🇲🇿 Mozambique Politics - Governance, Freedom & Democracy

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🇲🇿 Mozambique MZ / MOZ #35

Nomad Score 47.0

Cities 11

Region African Union, Lusophone, Africa, Africa, Eastern Africa, Least Developed Countries

Currency MZN

📊 GOVERNANCE AT A GLANCE

Government Unitary dominant-party Semi-presidential system

UN Member Yes

Independent Yes

CPI Score (2026) 21/100

Press Freedom (2025) 52.6/100 #101

Electoral Democracy (2025) 0.279

HDI 0.493

Regional Blocs AU

🏛 WORLD GOVERNANCE INDICATORS

Political Stability (2023) 12th pct

Rule of Law (2023) 17th pct

Corruption Control (2023) 22th pct

Govt Effectiveness (2023) 26th pct

Regulatory Quality (2023) 25th pct

Voice & Accountability (2023) 32th pct

Source: World Bank Worldwide Governance Indicators (WGI). Percentile rank among all countries (0=lowest, 100=highest).

🛡 SAFETY & SECURITY

Homicide Rate (2011) 3.6/100k

Traffic Deaths (2019) 30.0/100k

Military Spending (2024) 2.0% of GDP

🏛 GOVERNMENT & LEADERS

Government Type Unitary dominant-party Semi-presidential system

Title	Name
President of Mozambique	Daniel Chapo
Prime Minister of Mozambique	Maria Benvinda Levy

💰 CORRUPTION PERCEPTIONS INDEX

CPI Score (2026) 21 / 100

Interpretation High corruption

Source: Transparency International / Corruption Insights API. Higher scores = less corruption.

📰 PRESS FREEDOM INDEX

Overall Score (2025) 52.6 / 100

Global Rank #101 / 180

Rank Change +4 vs previous year

RSF Zone Afrique

Political #112 39.7

Economic #93 41.0

Legal #79 63.7

Social #71 65.1

Safety #116 53.7

Source: Reporters Without Borders (RSF). Higher scores = better press freedom.

📊 PRESS FREEDOM DIMENSIONS

Five dimensions of press freedom tracked over time. Higher = better.

🗳 DEMOCRACY INDEX

Electoral (2025) 0.279

Liberal 0.175

Participatory 0.201

Deliberative 0.170

Egalitarian 0.188

Source: V-Dem (Varieties of Democracy), CC-BY-SA. Scale: 0 (least democratic) to 1 (most democratic).

📋 PRESS FREEDOM HISTORICAL DATA

Year	Score	Rank	Political	Economic	Legal	Social	Safety
2025	52.6	101	39.7	41.0	63.7	65.1	53.7
2024	52.4	105	40.8	46.2	64.2	62.3	48.7
2023	56.1	102	49.2	46.5	67.0	65.3	52.7
2022	49.9	116	46.1	40.3	61.6	47.3	54.2
2021	64.6	108	-	-	-	-	86.1
2020	66.2	104	-	-	-	-	93.1
2019	67.3	103	-	-	-	-	100.0
2018	68.9	99	-	-	-	-	100.0
2017	69.0	93	-	-	-	-	77.0
2016	69.8	87	-	-	-	-	51.4
2015	70.0	85	-	-	-	-	80.5
2014	70.7	79	-	-	-	-	-
2013	72.0	73	-	-	-	-	-
2012	21.5	66	-	-	-	-	-
2010	26.5	98	-	-	-	-	-
2009	19.0	82	-	-	-	-	-
2008	20.5	90	-	-	-	-	-
2007	23.0	73	-	-	-	-	-
2006	11.5	47	-	-	-	-	-
2005	10.5	49	-	-	-	-	-

Source: Reporters Without Borders (RSF) Press Freedom Index