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Mozambique vs South Africa

120 shared metrics.

MozambiqueLeads in 31

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South AfricaLeads in 89

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Mozambique

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Identity

Formal name: Republic of Mozambique.

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Identity

Name origin: named for an offshore island.

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South Africa

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Identity

Formal name: Republic of South Africa.

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Curated stat

South Africa splits its capitals three ways: Pretoria runs administration, Cape Town legislates, and Bloemfontein anchors the judiciary.

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Analysis

South Africa leads in 89 of 120 shared metrics, while Mozambique leads in 31.

Mozambique's Broadband Access (%) is 66.3x that of South Africa (202 per 100 people vs 3.0 per 100 people).

Mozambique's FDI Inflows (% GDP) is 25.6x that of South Africa (15.43% of GDP vs 0.58% of GDP).

Mozambique's Firms Making Informal Payments is 17.1x that of South Africa (26.88% of firms vs 1.5% of firms).

Mozambique's Firms Asked for Bribes is 13.4x that of South Africa (22.1% of firms vs 1.5% of firms).

Mozambique's Renewable Energy (%) is 6.9x that of South Africa (76.9% vs 9.7%).

Key Comparisons

Broadband Access (%)Mozambique leads

Mozambique

202 per 100 people

South Africa

3.0 per 100 people

FDI Inflows (% GDP)Mozambique leads

Mozambique

15.43% of GDP

South Africa

0.58% of GDP

Firms Making Informal PaymentsMozambique leads

Mozambique

26.88% of firms

South Africa

1.5% of firms

Firms Asked for BribesMozambique leads

Mozambique

22.1% of firms

South Africa

1.5% of firms

Renewable Energy (%)Mozambique leads

Mozambique

76.9%

South Africa

9.7%

GDP Growth RateMozambique leads

Mozambique

2.1%

South Africa

0.53%

All Metrics

Broadband Access (%)

Mozambique

202 per 100 people

South Africa

3.0 per 100 people

6633% higher

FDI Inflows (% GDP)

Mozambique

15.43% of GDP

South Africa

0.58% of GDP

2555% higher

Firms Making Informal Payments

Mozambique

26.88% of firms

South Africa

1.5% of firms

1708% higher

Firms Asked for Bribes

Mozambique

22.1% of firms

South Africa

1.5% of firms

1337% higher

Renewable Energy (%)

Mozambique

76.9%

South Africa

9.7%

693% higher

GDP Growth Rate

Mozambique

2.1%

South Africa

0.53%

302% higher

Forest Coverage (%)

Mozambique

45.81%

South Africa

13.97%

228% higher

Protected Land (%)

Mozambique

29.5%

South Africa

9.5%

211% higher

Teen Birth Rate

Mozambique

153.45 per 1k

South Africa

51.56 per 1k

198% higher

Military Spending

Mozambique

2.0% of GDP

South Africa

0.70% of GDP

185% higher

Informal Employment Share

Mozambique

95.51% of employed people

South Africa

34.81% of employed people

174% higher

Forest Area

Mozambique

360.3K km²

South Africa

169.4K km²

113% higher

Birth Rate

Mozambique

36.07 per 1k

South Africa

17.21 per 1k

110% higher

Seafood Consumption per Person

Mozambique

13.46 kg/person/yr

South Africa

6.5 kg/person/yr

106% higher

Fertility Rate

Mozambique

4.6 children/woman

South Africa

2.2 children/woman

105% higher

Foreign Patents

South Africa

Mozambique

South Africa

9.2K

100% lower

Scientific Publications

South Africa

Mozambique

194.32

South Africa

16.7K

99% lower

Domestic Patents

South Africa

Mozambique

South Africa

1.8K

98% lower

Capital Elevation

South Africa

Mozambique

31 m

South Africa

1.4K m

98% lower

Total CO2 Emissions

South Africa

Mozambique

10.11 Mt CO2e

South Africa

440.17 Mt CO2e

98% lower

Comparison of Mozambique and South Africa across 120 metrics
				Winner
Broadband Access (%)	202 per 100 people	3.0 per 100 people	6633% higher	Mozambique
FDI Inflows (% GDP)	15.43% of GDP	0.58% of GDP	2555% higher	Mozambique
Firms Making Informal Payments	26.88% of firms	1.5% of firms	1708% higher	Mozambique
Firms Asked for Bribes	22.1% of firms	1.5% of firms	1337% higher	Mozambique
Renewable Energy (%)	76.9%	9.7%	693% higher	Mozambique
GDP Growth Rate	2.1%	0.53%	302% higher	Mozambique
Forest Coverage (%)	45.81%	13.97%	228% higher	Mozambique
Protected Land (%)	29.5%	9.5%	211% higher	Mozambique
Teen Birth Rate	153.45 per 1k	51.56 per 1k	198% higher	Mozambique
Military Spending	2.0% of GDP	0.70% of GDP	185% higher	Mozambique
Informal Employment Share	95.51% of employed people	34.81% of employed people	174% higher	Mozambique
Forest Area	360.3K km²	169.4K km²	113% higher	Mozambique
Birth Rate	36.07 per 1k	17.21 per 1k	110% higher	Mozambique
Seafood Consumption per Person	13.46 kg/person/yr	6.5 kg/person/yr	106% higher	Mozambique
Fertility Rate	4.6 children/woman	2.2 children/woman	105% higher	Mozambique
Foreign Patents	16	9.2K	100% lower	South Africa
Scientific Publications	194.32	16.7K	99% lower	South Africa
Domestic Patents	30	1.8K	98% lower	South Africa
Capital Elevation	31 m	1.4K m	98% lower	South Africa
Total CO2 Emissions	10.11 Mt CO2e	440.17 Mt CO2e	98% lower	South Africa
All-Time Olympic Medals	2.0 medals	95 medals	98% lower	South Africa
Water Stress (%)	1.5%	47.12%	97% lower	South Africa
Air Passengers	680.1K	15.45M	96% lower	South Africa
Tourism Revenue	$113,000,000	$2,716,000,000	96% lower	South Africa
CO2 Per Capita	0.25 t/person/yr	6.9 t/person/yr	96% lower	South Africa
All-Time Olympic Gold Medals	1.0 gold medals	28 gold medals	96% lower	South Africa
Electric Generating Capacity	2.86M kW	65.99M kW	96% lower	South Africa
Solar Electricity Share	0.40%	8.0%	95% lower	South Africa
GDP (Nominal)	$22,745,341,305.06	$401,144,998,373.59	94% lower	South Africa
Water Withdrawal	1.5 B m³	21.11 B m³	93% lower	South Africa
Irrigated Land	1.2K km²	16.7K km²	93% lower	South Africa
Official Languages Count	1.0	12	92% lower	South Africa
Electricity Generation	19.56 TWh	244.81 TWh	92% lower	South Africa
Milk Consumption per Person	4.8 kg/person/yr	55.75 kg/person/yr	91% lower	South Africa
GNI Per Capita	$550	$6,110	91% lower	South Africa
Health Spending Per Capita	$49.47	$569.84	91% lower	South Africa
Shipping Traffic	420.5K	4.05M	90% lower	South Africa
Unemployment Rate	3.5%	33.17%	89% lower	South Africa
GDP Per Capita (PPP)	$1,705.38	$15,456.2	89% lower	South Africa
Armed Forces Personnel	11.0K	89.0K	88% lower	South Africa
Electricity Use (Per Capita)	397.72 kWh/person	3.2K kWh/person	88% lower	South Africa
EV Chargers per 100,000 PeopleSource: © OpenStreetMap contributors - Open Database License (ODbL)	0.01 per 100k people	0.01 per 100k people	87% higher	Mozambique
Infant Mortality	45.4 per 1k births	24.4 per 1k births	86% higher	Mozambique
Dependency Ratio	89.51% of working-age pop.	48.31% of working-age pop.	85% higher	Mozambique
ATMs per 100,000 Adults	7.7 per 100k	50.46 per 100k	85% lower	South Africa
Meat Consumption per Person	9.4 kg/person/yr	60.03 kg/person/yr	84% lower	South Africa
Railway Length	4.8K km	30.4K km	84% lower	South Africa
Airports	93	583	84% lower	South Africa
UNESCO World Heritage Sites	2.0 sites	12 sites	83% lower	South Africa
Spirits Consumption	0.19 L/person/yr	1.1 L/person/yr	82% lower	South Africa
Electricity Carbon Intensity	129.36 gCO2/kWh	699.29 gCO2/kWh	82% lower	South Africa
Youth Unemployment Rate	11.61% of youth labor force	59.93% of youth labor force	81% lower	South Africa
Energy Use (Per Capita)	358.64 kg oil eq/person	1.9K kg oil eq/person	81% lower	South Africa
Child Mortality	61.7 per 1k births	34.7 per 1k births	78% higher	Mozambique
Insufficient Physical Activity	9.7% of adults	44.8% of adults	78% lower	South Africa
Imports (% GDP)	52.82% of GDP	29.85% of GDP	77% higher	Mozambique
Doctors (per 1,000)	0.18 per 1k	0.79 per 1k	77% lower	South Africa
Internet Users (%)	20%	76%	74% lower	South Africa
Alcohol Consumption	1.9 L/adult/yr	7.1 L/adult/yr	73% lower	South Africa
Liberal Democracy Index	0.17	0.63	72% lower	South Africa
Youth Population (%)	44.48%	25.88%	72% higher	Mozambique
Obesity Rate	8.8%	30.03%	71% lower	South Africa
Mobile Subscriptions (%)	50 per 100 people	167 per 100 people	70% lower	South Africa
Merchant Fleet Size	36	110	67% lower	South Africa
Beer Consumption	1.1 L/person/yr	3.1 L/person/yr	64% lower	South Africa
Electoral Democracy Index	0.28	0.74	62% lower	South Africa
Safe Drinking Water (%)	27.54%	68.01%	60% lower	South Africa
Electricity Access (%)	36%	87.7%	59% lower	South Africa
Elderly Population (%)	2.8%	6.7%	59% lower	South Africa
Tobacco Use Prevalence	11% of adults	23.6% of adults	53% lower	South Africa
Suicide Rate	10.61 per 100k	22.3 per 100k	52% lower	South Africa
Nurses & Midwives	0.51 per 1k	1.0 per 1k	51% lower	South Africa
Credit Card Ownership	4.7% of adults	9.7% of adults	51% lower	South Africa
Sanitation Access (%)	38.59%	77.38%	50% lower	South Africa
Corruption Perceptions Index	21 pts	41 pts	49% lower	South Africa
Mobile Money Accounts	45.72% of adults	31.62% of adults	45% higher	Mozambique
Firms with Female Top Manager	21.32% of firms	38.51% of firms	45% lower	South Africa
Population	34.21M	61.09M	44% lower	South Africa
Urban Population (%)	36.43%	63.69%	43% lower	South Africa
Median Age	16.3 years	28.2 years	42% lower	South Africa
Death Rate	9.3 per 1k	6.6 per 1k	42% higher	Mozambique
Food Waste per Person	132.82 kg/person/yr	93.36 kg/person/yr	42% higher	Mozambique
Freedom of Expression Index	0.52	0.84	38% lower	South Africa
High-Tech Exports (%)	3.6%	5.7%	36% lower	South Africa
Firms Hit by Power Outages	58.78% of firms	92.02% of firms	36% lower	South Africa
Land Area	786.4K km²	1.21M km²	35% lower	South Africa
Exports (% GDP)	42.84% of GDP	31.79% of GDP	35% higher	Mozambique
Agricultural Land (%)	52.79%	79.42%	34% lower	South Africa
Human Development Index	0.49	0.74	33% lower	South Africa
Time Zones Count	2.0 time zones	3.0 time zones	33% lower	South Africa
Minimum Paid Vacation Days	10 days/yr	15 days/yr	33% lower	South Africa
Adult Literacy Rate	61.68%	91.15%	32% lower	South Africa
Can Raise Emergency Money	90.21% of adults	68.2% of adults	32% higher	Mozambique
Political Corruption Index	0.69	0.54	29% higher	Mozambique
Highest Elevation	2.4K m	3.5K m	29% lower	South Africa
Women in Senior Management	29.08% of managers	39.27% of managers	26% lower	South Africa
Digital Payments Used	50.51% of adults	67.17% of adults	25% lower	South Africa
Population Density	42.77 /km²	52.11 /km²	18% lower	South Africa
Road Traffic Death Rate	20.1 per 100k	24.5 per 100k	18% lower	South Africa
Air Pollution (PM2.5)	20.08 µg/m³	23.75 µg/m³	15% lower	South Africa
Tax Revenue (% GDP)	21.85% of GDP	25.4% of GDP	14% lower	South Africa
Women's Political Empowerment	0.72	0.83	13% lower	South Africa
Coastline Length	2.5K km	2.8K km	12% lower	South Africa
Average Weekly Work Hours	37.23 hrs/week	42.39 hrs/week	12% lower	South Africa
Women in Parliament (%)	39.2%	44.7%	12% lower	South Africa
Government Debt (% GDP)	71.79% of GDP	79.45% of GDP	10% lower	South Africa
Land Border Length	4.8K km	5.2K km	9% lower	South Africa
Hypertension Prevalence	40.7% of adults	44.4% of adults	8% lower	South Africa
Inflation Rate	4.1%	4.4%	7% lower	South Africa
Life Evaluation Score	5.3 pts	5.0 pts	7% higher	Mozambique
Life Expectancy	63.6 years	66.1 years	4% lower	South Africa
Education Spending (% GDP)	6.0% of GDP	6.0% of GDP	1% lower	South Africa
Coal Electricity Share	0%	81.36%	ranked lower	South Africa
Wind Electricity Share	0%	4.7%	ranked lower	South Africa
Health Spending (% GDP)	8.8% of GDP	8.8% of GDP	equal	Mozambique
Nobel Laureates Born per Million People	0 per 1M people	0.15 per 1M people	ranked lower	South Africa
Lowest Elevation	0 m	0 m	ranked higher	Mozambique
Current Account Balance (% of GDP)	-14.2% of GDP	-0.5% of GDP	ranked lower	South Africa
McDonald's Outlets per Million PeopleSource: © OpenStreetMap contributors - Open Database License (ODbL)	0 per 1M people	3.5 per 1M people	ranked lower	South Africa
Border Neighbors	6.0	6.0	equal	Mozambique

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Analysis

South Africa leads in 89 of 120 shared metrics, while Mozambique leads in 31.

Mozambique's Broadband Access (%) is 66.3x that of South Africa (202 per 100 people vs 3.0 per 100 people).

Mozambique's FDI Inflows (% GDP) is 25.6x that of South Africa (15.43% of GDP vs 0.58% of GDP).

Mozambique's Firms Making Informal Payments is 17.1x that of South Africa (26.88% of firms vs 1.5% of firms).

Mozambique's Firms Asked for Bribes is 13.4x that of South Africa (22.1% of firms vs 1.5% of firms).

Mozambique's Renewable Energy (%) is 6.9x that of South Africa (76.9% vs 9.7%).

Key Comparisons

Broadband Access (%)Mozambique leads

Mozambique

202 per 100 people

South Africa

3.0 per 100 people

FDI Inflows (% GDP)Mozambique leads

Mozambique

15.43% of GDP

South Africa

0.58% of GDP

Firms Making Informal PaymentsMozambique leads

Mozambique

26.88% of firms

South Africa

1.5% of firms

Firms Asked for BribesMozambique leads

Mozambique

22.1% of firms

South Africa

1.5% of firms

Renewable Energy (%)Mozambique leads

Mozambique

76.9%

South Africa

9.7%

GDP Growth RateMozambique leads

Mozambique

2.1%

South Africa

0.53%

Broadband Access (%)

202 per 100 people

3.0 per 100 people

FDI Inflows (% GDP)

15.43% of GDP

0.58% of GDP

Firms Making Informal Payments

26.88% of firms

1.5% of firms

Firms Asked for Bribes

22.1% of firms

1.5% of firms

Renewable Energy (%)

76.9%

9.7%

GDP Growth Rate

2.1%

0.53%

Forest Coverage (%)

45.81%

13.97%

Protected Land (%)

29.5%

9.5%

Teen Birth Rate

153.45 per 1k

51.56 per 1k

Military Spending

2.0% of GDP

0.70% of GDP

Informal Employment Share

95.51% of employed people

34.81% of employed people

Forest Area

360.3K km²

169.4K km²

Birth Rate

36.07 per 1k

17.21 per 1k

Seafood Consumption per Person

13.46 kg/person/yr

6.5 kg/person/yr

Fertility Rate

4.6 children/woman

2.2 children/woman

Foreign Patents

9.2K

Scientific Publications

194.32

16.7K

Domestic Patents

1.8K

Capital Elevation

31 m

1.4K m

Total CO2 Emissions

10.11 Mt CO2e

440.17 Mt CO2e

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Analysis

Key Comparisons

All Metrics

Broadband Access (%)

FDI Inflows (% GDP)

Firms Making Informal Payments

Firms Asked for Bribes

Renewable Energy (%)

GDP Growth Rate

Forest Coverage (%)

Protected Land (%)

Teen Birth Rate

Military Spending

Informal Employment Share

Forest Area

Birth Rate

Seafood Consumption per Person

Fertility Rate

Foreign Patents

Scientific Publications

Domestic Patents

Capital Elevation

Total CO2 Emissions

All-Time Olympic Medals

Water Stress (%)

Air Passengers

Tourism Revenue

CO2 Per Capita

All-Time Olympic Gold Medals

Electric Generating Capacity

Solar Electricity Share

GDP (Nominal)

Water Withdrawal

Irrigated Land

Official Languages Count

Electricity Generation

Milk Consumption per Person

GNI Per Capita

Health Spending Per Capita

Shipping Traffic

Unemployment Rate

GDP Per Capita (PPP)

Armed Forces Personnel

Electricity Use (Per Capita)

EV Chargers per 100,000 People

Infant Mortality

Dependency Ratio

ATMs per 100,000 Adults

Meat Consumption per Person

Railway Length

Airports

UNESCO World Heritage Sites

Spirits Consumption

Electricity Carbon Intensity

Youth Unemployment Rate

Energy Use (Per Capita)

Child Mortality

Insufficient Physical Activity

Imports (% GDP)

Doctors (per 1,000)

Internet Users (%)

Alcohol Consumption

Liberal Democracy Index

Youth Population (%)

Obesity Rate

Mobile Subscriptions (%)

Merchant Fleet Size

Beer Consumption

Electoral Democracy Index

Safe Drinking Water (%)

Electricity Access (%)

Elderly Population (%)

Tobacco Use Prevalence

Suicide Rate

Nurses & Midwives