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Mozambique vs Zambia

118 shared metrics.

MozambiqueLeads in 55

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ZambiaLeads in 63

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Mozambique

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Identity

Formal name: Republic of Mozambique.

CIA 2026

Identity

Name origin: named for an offshore island.

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Zambia

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Identity

Formal name: Republic of Zambia.

CIA 2026

Curated stat

Zambia shares Victoria Falls, the world's largest curtain of falling water, with Zimbabwe.

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Analysis

Zambia leads in 63 of 118 shared metrics, while Mozambique leads in 55.

Mozambique's Merchant Fleet Size is 17.0x that of Zambia (36 vs 2.0).

Mozambique's FDI Inflows (% GDP) is 2.3x that of Zambia (15.43% of GDP vs 4.7% of GDP).

Mozambique's EV Chargers per 100,000 People is 2.0x that of Zambia (0.01 per 100k people vs 0.01 per 100k people).

Mozambique's Women in Parliament (%) is 1.6x that of Zambia (39.2% vs 14.97%).

Mozambique's High-Tech Exports (%) is 1.5x that of Zambia (3.6% vs 1.5%).

Key Comparisons

Merchant Fleet SizeMozambique leads

Mozambique

Zambia

2.0

FDI Inflows (% GDP)Mozambique leads

Mozambique

15.43% of GDP

Zambia

4.7% of GDP

EV Chargers per 100,000 PeopleSource: © OpenStreetMap contributors - Open Database License (ODbL)Mozambique leads

Mozambique

0.01 per 100k people

Zambia

0.01 per 100k people

Women in Parliament (%)Mozambique leads

Mozambique

39.2%

Zambia

14.97%

High-Tech Exports (%)Mozambique leads

Mozambique

3.6%

Zambia

1.5%

Domestic PatentsMozambique leads

Mozambique

Zambia

All Metrics

Merchant Fleet Size

Mozambique

Zambia

2.0

1700% higher

FDI Inflows (% GDP)

Mozambique

15.43% of GDP

Zambia

4.7% of GDP

231% higher

EV Chargers per 100,000 People

Mozambique

0.01 per 100k people

Zambia

0.01 per 100k people

200% higher

Source: © OpenStreetMap contributors - Open Database License (ODbL)

Women in Parliament (%)

Mozambique

39.2%

Zambia

14.97%

162% higher

High-Tech Exports (%)

Mozambique

3.6%

Zambia

1.5%

147% higher

Domestic Patents

Mozambique

Zambia

131% higher

Firms Asked for Bribes

Mozambique

22.1% of firms

Zambia

9.6% of firms

130% higher

Air Passengers

Mozambique

680.1K

Zambia

321.7K

111% higher

Credit Card Ownership

Mozambique

4.7% of adults

Zambia

2.3% of adults

107% higher

UNESCO World Heritage Sites

Mozambique

2.0 sites

Zambia

1.0 sites

100% higher

Capital Elevation

Zambia

Mozambique

31 m

Zambia

1.3K m

98% lower

Imports (% GDP)

Mozambique

52.82% of GDP

Zambia

27.55% of GDP

92% higher

Death Rate

Mozambique

9.3 per 1k

Zambia

4.9 per 1k

90% higher

Nurses & Midwives

Zambia

Mozambique

0.51 per 1k

Zambia

2.1 per 1k

76% lower

Inflation Rate

Zambia

Mozambique

4.1%

Zambia

15%

73% lower

Firms Making Informal Payments

Zambia

Mozambique

26.88% of firms

Zambia

82.97% of firms

68% lower

Health Spending (% GDP)

Mozambique

8.8% of GDP

Zambia

5.3% of GDP

67% higher

Agricultural Land (%)

Mozambique

52.79%

Zambia

32.07%

65% higher

Firms with Female Top Manager

Mozambique

21.32% of firms

Zambia

12.93% of firms

65% higher

Political Corruption Index

Mozambique

0.69

Zambia

0.43

62% higher

Comparison of Mozambique and Zambia across 118 metrics
				Winner
Merchant Fleet Size	36	2.0	1700% higher	Mozambique
FDI Inflows (% GDP)	15.43% of GDP	4.7% of GDP	231% higher	Mozambique
EV Chargers per 100,000 PeopleSource: © OpenStreetMap contributors - Open Database License (ODbL)	0.01 per 100k people	0.01 per 100k people	200% higher	Mozambique
Women in Parliament (%)	39.2%	14.97%	162% higher	Mozambique
High-Tech Exports (%)	3.6%	1.5%	147% higher	Mozambique
Domestic Patents	30	13	131% higher	Mozambique
Firms Asked for Bribes	22.1% of firms	9.6% of firms	130% higher	Mozambique
Air Passengers	680.1K	321.7K	111% higher	Mozambique
Credit Card Ownership	4.7% of adults	2.3% of adults	107% higher	Mozambique
UNESCO World Heritage Sites	2.0 sites	1.0 sites	100% higher	Mozambique
Capital Elevation	31 m	1.3K m	98% lower	Zambia
Imports (% GDP)	52.82% of GDP	27.55% of GDP	92% higher	Mozambique
Death Rate	9.3 per 1k	4.9 per 1k	90% higher	Mozambique
Nurses & Midwives	0.51 per 1k	2.1 per 1k	76% lower	Zambia
Inflation Rate	4.1%	15%	73% lower	Zambia
Firms Making Informal Payments	26.88% of firms	82.97% of firms	68% lower	Zambia
Health Spending (% GDP)	8.8% of GDP	5.3% of GDP	67% higher	Mozambique
Agricultural Land (%)	52.79%	32.07%	65% higher	Mozambique
Firms with Female Top Manager	21.32% of firms	12.93% of firms	65% higher	Mozambique
Political Corruption Index	0.69	0.43	62% higher	Mozambique
GDP Per Capita (PPP)	$1,705.38	$4,214.89	60% lower	Zambia
CO2 Per Capita	0.25 t/person/yr	0.56 t/person/yr	56% lower	Zambia
Population	34.21M	22.02M	55% higher	Mozambique
GNI Per Capita	$550	$1,220	55% lower	Zambia
Energy Use (Per Capita)	358.64 kg oil eq/person	800.67 kg oil eq/person	55% lower	Zambia
Mobile Subscriptions (%)	50 per 100 people	109 per 100 people	54% lower	Zambia
Railway Length	4.8K km	3.1K km	53% higher	Mozambique
Population Density	42.77 /km²	27.88 /km²	53% higher	Mozambique
Liberal Democracy Index	0.17	0.38	53% lower	Zambia
Solar Electricity Share	0.40%	0.86%	53% lower	Zambia
Milk Consumption per Person	4.8 kg/person/yr	9.7 kg/person/yr	51% lower	Zambia
Minimum Paid Vacation Days	10 days/yr	20 days/yr	50% lower	Zambia
Military Spending	2.0% of GDP	1.3% of GDP	50% higher	Mozambique
Suicide Rate	10.61 per 100k	7.1 per 100k	49% higher	Mozambique
Alcohol Consumption	1.9 L/adult/yr	3.6 L/adult/yr	48% lower	Zambia
Infant Mortality	45.4 per 1k births	30.9 per 1k births	47% higher	Mozambique
Education Spending (% GDP)	6.0% of GDP	4.1% of GDP	47% higher	Mozambique
Scientific Publications	194.32	344.27	44% lower	Zambia
Doctors (per 1,000)	0.18 per 1k	0.32 per 1k	44% lower	Zambia
Electoral Democracy Index	0.28	0.50	44% lower	Zambia
Electricity Use (Per Capita)	397.72 kWh/person	703.97 kWh/person	44% lower	Zambia
GDP Growth Rate	2.1%	3.8%	44% lower	Zambia
Corruption Perceptions Index	21 pts	37 pts	43% lower	Zambia
Spirits Consumption	0.19 L/person/yr	0.33 L/person/yr	42% lower	Zambia
Unemployment Rate	3.5%	6.0%	41% lower	Zambia
Elderly Population (%)	2.8%	1.9%	41% higher	Mozambique
Internet Users (%)	20%	33%	39% lower	Zambia
Child Mortality	61.7 per 1k births	44.7 per 1k births	38% higher	Mozambique
Health Spending Per Capita	$49.47	$76.06	35% lower	Zambia
Mobile Money Accounts	45.72% of adults	69.31% of adults	34% lower	Zambia
Freedom of Expression Index	0.52	0.78	33% lower	Zambia
Firms Hit by Power Outages	58.78% of firms	87.13% of firms	33% lower	Zambia
All-Time Olympic Medals	2.0 medals	3.0 medals	33% lower	Zambia
Teen Birth Rate	153.45 per 1k	115.91 per 1k	32% higher	Mozambique
Insufficient Physical Activity	9.7% of adults	14.16% of adults	32% lower	Zambia
Armed Forces Personnel	11.0K	16.0K	31% lower	Zambia
Electricity Access (%)	36%	51.1%	30% lower	Zambia
Life Evaluation Score	5.3 pts	4.1 pts	30% higher	Mozambique
Tax Revenue (% GDP)	21.85% of GDP	16.78% of GDP	30% higher	Mozambique
Protected Land (%)	29.5%	41.3%	29% lower	Zambia
Digital Payments Used	50.51% of adults	71.16% of adults	29% lower	Zambia
Meat Consumption per Person	9.4 kg/person/yr	13.12 kg/person/yr	28% lower	Zambia
Electric Generating Capacity	2.86M kW	3.99M kW	28% lower	Zambia
Tobacco Use Prevalence	11% of adults	14.6% of adults	25% lower	Zambia
Water Stress (%)	1.5%	2.0%	25% lower	Zambia
Adult Literacy Rate	61.68%	82.04%	25% lower	Zambia
Fertility Rate	4.6 children/woman	3.7 children/woman	25% higher	Mozambique
Airports	93	123	24% lower	Zambia
Irrigated Land	1.2K km²	1.6K km²	24% lower	Zambia
Foreign Patents	16	13	23% higher	Mozambique
Forest Coverage (%)	45.81%	59.52%	23% lower	Zambia
Exports (% GDP)	42.84% of GDP	34.98% of GDP	22% higher	Mozambique
Birth Rate	36.07 per 1k	29.6 per 1k	22% higher	Mozambique
Land Border Length	4.8K km	6.0K km	21% lower	Zambia
Urban Population (%)	36.43%	45.47%	20% lower	Zambia
Forest Area	360.3K km²	442.5K km²	19% lower	Zambia
Road Traffic Death Rate	20.1 per 100k	17.1 per 100k	18% higher	Mozambique
Human Development Index	0.49	0.59	17% lower	Zambia
Dependency Ratio	89.51% of working-age pop.	76.69% of working-age pop.	17% higher	Mozambique
Air Pollution (PM2.5)	20.08 µg/m³	24.31 µg/m³	17% lower	Zambia
Informal Employment Share	95.51% of employed people	82.73% of employed people	15% higher	Mozambique
Border Neighbors	6.0	7.0	14% lower	Zambia
Average Weekly Work Hours	37.23 hrs/week	42.91 hrs/week	13% lower	Zambia
Total CO2 Emissions	10.11 Mt CO2e	11.57 Mt CO2e	13% lower	Zambia
Food Waste per Person	132.82 kg/person/yr	118.75 kg/person/yr	12% higher	Mozambique
Youth Unemployment Rate	11.61% of youth labor force	10.47% of youth labor force	11% higher	Mozambique
Beer Consumption	1.1 L/person/yr	1.2 L/person/yr	10% lower	Zambia
Hypertension Prevalence	40.7% of adults	36.9% of adults	10% higher	Mozambique
ATMs per 100,000 Adults	7.7 per 100k	8.5 per 100k	10% lower	Zambia
GDP (Nominal)	$22,745,341,305.06	$25,303,185,342.25	10% lower	Zambia
Women's Political Empowerment	0.72	0.79	8% lower	Zambia
Electricity Carbon Intensity	129.36 gCO2/kWh	119.68 gCO2/kWh	8% higher	Mozambique
Obesity Rate	8.8%	9.4%	7% lower	Zambia
Median Age	16.3 years	17.5 years	7% lower	Zambia
Renewable Energy (%)	76.9%	83%	7% lower	Zambia
Youth Population (%)	44.48%	41.46%	7% higher	Mozambique
Seafood Consumption per Person	13.46 kg/person/yr	12.68 kg/person/yr	6% higher	Mozambique
Land Area	786.4K km²	743.4K km²	6% higher	Mozambique
Water Withdrawal	1.5 B m³	1.6 B m³	6% lower	Zambia
Highest Elevation	2.4K m	2.3K m	5% higher	Mozambique
Inequality (Gini)	49.6	51.5	4% lower	Zambia
Life Expectancy	63.6 years	66.3 years	4% lower	Zambia
Sanitation Access (%)	38.59%	37.48%	3% higher	Mozambique
Women in Senior Management	29.08% of managers	29.59% of managers	2% lower	Zambia
Government Debt (% GDP)	71.79% of GDP	71.4% of GDP	1% higher	Mozambique
Can Raise Emergency Money	90.21% of adults	89.52% of adults	1% higher	Mozambique
Electricity Generation	19.56 TWh	19.46 TWh	1% higher	Mozambique
Time Zones Count	2.0 time zones	2.0 time zones	equal	Mozambique
Coastline Length	2.5K km	0 km	ranked higher	Mozambique
Coal Electricity Share	0%	10.8%	ranked lower	Zambia
Wind Electricity Share	0%	0%	ranked higher	Mozambique
Broadband Access (%)	202 per 100 people	202 per 100 people	equal	Mozambique
Nobel Laureates Born per Million People	0 per 1M people	0 per 1M people	ranked higher	Mozambique
Lowest Elevation	0 m	329 m	ranked lower	Zambia
Official Languages Count	1.0	1.0	equal	Mozambique
Current Account Balance (% of GDP)	-14.2% of GDP	-3.5% of GDP	ranked lower	Zambia
All-Time Olympic Gold Medals	1.0 gold medals	0 gold medals	ranked higher	Mozambique
McDonald's Outlets per Million PeopleSource: © OpenStreetMap contributors - Open Database License (ODbL)	0 per 1M people	0 per 1M people	ranked higher	Mozambique

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Analysis

Zambia leads in 63 of 118 shared metrics, while Mozambique leads in 55.

Mozambique's Merchant Fleet Size is 17.0x that of Zambia (36 vs 2.0).

Mozambique's FDI Inflows (% GDP) is 2.3x that of Zambia (15.43% of GDP vs 4.7% of GDP).

Mozambique's EV Chargers per 100,000 People is 2.0x that of Zambia (0.01 per 100k people vs 0.01 per 100k people).

Mozambique's Women in Parliament (%) is 1.6x that of Zambia (39.2% vs 14.97%).

Mozambique's High-Tech Exports (%) is 1.5x that of Zambia (3.6% vs 1.5%).

Key Comparisons

Merchant Fleet SizeMozambique leads

Mozambique

Zambia

2.0

FDI Inflows (% GDP)Mozambique leads

Mozambique

15.43% of GDP

Zambia

4.7% of GDP

Mozambique

0.01 per 100k people

Zambia

0.01 per 100k people

Women in Parliament (%)Mozambique leads

Mozambique

39.2%

Zambia

14.97%

High-Tech Exports (%)Mozambique leads

Mozambique

3.6%

Zambia

1.5%

Domestic PatentsMozambique leads

Mozambique

Zambia

Merchant Fleet Size

2.0

FDI Inflows (% GDP)

15.43% of GDP

4.7% of GDP

0.01 per 100k people

Women in Parliament (%)

39.2%

14.97%

High-Tech Exports (%)

3.6%

1.5%

Domestic Patents

Firms Asked for Bribes

22.1% of firms

9.6% of firms

Air Passengers

680.1K

321.7K

Credit Card Ownership

4.7% of adults

2.3% of adults

UNESCO World Heritage Sites

2.0 sites

1.0 sites

Capital Elevation

31 m

1.3K m

Imports (% GDP)

52.82% of GDP

27.55% of GDP

Death Rate

9.3 per 1k

4.9 per 1k

Nurses & Midwives

0.51 per 1k

2.1 per 1k

Inflation Rate

4.1%

15%

Firms Making Informal Payments

26.88% of firms

82.97% of firms

Health Spending (% GDP)

8.8% of GDP

5.3% of GDP

Agricultural Land (%)

52.79%

32.07%

Firms with Female Top Manager

21.32% of firms

12.93% of firms

Political Corruption Index

0.69

0.43

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Analysis

Key Comparisons

All Metrics

Merchant Fleet Size

FDI Inflows (% GDP)

EV Chargers per 100,000 People

Women in Parliament (%)

High-Tech Exports (%)

Domestic Patents

Firms Asked for Bribes

Air Passengers

Credit Card Ownership

UNESCO World Heritage Sites

Capital Elevation

Imports (% GDP)

Death Rate

Nurses & Midwives

Inflation Rate

Firms Making Informal Payments

Health Spending (% GDP)

Agricultural Land (%)

Firms with Female Top Manager

Political Corruption Index

GDP Per Capita (PPP)

CO2 Per Capita

Population

GNI Per Capita

Energy Use (Per Capita)

Mobile Subscriptions (%)

Railway Length

Population Density

Liberal Democracy Index

Solar Electricity Share

Milk Consumption per Person

Minimum Paid Vacation Days

Military Spending

Suicide Rate

Alcohol Consumption

Infant Mortality

Education Spending (% GDP)

Scientific Publications

Doctors (per 1,000)

Electoral Democracy Index

Electricity Use (Per Capita)

GDP Growth Rate

Corruption Perceptions Index

Spirits Consumption

Unemployment Rate

Elderly Population (%)

Internet Users (%)

Child Mortality

Health Spending Per Capita

Mobile Money Accounts

Freedom of Expression Index

Firms Hit by Power Outages

All-Time Olympic Medals

Teen Birth Rate

Insufficient Physical Activity

Armed Forces Personnel

Electricity Access (%)

Life Evaluation Score

Tax Revenue (% GDP)

Protected Land (%)

Digital Payments Used

Meat Consumption per Person

Electric Generating Capacity

Tobacco Use Prevalence

Water Stress (%)

Adult Literacy Rate

Fertility Rate

Airports

Irrigated Land

Foreign Patents

Forest Coverage (%)

Exports (% GDP)