Mozambique's GDP per capita (constant LCU) was 30,813 in 2025, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is down 4.08% from 32,122 in 2015 (0.42% a year on average, compounded).
Key figures
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | 30,813 | 2025 |
| Five years earlier | 31,135 | 2020 |
| Ten years earlier | 32,122 | 2015 |
| Highest | 32,680 | 2018 |
| Lowest | 8,933 | 1986 |
| Average since 2016 | 31,859 | 2016–2025 |
| First recorded | 13,235 | 1980 |
What the numbers say
In 2025, Mozambique's GDP per capita (constant LCU) fell 1,056 on 2024 (from 31,870 to 30,813).
Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1995 to 2024), the average change was +675.68 and a typical year strayed about 699.64 from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 2.5 standard deviations below that average, so it was unusually large compared with the rest of the record.
On record, the biggest yearly rise was 1,568 in 2001 and the biggest yearly fall was 2,163 in 1983. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.
From 2016 to 2025 the straight-line trend is downward, about 167.04 a year. A straight line explains 47% of the movement over 10 observed years.
Worked out from the yearly values above. How the checks work: standard deviation, z-scores and straight-line trends.
How it compares
In 2025, Mozambique had the 124th highest value of the 186 economies reporting that year. Higher is not always better: for some indicators the lowest value is the one to aim for. See the full ranking.
Closest to Mozambique in the 2025 ranking
- Puerto Rico (US) — 120th of 186: 32,612
- Nicaragua — 121st of 186: 31,631
- Cyprus — 122nd of 186: 31,076
- Gambia, The — 124th of 186: 28,942
- Dominica — 125th of 186: 28,614
- Spain — 126th of 186: 28,299
What this measures
Gross domestic product is the total income earned through the production of goods and services in an economic territory during an accounting period. It can be measured in three different ways: using either the expenditure approach, the income approach, or the production approach. The core indicator has been divided by the general population to achieve a per capita estimate.This indicator is expressed in constant prices, meaning the series has been adjusted to account for price changes over time. The reference year for this adjustment varies by country. This series is expressed in local currency units.
All 46 values
| Year | GDP per capita (constant LCU) |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 30,813 |
| 2024 | 31,870 |
| 2023 | 32,124 |
| 2022 | 31,361 |
| 2021 | 30,947 |
| 2020 | 31,135 |
| 2019 | 32,468 |
| 2018 | 32,680 |
| 2017 | 32,535 |
| 2016 | 32,660 |
| 2015 |
GDP per capita (constant LCU) in nearby economies
- Angola — 431,776 (2025)
- Benin — 826,368 (2025)
- Botswana — 76,974 (2025)
- Burkina Faso — 465,264 (2025)
- Burundi — 173,562 (2025)
- Cabo Verde — 466,711 (2025)
- Cameroon — 886,421 (2025)
- Central African Republic — 151,419 (2025)
- Chad — 493,018 (2025)
- Comoros — 545,354 (2025)
- Congo, Dem. Rep. — 164,071 (2025)
More economic policy & debt data for Mozambique
- Net official development assistance and official aid received (current US$) — US$2.93 billion (2023)
- Net official development assistance and official aid received (constant 2023 US$) — US$2.93 billion (2023)
- Net official development assistance received (current US$) — US$2.93 billion (2023)
- Net official development assistance received (constant 2023 US$) — US$2.93 billion (2023)
- Net ODA received per capita (current US$) — US$87.03 (2023)
- Grants, excluding technical cooperation (BoP, current US$) — US$2.78 billion (2023)
- Net bilateral aid flows from DAC donors, Total (current US$) — US$1.44 billion (2023)
- Technical cooperation grants (BoP, current US$)
Reading data like this
Questions people ask
- What is Mozambique's GDP per capita (constant LCU)?
- 30,813 in 2025, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).
- How has it changed since 1980?
- It is up 132.81% from 13,235 in 1980 (1.9% a year on average, compounded). The highest value was 32,680 in 2018 and the lowest 8,933 in 1986.
- How does Mozambique rank?
- 124th highest of 186 economies with data for 2025.
- Is the latest change in GDP per capita (constant LCU) unusual for Mozambique?
- In 2025, Mozambique's GDP per capita (constant LCU) fell 1,056 on 2024 (from 31,870 to 30,813). Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1995 to 2024), the average change was +675.68 and a typical year strayed about 699.64 from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 2.5 standard deviations below that average, so it was unusually large compared with the rest of the record.
Source
World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator NY.GDP.PCAP.KN, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: Country official statistics, National Statistical Organizations and/or Central Banks; National Accounts data files, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD); Staff estimates, World Bank (WB) Figures are fetched from the World Bank API and refreshed monthly; see the series on data.worldbank.org. The full definition and method are in the World Bank's metadata glossary. Comparisons use the same World Bank release.
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