of population living in extreme poverty vs. GDP per capita 81.4% 2022 up 9.4% 1st
Income inequality vs. GDP per capita 0.4956 2022 down 8.1% 7th
Total population living in extreme poverty by world region 26.63 million people 2022 up 37.1% 6th
Share of population living with less than $3 and $4.20 per day 81.4% 2022 up 9.4% 1st
How does extreme monetary poverty compare to multidimensional poverty? 81.4% 2022 up 9.4% 1st
Share in extreme poverty vs. poverty gap index 81.4% 2022 up 9.4% 1st
Distribution of population between different poverty lines 936,910 people 2022 down 10.9% 105th