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Mozambique

Mozambique's best placing is 18th of 194 for forest.

Best placing: #18Forest
Top 10 placings: 0 / 17
Population: 35.6 million
Land area: 786,380 km²

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Best placings first. The bar shows how far up the ranking Mozambique is.

Forest

#18 of 194

360,265 km² of forest

5th in Africa · World Bank · 2023

Land area

#34 of 194

786,380 km² of land

16th in Africa · World Bank · 2023

Forest per person

#40 of 194

0.0101 km² of forest per person

World Bank · 2023

Population

#46 of 195

35,631,653 people

13th in Africa · World Bank · 2025

Forest by area

#54 of 194

45.8 % of land area covered by forest

World Bank · 2023

Land area per person

#55 of 194

0.022 km² of land per person

World Bank · 2023

Railways

#40 of 135

4,787 km of railway

4th in Africa · Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) · 2014

Coastline

#46 of 151

2,470 km of coastline

5th in Africa · Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)

Airports

#59 of 193

92 airports

12th in Africa · Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) · 2025

Rainfall

#90 of 179

1,032 mm of precipitation per year

25th in Africa · World Bank · 2022

Railways per person

#73 of 134

134.35 km of railway per million people

Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) · 2014

Railways by area

#79 of 133

6.09 km of railway per 1,000 km²

Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) · 2014

GDP

#122 of 182

22,337,997,046 US$ (current prices)

25th in Africa · World Bank · 2025

Airports per person

#130 of 192

2.58 airports per million people

Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) · 2025

Population by area

#140 of 194

45.31 people per km²

World Bank · 2025

Airports by area

#151 of 191

1.17 airports per 10,000 km²

Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) · 2025

GDP per person

#179 of 182

627 GDP per person (US$)

World Bank · 2025

Mozambique

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