Mozambique — GDP per capita
GDP per Capita (Nominal) for Mozambique, 1991–2025.
GDP per capita for Mozambique was 627 in 2025, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 35 years, from 1991 to 2025. The highest recorded value was 697 in 2014. The lowest was 192 in 1995 (about 3.3× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to 2.31% per year.
Mozambique ranks 208 of 212 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 98%. The median for Sub-Saharan Africa is 1,319, so Mozambique sits below it. It peaked in 2014 and has fallen 10% since. Over the last decade (2015–2025) the figure moved up 3%. Within Sub-Saharan Africa it ranks 44 of 47 economies; Madagascar (599) is just below it. Its sharpest one-year move was down 29% in 1992. That is 15% above this series' own ten-year average.
Data highlights
From its 1991 level: doubled by 2008. Doubling roughly every 30 years at that pace.
World ranking. Slipped: 174th of 193 in 1991 → 181st of 204 in 2000 → 204th of 212 in 2010 → 208th of 210 in 2020 → 183rd of 186 in 2025.
Key figures
Full history — 1991 to 2025
| Year | current US$ | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 626.91 | -4.6% |
| 2024 | 656.98 | +5.6% |
| 2023 | 622.19 | +7.6% |
| 2022 | 578.27 | +13.4% |
| 2021 | 509.91 | +10.3% |
| 2020 | 462.43 | -10.9% |
| 2019 | 519.09 | +0.3% |
| 2018 | 517.51 | +9.9% |
| 2017 | 470.94 | +6.7% |
| 2016 | 441.49 | -27.7% |
| 2015 | 610.56 | -12.4% |
| 2014 | 697.14 | +1.5% |
| 2013 | 686.51 | +0.1% |
| 2012 | 685.69 | +10.9% |
| 2011 | 618.18 | +24.6% |
| 2010 | 496.19 | -9.4% |
| 2009 | 547.7 | -7.5% |
| 2008 | 592.16 | +16.6% |
| 2007 | 507.87 | +11.0% |
| 2006 | 457.49 | +4.7% |
| 2005 | 436.77 | +9.2% |
| 2004 | 400.06 | +17.8% |
| 2003 | 339.49 | +8.2% |
| 2002 | 313.89 | +3.0% |
| 2001 | 304.79 | -6.8% |
| 2000 | 327.13 | -7.7% |
| 1999 | 354.41 | +10.7% |
| 1998 | 320.13 | +11.3% |
| 1997 | 287.53 | +17.7% |
| 1996 | 244.36 | +27.4% |
| 1995 | 191.83 | -2.5% |
| 1994 | 196.76 | -4.1% |
| 1993 | 205.19 | -0.2% |
| 1992 | 205.59 | -28.8% |
| 1991 | 288.71 | — |
Frequently asked questions
What was Mozambique’s GDP per capita in 1992?
205.59 (1992). The full year-by-year table above lists every published year, most recent first.
Are Mozambique’s GDP per capita figures nominal or inflation-adjusted?
They are exactly as the World Bank publishes them — current US$ — with no inflation restatement and no PPP conversion. Years the source does not report are omitted rather than interpolated.
Is Mozambique’s GDP per capita growing or shrinking?
Between 1991 and 2025 the series was growing overall: +117.1% in total — about 2.3% a year compounded.
Where does this data come from?
World Bank Open Data (CC BY-4.0), indicator NY.GDP.PCAP.CD. Values are reproduced as published; this page only computes summary statistics such as change, CAGR and extremes.
What are the most recent published figures?
The last five published years: 2025: 626.91; 2024: 656.98; 2023: 622.19; 2022: 578.27; 2021: 509.91. Earlier years are in the full-history table below.
Related data
NY.GDP.PCAP.CD — GDP per Capita (Nominal). Data licensed under CC BY 4.0. Values are reproduced as published; this page computes the summary statistics (change, CAGR, extremes) from the underlying annual series. View the original dataset on data.worldbank.org.