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Mozambique Unemployment Rate

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Mozambique's Unemployment Rate increased to 3.24 % in Dec 2020, from the previously reported number of 3.24 % in Dec 2019. Mozambique's Unemployment Rate is updated yearly, available from Dec 1991 to Dec 2020, with an average rate of 2.99 %. The data reached an all-time high of 3.43 % in Dec 2015 and a record low of 2.59 % in Dec 1991. The data is reported by reported by CEIC Data.

In the latest reports, Mozambique's Population reached 28.57 million people in Dec 2019. The country's Labour Force Participation Rate dropped to 77.95 % in Dec 2020.

What was Mozambique's Unemployment Rate in 2020?

Last	Previous	Min	Max	Unit	Frequency	Range
3.24 % 2020 yearly 1991 - 2020	3.24 % 2019 yearly 1991 - 2020	2.59 1991	3.43 2015	%	yearly	1991 - 2020 Updated on 16 Sep 2020

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Country/Region	Last	Frequency	Range
Albania (%)	11.90 Jun 2020	quarterly	Mar 2012 - Jun 2020
Algeria (%)	11.70 Sep 2017	quarterly	Jun 2014 - Sep 2017
Argentina (%)	13.10 Jun 2020	quarterly	Dec 2002 - Jun 2020
Armenia (%)	17.50 Jun 2020	quarterly	Mar 2008 - Jun 2020
Australia (%)	6.94 Sep 2020	monthly	Feb 1978 - Sep 2020
Austria (%)	5.52 Sep 2020	monthly	Jan 1993 - Sep 2020
Azerbaijan (%)	6.46 Jun 2020	quarterly	Mar 2008 - Jun 2020
Bahrain (%)	4.30 2016	yearly	1991 - 2016
Bangladesh (%)	4.15 2020	yearly	1991 - 2020
Belarus (%)	0.20 Oct 2020	monthly	Oct 2004 - Oct 2020
Belgium (%)	5.10 Aug 2020	monthly	Jan 1983 - Aug 2020
Bolivia (%)	3.40 2017	yearly	1999 - 2017
Bosnia and Herzegovina (%)	15.70 2019	yearly	2006 - 2019
Botswana (%)	18.72 2020	yearly	1991 - 2020
Brazil (%)	14.40 Aug 2020	monthly	Mar 2012 - Aug 2020
Brunei (%)	9.04 2020	yearly	1991 - 2020
Bulgaria (%)	4.80 Sep 2020	quarterly	Mar 2000 - Sep 2020
Cambodia (%)	0.10 2017	yearly	2007 - 2017
Canada (%)	9.00 Sep 2020	monthly	Jan 1976 - Sep 2020
Chile (%)	12.30 Sep 2020	monthly	Mar 2009 - Sep 2020
China (%)	4.19 Sep 2020	quarterly	Dec 1999 - Sep 2020
Colombia (%)	15.77 Sep 2020	monthly	Jan 2001 - Sep 2020
Croatia (%)	6.40 Jun 2020	quarterly	Mar 2000 - Jun 2020
Cyprus (%)	7.40 Aug 2020	monthly	Jan 2000 - Aug 2020
Czech Republic (%)	2.75 Aug 2020	monthly	Jan 1993 - Aug 2020
Denmark (%)	6.10 Aug 2020	monthly	Jan 2007 - Aug 2020
Ecuador (%)	6.64 Sep 2020	quarterly	Dec 2013 - Sep 2020
Egypt (%)	7.30 Sep 2020	quarterly	Mar 2003 - Sep 2020
Estonia (%)	7.10 Jun 2020	quarterly	Mar 1989 - Jun 2020
European Union (%)	6.20 Jan 2020	monthly	Jan 2000 - Jan 2020
Finland (%)	8.30 Oct 2020	monthly	Jan 1988 - Oct 2020
France (%)	9.00 Sep 2020	quarterly	Mar 1975 - Sep 2020
Georgia (%)	11.57 2019	yearly	1991 - 2019
Germany (%)	4.50 Sep 2020	monthly	Jan 1991 - Sep 2020
Ghana (%)	4.51 2020	yearly	1991 - 2020
Greece (%)	16.80 Aug 2020	monthly	Apr 1998 - Aug 2020
Hong Kong SAR, China (%)	6.40 Sep 2020	monthly	Oct 1981 - Sep 2020
Hungary (%)	4.60 Aug 2020	monthly	Jan 2000 - Aug 2020
Iceland (%)	5.60 Sep 2020	monthly	Jan 2003 - Sep 2020
India (%)	5.40 2020	yearly	1991 - 2020
Indonesia (%)	5.28 2019	yearly	1984 - 2019
Iran (%)	10.60 Mar 2020	quarterly	Jun 2001 - Mar 2020
Ireland (%)	5.40 Sep 2020	monthly	Jan 1998 - Sep 2020
Israel (%)	4.69 Sep 2020	monthly	Jan 2012 - Sep 2020
Italy (%)	9.61 Sep 2020	monthly	Jan 1983 - Sep 2020
Ivory Coast (%)	3.42 2020	yearly	1991 - 2020
Japan (%)	3.00 Sep 2020	monthly	Jan 1953 - Sep 2020
Jordan (%)	23.00 May 2020	quarterly	Feb 2000 - May 2020
Kazakhstan (%)	5.00 Jul 2020	monthly	Jan 2001 - Jul 2020
Kenya (%)	2.65 2020	yearly	1991 - 2020
South Korea (%)	4.20 Oct 2020	monthly	Jun 1999 - Oct 2020
Kosovo (%)	29.10 Mar 2020	quarterly	Mar 2016 - Mar 2020
Kuwait (%)	2.09 2018	yearly	1999 - 2018
Kyrgyzstan (%)	6.20 2018	yearly	1992 - 2018
Laos (%)	0.60 2020	yearly	1991 - 2020
Latvia (%)	8.40 Sep 2020	monthly	Jan 1998 - Sep 2020
Lebanon (%)	11.35 2018	yearly	2004 - 2018
Lithuania (%)	9.80 Sep 2020	monthly	Jan 1998 - Sep 2020
Luxembourg (%)	6.35 Sep 2020	monthly	Jan 1995 - Sep 2020
Macau SAR, China (%)	2.90 Sep 2020	monthly	Sep 1996 - Sep 2020
North Macedonia (%)	16.70 Jun 2020	quarterly	Mar 2004 - Jun 2020
Malawi (%)	6.60 2013	yearly	2005 - 2013
Malaysia (%)	5.40 May 2020	monthly	Jan 2016 - May 2020
Malta (%)	4.40 Jun 2020	quarterly	Dec 2000 - Jun 2020
Mauritius (%)	7.10 Mar 2020	quarterly	Mar 2004 - Mar 2020
Mexico (%)	3.26 Mar 2020	monthly	Jan 2005 - Mar 2020
Moldova (%)	4.22 Jun 2020	quarterly	Mar 1999 - Jun 2020
Mongolia (%)	7.30 Sep 2020	quarterly	Sep 2006 - Sep 2020
Montenegro (%)	15.20 Jun 2020	quarterly	Mar 2008 - Jun 2020
Morocco (%)	12.70 Sep 2020	quarterly	Mar 1999 - Sep 2020
Mozambique (%)	3.24 2020	yearly	1991 - 2020
Myanmar (%)	1.71 2020	yearly	1991 - 2020
Nepal (%)	1.47 2020	yearly	1991 - 2020
Netherlands (%)	3.80 Mar 2020	monthly	Jan 2003 - Mar 2020
New Zealand (%)	5.30 Sep 2020	quarterly	Mar 1986 - Sep 2020
Nigeria (%)	27.11 Jun 2020	quarterly	Mar 2012 - Jun 2020
Norway (%)	5.30 Aug 2020	monthly	Jan 1989 - Aug 2020
Oman (%)	2.90 Sep 2020	monthly	Mar 2018 - Sep 2020
Pakistan (%)	5.79 2018	yearly	1980 - 2018
Palestinian Territory (%)	28.50 Sep 2020	quarterly	Mar 1998 - Sep 2020
Panama (%)	7.10 2019	yearly	2003 - 2019
Paraguay (%)	7.58 Jun 2020	quarterly	Mar 2017 - Jun 2020
Peru (%)	16.53 Sep 2020	monthly	Mar 2001 - Sep 2020
Philippines (%)	10.00 Jul 2020	quarterly	Jul 1982 - Jul 2020
Poland (%)	6.10 Sep 2020	monthly	Jan 1990 - Sep 2020
Portugal (%)	7.70 Sep 2020	monthly	Feb 1998 - Sep 2020
Qatar (%)	0.10 2018	yearly	1997 - 2018
Romania (%)	5.20 Sep 2020	monthly	Jan 1997 - Sep 2020
Russia (%)	6.17 Jun 2020	monthly	Jan 1994 - Jun 2020
Saudi Arabia (%)	8.98 Jun 2020	quarterly	Mar 2012 - Jun 2020
Serbia (%)	7.30 Jun 2020	quarterly	Mar 2014 - Jun 2020
Singapore (%)	3.60 Sep 2020	quarterly	Mar 1987 - Sep 2020
Slovakia (%)	7.43 Sep 2020	monthly	Jan 2006 - Sep 2020
Slovenia (%)	5.20 Jun 2020	quarterly	Jun 1997 - Jun 2020
South Africa (%)	30.80 Sep 2020	quarterly	Mar 2008 - Sep 2020
Spain (%)	16.26 Sep 2020	quarterly	Sep 1976 - Sep 2020
Sri Lanka (%)	5.40 Jun 2020	quarterly	Jun 2012 - Jun 2020
Sudan (%)	20.30 2010	yearly	1993 - 2010
Sweden (%)	9.16 Sep 2020	monthly	Jan 1983 - Sep 2020
Switzerland (%)	5.31 Sep 2020	monthly	Jan 1991 - Sep 2020
Syria (%)	14.90 2011	yearly	2000 - 2011
Taiwan (%)	3.77 Oct 2020	monthly	Apr 1993 - Oct 2020
Tajikistan (%)	2.30 Apr 2018	monthly	Jan 2000 - Apr 2018
Thailand (%)	2.10 Oct 2020	monthly	Jan 2001 - Oct 2020
Tunisia (%)	16.20 Sep 2020	quarterly	Jun 2011 - Sep 2020
Turkey (%)	13.20 Aug 2020	monthly	Jan 2005 - Aug 2020
Ukraine (%)	9.80 Jun 2020	quarterly	Mar 1999 - Jun 2020
United Arab Emirates (%)	2.23 2019	yearly	1995 - 2019
United Kingdom (%)	4.76 Aug 2020	monthly	Feb 1971 - Aug 2020
United States (%)	6.90 Oct 2020	monthly	Jan 1948 - Oct 2020
Uruguay (%)	11.00 Sep 2020	monthly	Jan 2006 - Sep 2020
Uzbekistan (%)	9.30 2018	yearly	2000 - 2018
Venezuela (%)	6.35 Dec 2018	monthly	Jan 1999 - Dec 2018
Vietnam (%)	2.50 Sep 2020	quarterly	Mar 2011 - Sep 2020
Yemen (%)	13.50 2014	yearly	1994 - 2014
Zambia (%)	11.41 2020	yearly	1991 - 2020

Mozambique Key Series

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Transport and Telecommunications

National Accounts	Last	Frequency	Range
Nominal GDP (USD mn)	15,303.3 2019	yearly	1970 - 2019
Real GDP Growth (%)	2.0 Dec 2018	quarterly	Jun 2007 - Dec 2018
Nominal GDP Growth (%)	6.836 2019	yearly	1971 - 2019
GDP per Capita (USD)	368.380 2019	yearly	1991 - 2019
GDP Deflator Growth (%)	3.0 2018	yearly	1992 - 2018
Private Consumption Expenditure (USD mn)	10,212.158 2019	yearly	1970 - 2019
Private Consumption: % of GDP (%)	66.7 2019	yearly	1970 - 2019
Public Consumption Expenditure (USD mn)	3,316.457 2019	yearly	1970 - 2019
Public Consumption: % of GDP (%)	21.7 2019	yearly	1970 - 2019
Investment: % of GDP (%)	71.7 2018	yearly	1991 - 2018
Gross Fixed Capital Formation (USD mn)	7,058.058 2019	yearly	1970 - 2019
Gross National Product (GNP) (USD mn)	14,573.199 2019	yearly	1991 - 2019
Gross Savings Rate (%)	11.6 2019	yearly	1970 - 2019
Forecast: GDP PPP Per Capita (PPP Intl $)	1,770.749 2025	yearly	1980 - 2025
Forecast: Nominal GDP Per Capita (USD)	607.413 2025	yearly	1980 - 2025
Forecast: Real GDP Growth (%)	11.212 2025	yearly	1980 - 2025
Total Trade of Goods & Services: % of Nominal GDP (%)	116.547 2019	yearly	1991 - 2019

Production	Last	Frequency	Range
Industrial Production Index Growth (%)	-13.6 Jun 2020	monthly	Jun 2012 - Jun 2020
Minerals Production (Metric Ton)	20,774,121.000 2018	yearly	2009 - 2018
Gold Production (kg)	2,394.000 2017	yearly	1990 - 2017

Government and Public Finance	Last	Frequency	Range
Consolidated Fiscal Balance: % of GDP (%)	-2.7 2016	yearly	1996 - 2016
Consolidated Fiscal Balance (USD mn)	388.757 Dec 2016	quarterly	Mar 2002 - Dec 2016
Tax Revenue (USD mn)	543.980 Dec 2016	quarterly	Mar 2002 - Dec 2016
Tax Revenue: % of GDP (%)	18.4 2016	yearly	1996 - 2016
Forecast: Government Expenditure (MZM bn)	478.110 2025	yearly	1980 - 2025
Forecast: Government Net Debt (MZM bn)	1,780.539 2025	yearly	1999 - 2025
Forecast: Government Revenue (MZM bn)	464.318 2025	yearly	1980 - 2025

Demographic and Labour Market	Last	Frequency	Range
Population (Person mn)	28.6 2019	yearly	1950 - 2019
Labour Force Participation Rate (%)	77.9 2020	yearly	1990 - 2020
Unemployment Rate (%)	3.24 2020	yearly	1991 - 2020
Labour Productivity Growth (%)	-1.03 2019	yearly	1992 - 2019
Forecast: Population (Person mn)	36.462 2025	yearly	1980 - 2025
Forecast: Employment (Person mn)	0.000	yearly	-
Forecast: Unemployment Rate (%)	0.000	yearly	-

Domestic Trade and Household Survey	Last	Frequency	Range
Number of Registered Vehicles (Unit)	706,323 2018	yearly	2009 - 2018

Inflation	Last	Frequency	Range
Consumer Price Index CPI Growth (%)	3.0 Sep 2020	monthly	Dec 1996 - Sep 2020
CPI: Food and Non Alcoholic Beverage Change (%)	7.618 Sep 2020	quarterly	Mar 2017 - Sep 2020
Producer Price Index Growth (%)	3.7 Jun 2020	monthly	Jun 2012 - Jun 2020
Forecast: Consumer Price Index Growth (%)	5.500 2025	yearly	1980 - 2025

Foreign Trade	Last	Frequency	Range
Forecast: Exports of Goods Growth (%)	23.306 2025	yearly	1980 - 2025
Trade Balance (USD mn)	-195.3 Jun 2020	monthly	Jan 2011 - Jun 2020
Total Exports (USD mn)	238.0 Jun 2020	monthly	Jan 2011 - Jun 2020
Total Exports Growth (%)	-30.6 Jun 2020	monthly	Jan 2012 - Jun 2020
Aluminum: Exports (USD th)	1,020,575.156 2019	yearly	1995 - 2019
Exports: Medicament (USD th)	100.141 2019	yearly	1995 - 2019
Exports: Medicinal and Pharmaceutical Product (USD th)	163.132 2019	yearly	1995 - 2019
Total Imports (USD mn)	1,269.0 Jun 2020	quarterly	Mar 2011 - Jun 2020
Total Imports Growth (%)	0.7 Jun 2020	monthly	Jan 2012 - Jun 2020
Imports: Medicament (USD th)	129,471.231 2019	yearly	1995 - 2019
Imports: Medicinal and Pharmaceutical Product (USD th)	39,934.939 2019	yearly	1995 - 2019
Total Exports to USA (USD mn)	2.228 Jul 2020	monthly	Dec 2006 - Jul 2020
Total Imports from USA (USD mn)	7.295 Aug 2020	monthly	Jun 1996 - Aug 2020
Total Exports to China (USD mn)	239.536 2018	yearly	2000 - 2018
Total Imports from China (USD mn)	799.466 2018	yearly	2000 - 2018

Balance of Payments	Last	Frequency	Range
Direct Investment Abroad (USD mn)	14.3 Sep 2020	quarterly	Mar 1996 - Sep 2020
Current Account Balance (USD mn)	-1,384.4 Sep 2020	quarterly	Mar 1996 - Sep 2020
Current Account Balance: % of GDP (%)	-19.8 2019	yearly	1980 - 2019
Foreign Direct Investment (USD mn)	800.4 Sep 2020	quarterly	Mar 1996 - Sep 2020
Foreign Direct Investment: % of GDP (%)	14.3 2019	yearly	1986 - 2019
Foreign Portfolio Investment: Equity Securities (USD mn)	0.0 Sep 2020	quarterly	Mar 1996 - Sep 2020
Foreign Portfolio Investment: % of GDP (%)	0.1 2019	yearly	1980 - 2019
Foreign Portfolio Investment (USD mn)	6.983 Sep 2020	quarterly	Mar 1996 - Sep 2020
Foreign Portfolio Investment: Debt Securities (USD mn)	6.983 Sep 2020	quarterly	Mar 1996 - Sep 2020
External Debt (USD mn)	9,486.1 2017	yearly	1985 - 2017
External Debt: % of GDP (%)	71.8 2017	yearly	1985 - 2017
External Debt: Short Term (USD mn)	1,647.4 2019	yearly	1984 - 2019
External Debt: Short Term: % of GDP (%)	10.8 2019	yearly	1970 - 2019
Forecast: Current Account Balance (USD bn)	-6.144 2025	yearly	1980 - 2025
Net International Investment Position (USD mn)	-57,433.822 2019	yearly	2005 - 2019

Monetary	Last	Frequency	Range
Money Supply M2 (USD mn)	7,272.017 Jul 2020	monthly	Dec 2001 - Jul 2020
M2 Growth (%)	15.9 Jul 2020	monthly	Dec 2002 - Jul 2020
Reserve Requirement Ratio (%)	11.5 Jul 2020	monthly	Aug 2011 - Jul 2020
Foreign Exchange Reserves (USD mn)	3,782.9 Jul 2020	monthly	Mar 1984 - Jul 2020
Foreign Exchange Reserves: % of GDP (%)	23.994 2019	yearly	1984 - 2019
Foreign Exchange Reserves: Months of Import (NA)	7.6 Sep 2020	monthly	Jan 2011 - Sep 2020
Total Deposits Growth (%)	14.4 May 2020	monthly	Jan 2008 - May 2020
Total Deposits (USD mn)	6,541.988 May 2020	monthly	Jan 2007 - May 2020
Domestic Credit (USD mn)	4,575.5 Sep 2020	monthly	Dec 2001 - Sep 2020
Domestic Credit Growth (%)	14.3 Sep 2020	monthly	Dec 2002 - Sep 2020
Total Loans (USD mn)	3,304.548 Jul 2020	monthly	Nov 2002 - Jul 2020
Total Loans Growth (%)	4.36 Jul 2020	monthly	Nov 2003 - Jul 2020
Private Debt: % of Nominal GDP (%)	22.68 2019	yearly	2001 - 2019

Interest and Foreign Exchange Rates	Last	Frequency	Range
Bank Lending Rate (% pa)	15.900 Nov 2020	monthly	Aug 1997 - Nov 2020
Exchange Rate against USD (MZN/USD)	71.900 Sep 2020	monthly	Jan 1957 - Sep 2020
Short Term Interest Rate (% pa)	8.25 Sep 2020	monthly	Nov 2005 - Sep 2020

Energy	Last	Frequency	Range
Electricity Production (GWh)	593 2018	yearly	2006 - 2018
Natural Gas Production: OPEC: Marketed Production (Cub m mn)	4,890.000 2012	yearly	2005 - 2012
Natural Gas: Exports (Cub m mn)	3,600.000 2012	yearly	2004 - 2012
Crude Oil: Production (%)	-13.608 Jun 2020	monthly	Jun 2012 - Jun 2020

Tourism	Last	Frequency	Range
Tourism Revenue Growth (%)	101.8 2018	yearly	1997 - 2018

Business and Economic Survey	Last	Frequency	Range
Business Confidence: Net Balance (% Point)	-16.4 Sep 2020	monthly	Jan 2004 - Sep 2020
Business Confidence Growth (% Point)	-3.4 Sep 2020	monthly	Jan 2005 - Sep 2020

Financial Market	Last	Frequency	Range
Market Capitalization: % of GDP (%)	10.7 2019	yearly	1999 - 2019
Market Capitalization (USD mn)	1,415.250 Sep 2020	monthly	Oct 1999 - Sep 2020

Transport and Telecommunications	Last	Frequency	Range
Motor Vehicle Registered (Unit th)	400.000 2015	yearly	2005 - 2015
Container Port Throughput (TEU)	427,300.000 2019	yearly	2008 - 2019
Liner Shipping Connectivity Index (2004=100)	10.470 2018	yearly	2004 - 2018
Number of Subscriber Fixed Line (Unit)	63,006.000 2018	yearly	1960 - 2018
Number of Subscriber Mobile (Person)	14,074,248.000 2018	yearly	1960 - 2018
Teledensity: Fixed Line (Number)	0.214 2018	yearly	1960 - 2018
Teledensity: Mobile (Number)	47.716 2018	yearly	1960 - 2018
Exports: ICT Goods (USD th)	24,028.657 2018	yearly	2000 - 2018
Exports: Telecommunication Equipment (USD th)	5,171.304 2019	yearly	1995 - 2019
Exports: Television (USD th)	105.609 2019	yearly	1995 - 2019
Imports: ICT Goods (USD th)	185,772.038 2018	yearly	2000 - 2018
Imports: Telecommunication Equipment (USD th)	67,434.161 2019	yearly	1995 - 2019
Imports: Television (USD th)	20,872.720 2019	yearly	1995 - 2019

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