Mozambique     [151]
(Independent in 1975 from Portugal)
ISO COUNTRY CODE: MZ
LAND AREA: 789800 sq. km
NUMBER OF ISLANDS BY SIZE (sq. km):

>17,000	>10,000	>1,000	>100	>10	>1	<1	Unknown	TOTAL
0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

DEMOGRAPHY
  POPULATION: 17796000 (1996)
  DENSITY: 23 persons/sq. km    GROWTH RATE: 3%/year
  POP AGR/FISH/MINING: 83%
  URBAN POP: 33% (1994), versus 4% (1960), Annual Growth: 7.4%
  LIFE EXPECTANCY: 46.0 years,  ADULT LITERACY: 39.5%
  INFANT MORTALITY: 116 per/1000 (1994), versus 190 (1960)
  HUMAN DEVELOPMENT INDEX: 0.281

ECONOMY
  GNP: US$1.3 billion
  GDP/Capita: $133  GDP/Capita PPP: $986
  GDP/Capita: 1960 $0, 1970 $0, 1980 $129, 1990 $111
  OVERSEAS DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE: $1102 million  ODA%GNP: 90.4%
  ODA/Capita: $66

ENVIRONMENT (see also individual islands)
  TOTAL FOREST AREA: 16862,000 ha, 21.5% of land area, 1.1 ha/capita
  NATURAL FOREST AREA: 16834,000 ha
  ARABLE LAND: 3.7% of land area
NATURE CONSERVATION INTEREST:

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
  ELECTRICITY CONSUMPTION: 52 kw-hr/capita, versus 68 kw-hr/cap (1970)
  TRADITIONAL FUEL CONSUMPTION: 91% (1993), versus 71% (1973)
  INTERNAL RENEWABLE WATER RESOURCES: 13.0,000 cu.m/cap/year
  SEAFOOD CONSUMPTION (1990-92): 3 kg/cap/year

INSTITUTIONS
GOVERNMENT ENVIRONMENT/SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY: