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Mozambique vs Zimbabwe

115 shared metrics.

MozambiqueLeads in 60

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ZimbabweLeads in 55

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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.

CIA 2026

Zimbabwe

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Identity

Formal name: Republic of Zimbabwe.

CIA 2026

Curated stat

Zimbabwe's 100-trillion-dollar note is a real hyperinflation artifact from 2008.

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Analysis

Mozambique leads in 60 of 115 shared metrics, while Zimbabwe leads in 55.

Mozambique's Broadband Access (%) is 100.0x that of Zimbabwe (202 per 100 people vs 2.0 per 100 people).

Mozambique's Education Spending (% GDP) is 14.5x that of Zimbabwe (6.0% of GDP vs 0.38% of GDP).

Mozambique's FDI Inflows (% GDP) is 12.8x that of Zimbabwe (15.43% of GDP vs 1.1% of GDP).

Mozambique's Air Passengers is 6.3x that of Zimbabwe (680.1K vs 92.5K).

Mozambique's Military Spending is 4.7x that of Zimbabwe (2.0% of GDP vs 0.35% of GDP).

Key Comparisons

Broadband Access (%)Mozambique leads

Mozambique

202 per 100 people

Zimbabwe

2.0 per 100 people

Education Spending (% GDP)Mozambique leads

Mozambique

6.0% of GDP

Zimbabwe

0.38% of GDP

FDI Inflows (% GDP)Mozambique leads

Mozambique

15.43% of GDP

Zimbabwe

1.1% of GDP

Air PassengersMozambique leads

Mozambique

680.1K

Zimbabwe

92.5K

Military SpendingMozambique leads

Mozambique

2.0% of GDP

Zimbabwe

0.35% of GDP

Seafood Consumption per PersonMozambique leads

Mozambique

13.46 kg/person/yr

Zimbabwe

2.8 kg/person/yr

All Metrics

Broadband Access (%)

Mozambique

202 per 100 people

Zimbabwe

2.0 per 100 people

10000% higher

Education Spending (% GDP)

Mozambique

6.0% of GDP

Zimbabwe

0.38% of GDP

1453% higher

FDI Inflows (% GDP)

Mozambique

15.43% of GDP

Zimbabwe

1.1% of GDP

1277% higher

Air Passengers

Mozambique

680.1K

Zimbabwe

92.5K

635% higher

Military Spending

Mozambique

2.0% of GDP

Zimbabwe

0.35% of GDP

468% higher

Seafood Consumption per Person

Mozambique

13.46 kg/person/yr

Zimbabwe

2.8 kg/person/yr

377% higher

Credit Card Ownership

Mozambique

4.7% of adults

Zimbabwe

1.2% of adults

309% higher

Health Spending (% GDP)

Mozambique

8.8% of GDP

Zimbabwe

3.6% of GDP

142% higher

Exports (% GDP)

Mozambique

42.84% of GDP

Zimbabwe

18.05% of GDP

137% higher

Electricity Generation

Mozambique

19.56 TWh

Zimbabwe

8.3 TWh

135% higher

Imports (% GDP)

Mozambique

52.82% of GDP

Zimbabwe

23.44% of GDP

125% higher

Forest Area

Mozambique

360.3K km²

Zimbabwe

173.1K km²

108% higher

ATMs per 100,000 Adults

Mozambique

7.7 per 100k

Zimbabwe

3.7 per 100k

107% higher

Land Area

Mozambique

786.4K km²

Zimbabwe

386.9K km²

103% higher

Capital Elevation

Zimbabwe

Mozambique

31 m

Zimbabwe

1.5K m

98% lower

Population

Mozambique

34.21M

Zimbabwe

17.47M

96% higher

Water Stress (%)

Zimbabwe

Mozambique

1.5%

Zimbabwe

40.05%

96% lower

Inflation Rate

Zimbabwe

Mozambique

4.1%

Zimbabwe

104.7%

96% lower

Official Languages Count

Zimbabwe

Mozambique

1.0

Zimbabwe

94% lower

Milk Consumption per Person

Zimbabwe

Mozambique

4.8 kg/person/yr

Zimbabwe

31.9 kg/person/yr

85% lower

Comparison of Mozambique and Zimbabwe across 115 metrics
				Winner
Broadband Access (%)	202 per 100 people	2.0 per 100 people	10000% higher	Mozambique
Education Spending (% GDP)	6.0% of GDP	0.38% of GDP	1453% higher	Mozambique
FDI Inflows (% GDP)	15.43% of GDP	1.1% of GDP	1277% higher	Mozambique
Air Passengers	680.1K	92.5K	635% higher	Mozambique
Military Spending	2.0% of GDP	0.35% of GDP	468% higher	Mozambique
Seafood Consumption per Person	13.46 kg/person/yr	2.8 kg/person/yr	377% higher	Mozambique
Credit Card Ownership	4.7% of adults	1.2% of adults	309% higher	Mozambique
Health Spending (% GDP)	8.8% of GDP	3.6% of GDP	142% higher	Mozambique
Exports (% GDP)	42.84% of GDP	18.05% of GDP	137% higher	Mozambique
Electricity Generation	19.56 TWh	8.3 TWh	135% higher	Mozambique
Imports (% GDP)	52.82% of GDP	23.44% of GDP	125% higher	Mozambique
Forest Area	360.3K km²	173.1K km²	108% higher	Mozambique
ATMs per 100,000 Adults	7.7 per 100k	3.7 per 100k	107% higher	Mozambique
Land Area	786.4K km²	386.9K km²	103% higher	Mozambique
Capital Elevation	31 m	1.5K m	98% lower	Zimbabwe
Population	34.21M	17.47M	96% higher	Mozambique
Water Stress (%)	1.5%	40.05%	96% lower	Zimbabwe
Inflation Rate	4.1%	104.7%	96% lower	Zimbabwe
Official Languages Count	1.0	16	94% lower	Zimbabwe
Milk Consumption per Person	4.8 kg/person/yr	31.9 kg/person/yr	85% lower	Zimbabwe
Armed Forces Personnel	11.0K	51.0K	78% lower	Zimbabwe
GNI Per Capita	$550	$2,400	77% lower	Zimbabwe
Nurses & Midwives	0.51 per 1k	2.1 per 1k	76% lower	Zimbabwe
All-Time Olympic Medals	2.0 medals	8.0 medals	75% lower	Zimbabwe
Tourism Revenue	$113,000,000	$66,000,000	71% higher	Mozambique
GDP Per Capita (PPP)	$1,705.38	$5,928.08	71% lower	Zimbabwe
Water Withdrawal	1.5 B m³	4.9 B m³	70% lower	Zimbabwe
CO2 Per Capita	0.25 t/person/yr	0.82 t/person/yr	70% lower	Zimbabwe
Vehicles per 1,000 People	25.57 per 1k people	80.92 per 1k people	68% lower	Zimbabwe
All-Time Olympic Gold Medals	1.0 gold medals	3.0 gold medals	67% lower	Zimbabwe
Electricity Carbon Intensity	129.36 gCO2/kWh	384.02 gCO2/kWh	66% lower	Zimbabwe
Scientific Publications	194.32	563.05	65% lower	Zimbabwe
Beer Consumption	1.1 L/person/yr	0.69 L/person/yr	62% higher	Mozambique
UNESCO World Heritage Sites	2.0 sites	5.0 sites	60% lower	Zimbabwe
Unemployment Rate	3.5%	8.6%	59% lower	Zimbabwe
Life Evaluation Score	5.3 pts	3.3 pts	59% higher	Mozambique
Teen Birth Rate	153.45 per 1k	98.06 per 1k	56% higher	Mozambique
Minimum Paid Vacation Days	10 days/yr	22 days/yr	55% lower	Zimbabwe
Food Waste per Person	132.82 kg/person/yr	88.01 kg/person/yr	51% higher	Mozambique
Firms Asked for Bribes	22.1% of firms	44.46% of firms	50% lower	Zimbabwe
Border Neighbors	6.0	4.0	50% higher	Mozambique
Land Border Length	4.8K km	3.2K km	48% higher	Mozambique
Meat Consumption per Person	9.4 kg/person/yr	17.67 kg/person/yr	47% lower	Zimbabwe
Mobile Subscriptions (%)	50 per 100 people	94 per 100 people	47% lower	Zimbabwe
Internet Users (%)	20%	38%	47% lower	Zimbabwe
Death Rate	9.3 per 1k	6.4 per 1k	46% higher	Mozambique
GDP (Nominal)	$22,745,341,305.06	$41,539,411,516.44	45% lower	Zimbabwe
Insufficient Physical Activity	9.7% of adults	17.65% of adults	45% lower	Zimbabwe
Electricity Access (%)	36%	62%	42% lower	Zimbabwe
Railway Length	4.8K km	3.4K km	40% higher	Mozambique
Child Mortality	61.7 per 1k births	44.2 per 1k births	40% higher	Mozambique
Women in Parliament (%)	39.2%	28.09%	40% higher	Mozambique
Suicide Rate	10.61 per 100k	17.34 per 100k	39% lower	Zimbabwe
Airports	93	147	37% lower	Zimbabwe
EV Chargers per 100,000 PeopleSource: © OpenStreetMap contributors - Open Database License (ODbL)	0.01 per 100k people	0.01 per 100k people	36% higher	Mozambique
Fertility Rate	4.6 children/woman	3.4 children/woman	34% higher	Mozambique
Road Traffic Death Rate	20.1 per 100k	29.9 per 100k	33% lower	Zimbabwe
Irrigated Land	1.2K km²	1.7K km²	32% lower	Zimbabwe
Health Spending Per Capita	$49.47	$70.66	30% lower	Zimbabwe
High-Tech Exports (%)	3.6%	2.8%	30% higher	Mozambique
Obesity Rate	8.8%	12.43%	29% lower	Zimbabwe
Doctors (per 1,000)	0.18 per 1k	0.14 per 1k	29% higher	Mozambique
Alcohol Consumption	1.9 L/adult/yr	2.7 L/adult/yr	29% lower	Zimbabwe
Birth Rate	36.07 per 1k	28.18 per 1k	28% higher	Mozambique
Agricultural Land (%)	52.79%	41.79%	26% higher	Mozambique
Electricity Use (Per Capita)	397.72 kWh/person	538.8 kWh/person	26% lower	Zimbabwe
Youth Unemployment Rate	11.61% of youth labor force	15.55% of youth labor force	25% lower	Zimbabwe
Freedom of Expression Index	0.52	0.41	25% higher	Mozambique
Elderly Population (%)	2.8%	3.6%	24% lower	Zimbabwe
GDP Growth Rate	2.1%	1.7%	23% higher	Mozambique
Total CO2 Emissions	10.11 Mt CO2e	12.86 Mt CO2e	21% lower	Zimbabwe
Firms with Female Top Manager	21.32% of firms	17.77% of firms	20% higher	Mozambique
Liberal Democracy Index	0.17	0.15	19% higher	Mozambique
Average Weekly Work Hours	37.23 hrs/week	46.16 hrs/week	19% lower	Zimbabwe
Human Development Index	0.49	0.60	18% lower	Zimbabwe
Political Corruption Index	0.69	0.85	18% lower	Zimbabwe
Women in Senior Management	29.08% of managers	34.42% of managers	16% lower	Zimbabwe
Electric Generating Capacity	2.86M kW	2.49M kW	15% higher	Mozambique
Energy Use (Per Capita)	358.64 kg oil eq/person	416.59 kg oil eq/person	14% lower	Zimbabwe
Firms Making Informal Payments	26.88% of firms	31.14% of firms	14% lower	Zimbabwe
Dependency Ratio	89.51% of working-age pop.	80.1% of working-age pop.	12% higher	Mozambique
Infant Mortality	45.4 per 1k births	40.6 per 1k births	12% higher	Mozambique
Informal Employment Share	95.51% of employed people	85% of employed people	12% higher	Mozambique
Firms Hit by Power Outages	58.78% of firms	52.54% of firms	12% higher	Mozambique
Sanitation Access (%)	38.59%	34.64%	11% higher	Mozambique
Spirits Consumption	0.19 L/person/yr	0.21 L/person/yr	10% lower	Zimbabwe
Youth Population (%)	44.48%	40.87%	9% higher	Mozambique
Urban Population (%)	36.43%	39.89%	9% lower	Zimbabwe
Median Age	16.3 years	17.8 years	8% lower	Zimbabwe
Safe Drinking Water (%)	27.54%	25.46%	8% higher	Mozambique
Digital Payments Used	50.51% of adults	46.7% of adults	8% higher	Mozambique
Renewable Energy (%)	76.9%	82.4%	7% lower	Zimbabwe
Hypertension Prevalence	40.7% of adults	43.2% of adults	6% lower	Zimbabwe
Mobile Money Accounts	45.72% of adults	43.33% of adults	6% higher	Mozambique
Highest Elevation	2.4K m	2.6K m	6% lower	Zimbabwe
Corruption Perceptions Index	21 pts	22 pts	5% lower	Zimbabwe
Can Raise Emergency Money	90.21% of adults	86.26% of adults	5% higher	Mozambique
Protected Land (%)	29.5%	28.3%	4% higher	Mozambique
Electoral Democracy Index	0.28	0.27	4% higher	Mozambique
Solar Electricity Share	0.40%	0.39%	3% higher	Mozambique
Air Pollution (PM2.5)	20.08 µg/m³	19.49 µg/m³	3% higher	Mozambique
Government Debt (% GDP)	71.79% of GDP	69.9% of GDP	3% higher	Mozambique
Tobacco Use Prevalence	11% of adults	10.8% of adults	2% higher	Mozambique
Forest Coverage (%)	45.81%	44.74%	2% higher	Mozambique
Population Density	42.77 /km²	42.24 /km²	1% higher	Mozambique
Life Expectancy	63.6 years	62.8 years	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
Women's Political Empowerment	0.72	0.73	equal	Zimbabwe
Coal Electricity Share	0%	42.88%	ranked lower	Zimbabwe
Wind Electricity Share	0%	0%	ranked higher	Mozambique
Nobel Laureates Born per Million People	0 per 1M people	0.06 per 1M people	ranked lower	Zimbabwe
Lowest Elevation	0 m	162 m	ranked lower	Zimbabwe
Current Account Balance (% of GDP)	-14.2% of GDP	4.0% of GDP	ranked lower	Zimbabwe
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

Mozambique leads in 60 of 115 shared metrics, while Zimbabwe leads in 55.

Mozambique's Broadband Access (%) is 100.0x that of Zimbabwe (202 per 100 people vs 2.0 per 100 people).

Mozambique's Education Spending (% GDP) is 14.5x that of Zimbabwe (6.0% of GDP vs 0.38% of GDP).

Mozambique's FDI Inflows (% GDP) is 12.8x that of Zimbabwe (15.43% of GDP vs 1.1% of GDP).

Mozambique's Air Passengers is 6.3x that of Zimbabwe (680.1K vs 92.5K).

Mozambique's Military Spending is 4.7x that of Zimbabwe (2.0% of GDP vs 0.35% of GDP).

Key Comparisons

Broadband Access (%)Mozambique leads

Mozambique

202 per 100 people

Zimbabwe

2.0 per 100 people

Education Spending (% GDP)Mozambique leads

Mozambique

6.0% of GDP

Zimbabwe

0.38% of GDP

FDI Inflows (% GDP)Mozambique leads

Mozambique

15.43% of GDP

Zimbabwe

1.1% of GDP

Air PassengersMozambique leads

Mozambique

680.1K

Zimbabwe

92.5K

Military SpendingMozambique leads

Mozambique

2.0% of GDP

Zimbabwe

0.35% of GDP

Seafood Consumption per PersonMozambique leads

Mozambique

13.46 kg/person/yr

Zimbabwe

2.8 kg/person/yr

Broadband Access (%)

202 per 100 people

2.0 per 100 people

Education Spending (% GDP)

6.0% of GDP

0.38% of GDP

FDI Inflows (% GDP)

15.43% of GDP

1.1% of GDP

Air Passengers

680.1K

92.5K

Military Spending

2.0% of GDP

0.35% of GDP

Seafood Consumption per Person

13.46 kg/person/yr

2.8 kg/person/yr

Credit Card Ownership

4.7% of adults

1.2% of adults

Health Spending (% GDP)

8.8% of GDP

3.6% of GDP

Exports (% GDP)

42.84% of GDP

18.05% of GDP

Electricity Generation

19.56 TWh

8.3 TWh

Imports (% GDP)

52.82% of GDP

23.44% of GDP

Forest Area

360.3K km²

173.1K km²

ATMs per 100,000 Adults

7.7 per 100k

3.7 per 100k

Land Area

786.4K km²

386.9K km²

Capital Elevation

31 m

1.5K m

Population

34.21M

17.47M

Water Stress (%)

1.5%

40.05%

Inflation Rate

4.1%

104.7%

Official Languages Count

1.0

Milk Consumption per Person

4.8 kg/person/yr

31.9 kg/person/yr

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Analysis

Key Comparisons

All Metrics

Broadband Access (%)

Education Spending (% GDP)

FDI Inflows (% GDP)

Air Passengers

Military Spending

Seafood Consumption per Person

Credit Card Ownership

Health Spending (% GDP)

Exports (% GDP)

Electricity Generation

Imports (% GDP)

Forest Area

ATMs per 100,000 Adults

Land Area

Capital Elevation

Population

Water Stress (%)

Inflation Rate

Official Languages Count

Milk Consumption per Person

Armed Forces Personnel

GNI Per Capita

Nurses & Midwives

All-Time Olympic Medals

Tourism Revenue

GDP Per Capita (PPP)

Water Withdrawal

CO2 Per Capita

Vehicles per 1,000 People

All-Time Olympic Gold Medals

Electricity Carbon Intensity

Scientific Publications

Beer Consumption

UNESCO World Heritage Sites

Unemployment Rate

Life Evaluation Score

Teen Birth Rate

Minimum Paid Vacation Days

Food Waste per Person

Firms Asked for Bribes

Border Neighbors

Land Border Length

Meat Consumption per Person

Mobile Subscriptions (%)

Internet Users (%)

Death Rate

GDP (Nominal)

Insufficient Physical Activity

Electricity Access (%)

Railway Length

Child Mortality

Women in Parliament (%)

Suicide Rate

Airports

EV Chargers per 100,000 People

Fertility Rate

Road Traffic Death Rate

Irrigated Land

Health Spending Per Capita

High-Tech Exports (%)

Obesity Rate

Doctors (per 1,000)

Alcohol Consumption

Birth Rate

Agricultural Land (%)

Electricity Use (Per Capita)

Youth Unemployment Rate

Freedom of Expression Index

Elderly Population (%)

GDP Growth Rate

Total CO2 Emissions

Firms with Female Top Manager