Southern Africa
Mozambique
EU Compliance · Geopolitical Risk · Sourcing Attractiveness
Market-entry intelligence →Why these scores
EU Compliance, by dimension
1 = lowest risk · methodology & sources
Geopolitical Risk, by dimension
1 = lowest risk · methodology & sources
Attractiveness, by dimension
9 = most attractive · methodology & sources
Analyst scores, last reviewed June 2026; each dimension's sources and cadence are on its methodology page.
Data layers
The EU is Mozambique's #3 import source (world lens). Mozambique is the EU's #89 goods supplier.
Mozambique on the world stage
Total imports
$9.2bn
2024 annual
Total exports
$8.2bn
209 partners
#1 import source
South Africa
25.0%
#1 export dest.
India
17.9%
2024 annual, UN Comtrade (HS TOTAL, all partners). Line colour: coverage (exports/imports per partner).
Mozambique and the EU
EU imports from
€2.0bn
0.1% of extra-EU
EU exports to
€785m
0.0% of extra-EU
EU supplier rank
EU's #89 supplier
EU trade balance
one-sided
coverage 0.39
2025 annual totals, Eurostat COMEXT. EU trade board →
Electricity & grid
National sources · carbon from Ember
Industrial
122
EUR/MWh
Consumer
54
EUR/MWh, all-in
Grid carbon
128
gCO₂e/kWh
Renewables
84%
of generation
regulated market
Power market
● Export-revenue + dam debtMarket model
State monopoly (EDM) with independent export entity
Direct PPA
None
grid access: closed
Reserve margin
–
Regulator
Not independent
ARENE (Autoridade Reguladora de Energia)
Cahora Bassa dam (2075 MW) exports ~65% of output to Eskom (South Africa) under long-term contracts. Revenue flows to export, while domestic electrification is only ~35%. HCB operates largely independently of the…
Tracked infrastructure
2 gas plants
246 MW · 1 building
0 wind farms
capacity n/a · 1 building
2 solar farms
81 MW
1 hydro plants
2.1 GW
3 coal mines
capacity n/a
Operating assets tracked by Global Energy Monitor (CC BY 4.0); counts are tracked facilities, not exhaustive totals. Energy overview →
Metal mining
Tagged mines
4
none in the merged layer
Acid-drainage prone
0
high water-risk ore class
Main commodities
Other mine
Mine-water verifiability
Blind spot
graphite and heavy-sands mining
Water risk is inferred from the ore class, not site measurements. Global mines: full layer →
Demographics
UN World Population Prospects 2024 · medium variant
Median age
16.4
→ 21.6 by 2050
Fertility
4.69
above replacement
Working-age
52.8%
aged 15–64
Old-age dep.
5.2
→ 5.7 by 2050
Median age 1990–2050
Population 34.6M · still growing past 2100
By 2050: +84% (63.5M)