Mozambique Social: Poverty and Inequality

MZ: Multidimensional Poverty Headcount Ratio: % of total population

2014 - 2014 | Yearly | % | World Bank

MZ: Multidimensional Poverty Headcount Ratio: % of total population data was reported at 53.000 % in 2014. MZ: Multidimensional Poverty Headcount Ratio: % of total population data is updated yearly, averaging 53.000 % from Dec 2014 (Median) to 2014, with 1 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 53.000 % in 2014 and a record low of 53.000 % in 2014. MZ: Multidimensional Poverty Headcount Ratio: % of total population data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Mozambique – Table MZ.World Bank.WDI: Social: Poverty and Inequality. ;Government statistical agencies. Data for EU countires are from the EUROSTAT;;

Last Frequency Range
53.000 2014 yearly 2014 - 2014

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MZ: Multidimensional Poverty Index: scale 0-1

2014 - 2014 | Yearly | NA | World Bank

MZ: Multidimensional Poverty Index: scale 0-1 data was reported at 0.310 NA in 2014. MZ: Multidimensional Poverty Index: scale 0-1 data is updated yearly, averaging 0.310 NA from Dec 2014 (Median) to 2014, with 1 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 0.310 NA in 2014 and a record low of 0.310 NA in 2014. MZ: Multidimensional Poverty Index: scale 0-1 data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Mozambique – Table MZ.World Bank.WDI: Social: Poverty and Inequality. ;Government statistical agencies. Data for EU countires are from the EUROSTAT;;

Last Frequency Range
0.310 2014 yearly 2014 - 2014

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Mozambique MZ: Multidimensional Poverty Index: scale 0-1

MZ: Multidimensional Poverty Intensity (average share of deprivations experienced by the poor)

2014 - 2014 | Yearly | % | World Bank

MZ: Multidimensional Poverty Intensity (average share of deprivations experienced by the poor) data was reported at 58.000 % in 2014. MZ: Multidimensional Poverty Intensity (average share of deprivations experienced by the poor) data is updated yearly, averaging 58.000 % from Dec 2014 (Median) to 2014, with 1 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 58.000 % in 2014 and a record low of 58.000 % in 2014. MZ: Multidimensional Poverty Intensity (average share of deprivations experienced by the poor) data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Mozambique – Table MZ.World Bank.WDI: Social: Poverty and Inequality. ;Government statistical agencies. Data for EU countires are from the EUROSTAT;;

Last Frequency Range
58.000 2014 yearly 2014 - 2014

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Mozambique MZ: Multidimensional Poverty Intensity (average share of deprivations experienced by the poor)

MZ: Poverty Gap at $2.15 a Day: 2017 PPP: %

1996 - 2019 | Yearly | % | World Bank

MZ: Poverty Gap at $2.15 a Day: 2017 PPP: % data was reported at 37.500 % in 2019. This records an increase from the previous number of 29.400 % for 2014. MZ: Poverty Gap at $2.15 a Day: 2017 PPP: % data is updated yearly, averaging 33.000 % from Dec 1996 (Median) to 2019, with 5 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 49.800 % in 1996 and a record low of 29.400 % in 2014. MZ: Poverty Gap at $2.15 a Day: 2017 PPP: % data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Mozambique – Table MZ.World Bank.WDI: Social: Poverty and Inequality. Poverty gap at $2.15 a day (2017 PPP) is the mean shortfall in income or consumption from the poverty line $2.15 a day (counting the nonpoor as having zero shortfall), expressed as a percentage of the poverty line. This measure reflects the depth of poverty as well as its incidence.;World Bank, Poverty and Inequality Platform. Data are based on primary household survey data obtained from government statistical agencies and World Bank country departments. Data for high-income economies are mostly from the Luxembourg Income Study database. For more information and methodology, please see http://pip.worldbank.org.;;The World Bank’s internationally comparable poverty monitoring database now draws on income or detailed consumption data from more than 2000 household surveys across 169 countries. See the Poverty and Inequality Platform (PIP) for details (www.pip.worldbank.org).

Last Frequency Range
37.600 2019 yearly 1996 - 2019

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Mozambique MZ: Poverty Gap at $2.15 a Day: 2017 PPP: %

MZ: Poverty Gap at $6.85 a Day: 2017 PPP: %

1996 - 2019 | Yearly | % | World Bank

MZ: Poverty Gap at $6.85 a Day: 2017 PPP: % data was reported at 73.600 % in 2019. This records an increase from the previous number of 67.600 % for 2014. MZ: Poverty Gap at $6.85 a Day: 2017 PPP: % data is updated yearly, averaging 72.400 % from Dec 1996 (Median) to 2019, with 5 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 79.400 % in 1996 and a record low of 67.600 % in 2014. MZ: Poverty Gap at $6.85 a Day: 2017 PPP: % data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Mozambique – Table MZ.World Bank.WDI: Social: Poverty and Inequality. Poverty gap at $6.85 a day (2017 PPP) is the mean shortfall in income or consumption from the poverty line $6.85 a day (counting the nonpoor as having zero shortfall), expressed as a percentage of the poverty line. This measure reflects the depth of poverty as well as its incidence.;World Bank, Poverty and Inequality Platform. Data are based on primary household survey data obtained from government statistical agencies and World Bank country departments. Data for high-income economies are mostly from the Luxembourg Income Study database. For more information and methodology, please see http://pip.worldbank.org.;;The World Bank’s internationally comparable poverty monitoring database now draws on income or detailed consumption data from more than 2000 household surveys across 169 countries. See the Poverty and Inequality Platform (PIP) for details (www.pip.worldbank.org).

Last Frequency Range
73.600 2019 yearly 1996 - 2019

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Mozambique MZ: Poverty Gap at $6.85 a Day: 2017 PPP: %

MZ: Poverty Headcount Ratio at $3.65 a Day: 2017 PPP: % of Population

1996 - 2019 | Yearly | % | World Bank

MZ: Poverty Headcount Ratio at $3.65 a Day: 2017 PPP: % of Population data was reported at 88.600 % in 2019. This records an increase from the previous number of 83.100 % for 2014. MZ: Poverty Headcount Ratio at $3.65 a Day: 2017 PPP: % of Population data is updated yearly, averaging 89.600 % from Dec 1996 (Median) to 2019, with 5 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 92.500 % in 2002 and a record low of 83.100 % in 2014. MZ: Poverty Headcount Ratio at $3.65 a Day: 2017 PPP: % of Population data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Mozambique – Table MZ.World Bank.WDI: Social: Poverty and Inequality. Poverty headcount ratio at $3.65 a day is the percentage of the population living on less than $3.65 a day at 2017 international prices.;World Bank, Poverty and Inequality Platform. Data are based on primary household survey data obtained from government statistical agencies and World Bank country departments. Data for high-income economies are mostly from the Luxembourg Income Study database. For more information and methodology, please see http://pip.worldbank.org.;;The World Bank’s internationally comparable poverty monitoring database now draws on income or detailed consumption data from more than 2000 household surveys across 169 countries. See the Poverty and Inequality Platform (PIP) for details (www.pip.worldbank.org).

Last Frequency Range
88.600 2019 yearly 1996 - 2019

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Mozambique MZ: Poverty Headcount Ratio at $3.65 a Day: 2017 PPP: % of Population

MZ: Proportion of People Living Below 50 Percent Of Median Income: %

1996 - 2014 | Yearly | % | World Bank

MZ: Proportion of People Living Below 50 Percent Of Median Income: % data was reported at 16.900 % in 2014. This records an increase from the previous number of 16.500 % for 2008. MZ: Proportion of People Living Below 50 Percent Of Median Income: % data is updated yearly, averaging 16.700 % from Dec 1996 (Median) to 2014, with 4 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 18.300 % in 1996 and a record low of 13.900 % in 2002. MZ: Proportion of People Living Below 50 Percent Of Median Income: % data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Mozambique – Table MZ.World Bank.WDI: Social: Poverty and Inequality. The percentage of people in the population who live in households whose per capita income or consumption is below half of the median income or consumption per capita. The median is measured at 2017 Purchasing Power Parity (PPP) using the Poverty and Inequality Platform (http://www.pip.worldbank.org). For some countries, medians are not reported due to grouped and/or confidential data. The reference year is the year in which the underlying household survey data was collected. In cases for which the data collection period bridged two calendar years, the first year in which data were collected is reported.;World Bank, Poverty and Inequality Platform. Data are based on primary household survey data obtained from government statistical agencies and World Bank country departments. Data for high-income economies are mostly from the Luxembourg Income Study database. For more information and methodology, please see http://pip.worldbank.org.;;The World Bank’s internationally comparable poverty monitoring database now draws on income or detailed consumption data from more than 2000 household surveys across 169 countries. See the Poverty and Inequality Platform (PIP) for details (www.pip.worldbank.org).

Last Frequency Range
17.000 2014 yearly 1996 - 2014

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Mozambique MZ: Proportion of People Living Below 50 Percent Of Median Income: %

MZ: Survey Mean Consumption or Income per Capita: Bottom 40% of Population: 2017 PPP per day

2014 - 2019 | Yearly | Intl $/Day | World Bank

MZ: Survey Mean Consumption or Income per Capita: Bottom 40% of Population: 2017 PPP per day data was reported at 0.670 Intl $/Day in 2019. This records a decrease from the previous number of 0.850 Intl $/Day for 2014. MZ: Survey Mean Consumption or Income per Capita: Bottom 40% of Population: 2017 PPP per day data is updated yearly, averaging 0.760 Intl $/Day from Dec 2014 (Median) to 2019, with 2 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 0.850 Intl $/Day in 2014 and a record low of 0.670 Intl $/Day in 2019. MZ: Survey Mean Consumption or Income per Capita: Bottom 40% of Population: 2017 PPP per day data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Mozambique – Table MZ.World Bank.WDI: Social: Poverty and Inequality. Mean consumption or income per capita (2017 PPP $ per day) of the bottom 40%, used in calculating the growth rate in the welfare aggregate of the bottom 40% of the population in the income distribution in a country.;World Bank, Global Database of Shared Prosperity (GDSP) (http://www.worldbank.org/en/topic/poverty/brief/global-database-of-shared-prosperity).;;The choice of consumption or income for a country is made according to which welfare aggregate is used to estimate extreme poverty in the Poverty and Inequality Platform (PIP). The practice adopted by the World Bank for estimating global and regional poverty is, in principle, to use per capita consumption expenditure as the welfare measure wherever available; and to use income as the welfare measure for countries for which consumption is unavailable. However, in some cases data on consumption may be available but are outdated or not shared with the World Bank for recent survey years. In these cases, if data on income are available, income is used. Whether data are for consumption or income per capita is noted in the footnotes. Because household surveys are infrequent in most countries and are not aligned across countries, comparisons across countries or over time should be made with a high degree of caution.

Last Frequency Range
0.670 2019 yearly 2014 - 2019

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Mozambique MZ: Survey Mean Consumption or Income per Capita: Bottom 40% of Population: 2017 PPP per day

MZ: Survey Mean Consumption or Income per Capita: Total Population: 2017 PPP per day

2014 - 2019 | Yearly | Intl $/Day | World Bank

MZ: Survey Mean Consumption or Income per Capita: Total Population: 2017 PPP per day data was reported at 2.100 Intl $/Day in 2019. This records a decrease from the previous number of 2.870 Intl $/Day for 2014. MZ: Survey Mean Consumption or Income per Capita: Total Population: 2017 PPP per day data is updated yearly, averaging 2.485 Intl $/Day from Dec 2014 (Median) to 2019, with 2 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 2.870 Intl $/Day in 2014 and a record low of 2.100 Intl $/Day in 2019. MZ: Survey Mean Consumption or Income per Capita: Total Population: 2017 PPP per day data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Mozambique – Table MZ.World Bank.WDI: Social: Poverty and Inequality. Mean consumption or income per capita (2017 PPP $ per day) used in calculating the growth rate in the welfare aggregate of total population.;World Bank, Global Database of Shared Prosperity (GDSP) (http://www.worldbank.org/en/topic/poverty/brief/global-database-of-shared-prosperity).;;The choice of consumption or income for a country is made according to which welfare aggregate is used to estimate extreme poverty in the Poverty and Inequality Platform (PIP). The practice adopted by the World Bank for estimating global and regional poverty is, in principle, to use per capita consumption expenditure as the welfare measure wherever available; and to use income as the welfare measure for countries for which consumption is unavailable. However, in some cases data on consumption may be available but are outdated or not shared with the World Bank for recent survey years. In these cases, if data on income are available, income is used. Whether data are for consumption or income per capita is noted in the footnotes. Because household surveys are infrequent in most countries and are not aligned across countries, comparisons across countries or over time should be made with a high degree of caution.

Last Frequency Range
2.100 2019 yearly 2014 - 2019

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Mozambique MZ: Survey Mean Consumption or Income per Capita: Total Population: 2017 PPP per day

Multidimensional Poverty Headcount Ratio: UNDP: % of total population

2022 - 2022 | Yearly | % | World Bank

Multidimensional Poverty Headcount Ratio: UNDP: % of total population data was reported at 60.700 % in 2022. Multidimensional Poverty Headcount Ratio: UNDP: % of total population data is updated yearly, averaging 60.700 % from Dec 2022 (Median) to 2022, with 1 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 60.700 % in 2022 and a record low of 60.700 % in 2022. Multidimensional Poverty Headcount Ratio: UNDP: % of total population data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Mozambique – Table MZ.World Bank.WDI: Social: Poverty and Inequality. The multidimensional poverty headcount ratio (UNDP) is the percentage of a population living in poverty according to UNDPs multidimensional poverty index. The index includes three dimensions -- health, education, and living standards.;Alkire, S., Mishra, R., Selden, L. and Suppa, N. (2025). ‘The global Multidimensional Poverty Index (MPI) 2025: Country results and methodological note’, OPHI MPI Methodological Note 61, Oxford Poverty and Human Development Initiative (OPHI), University of Oxford.url: ;NA;

Last Frequency Range
60.700 2022 yearly 2022 - 2022

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Mozambique Multidimensional Poverty Headcount Ratio: UNDP: % of total population

Poverty Headcount Ratio at Societal Poverty Lines: % of Population

1996 - 2019 | Yearly | % | World Bank

Poverty Headcount Ratio at Societal Poverty Lines: % of Population data was reported at 74.500 % in 2019. This records an increase from the previous number of 64.600 % for 2014. Poverty Headcount Ratio at Societal Poverty Lines: % of Population data is updated yearly, averaging 74.500 % from Dec 1996 (Median) to 2019, with 5 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 82.700 % in 1996 and a record low of 64.600 % in 2014. Poverty Headcount Ratio at Societal Poverty Lines: % of Population data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Mozambique – Table MZ.World Bank.WDI: Social: Poverty and Inequality. The poverty headcount ratio at societal poverty line is the percentage of a population living in poverty according to the World Bank's Societal Poverty Line. The Societal Poverty Line is expressed in purchasing power adjusted 2017 U.S. dollars and defined as max($2.15, $1.15 + 0.5*Median). This means that when the national median is sufficiently low, the Societal Poverty line is equivalent to the extreme poverty line, $2.15. For countries with a sufficiently high national median, the Societal Poverty Line grows as countries’ median income grows.;World Bank, Poverty and Inequality Platform. Data are based on primary household survey data obtained from government statistical agencies and World Bank country departments. Data for high-income economies are mostly from the Luxembourg Income Study database. For more information and methodology, please see http://pip.worldbank.org.;;The World Bank’s internationally comparable poverty monitoring database now draws on income or detailed consumption data from more than 2000 household surveys across 169 countries. See the Poverty and Inequality Platform (PIP) for details (www.pip.worldbank.org).

Last Frequency Range
74.500 2019 yearly 1996 - 2019

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Mozambique Poverty Headcount Ratio at Societal Poverty Lines: % of Population

Proportion of Population Pushed Below the 60% Median Consumption Poverty Line By Out-of-Pocket Health Expenditure: %

2002 - 2019 | Yearly | % | World Bank

Proportion of Population Pushed Below the 60% Median Consumption Poverty Line By Out-of-Pocket Health Expenditure: % data was reported at 1.240 % in 2019. This records an increase from the previous number of 0.570 % for 2014. Proportion of Population Pushed Below the 60% Median Consumption Poverty Line By Out-of-Pocket Health Expenditure: % data is updated yearly, averaging 0.280 % from Dec 2002 (Median) to 2019, with 4 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 1.240 % in 2019 and a record low of 0.280 % in 2008. Proportion of Population Pushed Below the 60% Median Consumption Poverty Line By Out-of-Pocket Health Expenditure: % data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Mozambique – Table MZ.World Bank.WDI: Social: Poverty and Inequality. This indicator shows the fraction of a country’s population experiencing out-of-pocket health impoverishing expenditures, defined as expenditures without which the household they live in would have been above the 60% median consumption but because of the expenditures is below the poverty line. Out-of-pocket health expenditure is defined as any spending incurred by a household when any member uses a health good or service to receive any type of care (preventive, curative, rehabilitative, long-term or palliative care); provided by any type of provider; for any type of disease, illness or health condition; in any type of setting (outpatient, inpatient, at home).;Global Health Observatory, World Health Organization (WHO), uri: https://www.who.int/data/gho/data/themes/topics/financial-protection;Weighted average;

Last Frequency Range
1.240 2019 yearly 2002 - 2019

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Mozambique Proportion of Population Pushed Below the 60% Median Consumption Poverty Line By Out-of-Pocket Health Expenditure: %
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