Mozambique (Republic of Mozambique)

Mozambique Republic of Mozambique
Status	Independent State
Capital	Maputo
Land Area	786 380km21
Location	Africa
Population	24.5m (2011)2
Life Expectancy	55.48yrs (2017)3
GNI	$1 098 (2017)4
ISO3166-1 Codes	MZ, MOZ, 5085
Internet Domain	.mz6
Currency	Meticail (MZM)7
Telephone	+2588

1. Overview
2. Mozambique National and Social Development
3. Population and Demographics
4. Politics and Freedom
5. Gender Equality
6. Religion and Beliefs
7. The Internet
8. Public Health Issues
9. More Charts and Comparisons to Other Countries
10. Links

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1. Overview

#india #portugal

“Almost five centuries as a Portuguese colony came to a close with independence in 1975. Large-scale emigration, economic dependence on South Africa, a severe drought, and a prolonged civil war hindered the country's development until the mid 1990s. The ruling Front for the Liberation of Mozambique (Frelimo) party formally abandoned Marxism in 1989, and a new constitution the following year provided for multiparty elections and a free market economy. A UN-negotiated peace agreement between Frelimo and rebel Mozambique National Resistance (Renamo) forces ended the fighting in 1992. In December 2004, Mozambique underwent a delicate transition as Joaquim CHISSANO stepped down after 18 years in office. His elected successor, Armando Emilio GUEBUZA, promised to continue the sound economic policies that have encouraged foreign investment. President GUEBUZA was reelected to a second term in October 2009. However, the elections were flawed by voter fraud, questionable disqualification of candidates, and Frelimo use of government resources during the campaign. As a result, Freedom House removed Mozambique from its list of electoral democracies.”

CIA's The World Factbook (2013)₉

“A mix of Swahili, Indian, Portuguese and African influences, overlooked Mozambique is diverse in its cultural palette and natural attractions. Mozambique´s star is on the rise. After two decades of peace, the economy is growing. Glitzy high-rises and lively street cafes compete for attention with remote island archipelagos and a steadily increasing population of wild animals. A new bridge over the Zambezi River links north and south for the first time. Yet, despite the development, centuries-old rhythms still dominate and the country moves to its own beat.Yet this enigmatic southeast African country embraced by the Indian Ocean is well off most travellers´ maps. Still, it has much to offer those who venture here. Canny travellers are venturing in to discover long, dune-fringed beaches, turquoise waters glittering with shoals of colourful fish, well-preserved corals, remote archipelagos in the north, pounding surf in the south.

Discovering these attractions is not always easy, but it is unfailingly rewarding. Bring along some patience, some endurance for long bus rides, a sense of adventure, and jump in for the journey of a lifetime.”

"The World" by Lonely Planet (2014)₁₀

2. Mozambique National and Social Development

#human_development

UN HDI (2016)11
Pos.		Lower is better Rank11
1	Norway	1
2	Australia	2
3	Switzerland	2
	...
178	Guinea-Bissau	178
179	Eritrea	179
180	Sierra Leone	179
181	Mozambique	181
182	S. Sudan	181
183	Guinea	183
184	Burundi	184
185	Burkina Faso	185
	World Avg	94.3
q=188.

Social & Moral Development Index12
Pos.		Higher is better Points12
1	Denmark	84.2
2	Sweden	83.7
3	Finland	83.5
	...
169	Eritrea	42.6
170	Swaziland	42.4
171	S. Sudan	42.3
172	Mozambique	42.1
173	Zimbabwe	41.6
174	Sierra Leone	41.4
175	Pakistan	41.2
176	Tuvalu	40.9
	World Avg	54.1
q=198.

The United Nations produces an annual Human Development Report which includes the Human Development Index. The factors taken into account include life expectancy, education and schooling and Gross National Income (GNI) amongst many others..

The Social and Moral Development Index concentrates on moral issues and human rights, violence, public health, equality, tolerance, freedom and effectiveness in climate change mitigation and environmentalism, and on some technological issues. A country scores higher for achieving well in those areas, and for sustaining that achievement in the long term. Those countries towards the top of this index can truly said to be setting good examples and leading humankind onwards into a bright, humane, and free future. See: What is the Best Country in the World? An Index of Morality, Conscience and Good Life.

3. Population and Demographics

#demographics #health #immigration #life_expectancy #overpopulation #population

Old-Age Dependency Ratio (2016)13
Pos.		Lower is better Per 10013
1	Uganda	04.3
2	Mali	04.5
3	Chad	04.7
	...
32	Tanzania	06.2
33	Sao Tome & Principe	06.2
34	Comoros	06.3
35	Mozambique	06.4
36	Madagascar	06.4
37	Papua New Guinea	06.4
38	Ghana	06.5
39	Palestine	06.5
	World Avg	18.3
q=185.

Emigrants (2010)14
Pos.		%14
1	Dominica	104.8
2	Palestine	68.4
3	Samoa	67.3
	...
108	Malaysia	5.3
109	Guinea	5.2
110	Turkmenistan	5.0
111	Mozambique	5.0
112	Senegal	5.0
113	Iraq	4.9
114	Denmark	4.7
115	Yemen	4.7
	World Avg	11.5
q=192.

Fertility Rate (2013)15
Pos.		2.0 is best15
1	Korea, N.	2.00
2	Brunei	1.99
3	St Vincent & Grenadines	2.01
	...
154	Kenya	4.64
155	Senegal	4.65
156	Gambia	4.73
157	Mozambique	4.75
158	Comoros	4.78
159	Sierra Leone	4.78
160	Guinea-Bissau	4.92
161	Yemen	4.98
	World Avg	2.81
q=180.

Immigrants (2010)14
Pos.		%14
1	Qatar	86.5
2	Monaco	71.6
3	UAE	70.0
	...
123	Kenya	2.0
124	Kiribati	2.0
125	Comoros	2.0
126	Mozambique	1.9
127	Uganda	1.9
128	Chile	1.9
129	Turkey	1.9
130	Sierra Leone	1.8
	World Avg	9.2
q=192.

Life Expectancy (2015)16
Pos.		Higher is better Years16
1	Hong Kong	84.16
2	Japan	83.68
3	Italy	83.34
	...
179	Cameroon	55.96
180	Somalia	55.71
181	Guinea-Bissau	55.49
182	Mozambique	55.48
183	Nigeria	53.06
184	Angola	52.70
185	Chad	51.90
186	Ivory Coast	51.89
	World Avg	71.27
q=190.

Population (2012)17
Pos.		The Overpopulation of the Earth17
1	China	1.4b
2	India	1.3b
3	USA	315.8m
	...
47	Yemen	25.6m
48	Ghana	25.5m
49	Korea, N.	24.6m
50	Mozambique	24.5m
51	Australia	22.9m
52	Madagascar	21.9m
53	Romania	21.4m
54	Sri Lanka	21.2m
	World Avg	36.0m
q=195.

Mozambique's population is predicted to rise to 35.91 million by 2030. These millions of extra people will all need space to live, food to eat, energy to consume, and will increase the burden on the planet's resources. This country has a fertility rate of 4.75. The fertility rate is, in simple terms, the average amount of children that each woman has. The higher the figure, the quicker the population is growing, although, to calculate the rate you also need to take into account morbidity, i.e., the rate at which people die. If people live healthy and long lives and morbidity is low, then, 2.0 approximates to the replacement rate, which would keep the population stable. If all countries had such a fertility rate, population growth would end. The actual replacement rate in most developed countries is around 2.1.

• The Overpopulation of the Earth
• Abortion, Birth Control and Contraception

4. Politics and Freedom

#burundi #corruption #eritrea #france #freedom #human_development #human_rights #indonesia #mass_media #peace #politics #slavery

Corruption (2012-2016)18
Pos.		Higher is better Avg Score18
1	Denmark	90.8
2	New Zealand	90.6
3	Finland	89.4
	...
122	Timor-Leste (E. Timor)	30.8
123	Togo	30.4
124	Sierra Leone	30.2
125	Mozambique	30.0
126	Guatemala	30.0
127	Mauritania	29.8
128	Guyana	29.6
129	Pakistan	29.2
	World Avg	43.05
q=176.

Global Peace Index (2012)19
Pos.		Lower is better19
1	Iceland	1.11
2	New Zealand	1.24
3	Denmark	1.24
	...
45	Latvia	1.77
46	UAE	1.79
47	Kuwait	1.79
48	Mozambique	1.80
49	Namibia	1.80
50	Ghana	1.81
51	Zambia	1.83
52	Sierra Leone	1.86
	World Avg	2.02
q=157.

Nominal Commitment to HR (2009)20
Pos.		Higher is better Treaties20
1	Argentina	24
2	Chile	23
3	Costa Rica	23
	...
108	Andorra	15
109	Cape Verde	15
110	Bangladesh	15
111	Mozambique	15
112	Dominican Rep.	14
113	Kenya	14
114	Japan	14
115	Jamaica	14
	World Avg	15.1
q=194.

Personal, Civil & Economic Freedom (2014)21
Pos.		Lower is better Rank21
1	Hong Kong	1
2	Switzerland	2
3	New Zealand	3
	...
101	Philippines	101
102	Honduras	101
103	Zambia	103
104	Mozambique	103
105	Argentina	103
106	Malawi	106
107	Thailand	107
108	Lebanon	108
	World Avg	79.7
q=159.

Press Freedom (2013)22
Pos.		Lower is better22
1	Finland	638
2	Netherlands	648
3	Norway	652
	...
69	Tanzania	2734
70	Kenya	2780
71	Zambia	2793
72	Mozambique	2801
73	Armenia	2804
74	Malawi	2818
75	Congo, (Brazzaville)	2820
76	Kuwait	2828
	World Avg	3249
q=178.

Slavery (2018)23
Pos.		Lower is better % Victims23
1	Japan	0.03
2	Canada	0.05
3	Taiwan	0.05
	...
98	Sierra Leone	0.50
99	Uzbekistan	0.52
100	Armenia	0.53
101	Mozambique	0.54
102	Russia	0.55
103	Moldova	0.55
104	Egypt	0.55
105	Benin	0.55
	World Avg	0.65
q=167.

The taking of slaves has been an unwholesome feature of Human cultures since prehistory₂₄. Private households and national endeavours have frequently been augmented with the use of slaves. The Egyptian and Roman empires both thrived on them for both purposes. Aside from labourers they are often abused sexually by their owners and their owners' friends₂₅. The era of colonialism and the beginnings of globalisation changed nothing: the imprisonment and forced movements of labour continued to destroy many lives except that new justifications were invented based on Christian doctrine and the effort to convert non-Christians. By 1786 over 12 million slaves had been extracted from Africa and sent to colonial labour camps, with a truly atrocious condition of life₂₆. But they were not the only ones to blame; in Africa internal nations such as the Asantes sold and bought tens of thousands of slaves₂₇.

The abolition of the slave trade was a long and slow process. Until a relatively modern time, even philosophers, religious leaders and those concerned with ethics justified, or ignored, the problem of slavery₂₈. The first abolitionists were always the slaves themselves. Their protests and rebellions caused the industry to become too expensive to continue. After that, it was the economic costs of maintain slave colonies that led the British to reject and then oppose the slave trade globally. Finally, the enlightenment-era thinkers of France encouraged moral and ethical thinking including the declaration of the inherent value of human life and human dignity₂₉. A long-overdue wave of compassionate and conscientious movements swept across the West, eliminating public support for slavery, until the industries and churches that supported it had no choice but to back down.

'Modern slavery' includes forced labour (often of the under-age), debt bondage (especially generational), sexual slavery, chattel slavery and other forms of abuse, some of which can be surprisingly difficult to detect, but often target those fleeing from warzones and the vulnerable.₃₀. Some industries (diamond, clothing, coal) from some countries (Burundi₂₃, Eritrea₂₃, Indonesia₃₁) are a particular concern. The Walk Free Foundation, say that in 2016, 40.3 million people were living in modern slavery₃₂.

5. Gender Equality

#gender #misogyny #politics #women

Gender Inequality (2015)33
Pos.		Lower is better33
1	Switzerland	0.04
2	Denmark	0.04
3	Netherlands	0.04
	...
136	Egypt	0.57
137	Swaziland	0.57
138	Cameroon	0.57
139	Mozambique	0.57
140	Sudan	0.57
141	Congo, (Brazzaville)	0.59
142	Haiti	0.59
143	Papua New Guinea	0.59
	World Avg	0.36
q=159.

Year Women Can Vote34
Pos.		Lower is better Year34
1	New Zealand	1893
2	Australia	1902
3	Finland	1906
	...
166	Sao Tome & Principe	1975
167	Cape Verde	1975
168	Angola	1975
169	Mozambique	1975
170	Portugal	1976
171	Guinea-Bissau	1977
172	Zimbabwe	1978
173	Marshall Islands	1979
	World Avg	1930
q=189.

Gender inequality is not a necessary part of early human development. Although a separation of roles is almost universal due to different strengths between the genders, this does not have to mean that women are subdued, and, such patriarchialism is not universal in ancient history. Those cultures and peoples who shed, or never developed, the idea that mankind ought to dominate womankind, are better cultures and peoples than those who, even today, cling violently to those mores.

Mozambique is an unequal country, with male rights dominating those of women.

See:

• "Religion Versus Womankind" by Vexen Crabtree (2007)

6. Religion and Beliefs

#belief #buddhism #christianity #god #hinduism #islam #judaism #religion

Disbelief In God (2007)35
Pos.		Higher is better35
1	Vietnam	81
2	Japan	65
3	Sweden	64
	...
49	Italy	6
50	Laos	5
51	Ireland	5
52	Mozambique	5
53	Zimbabwe	4
54	Namibia	4
55	Iran	4
56	Mexico	4
	World Avg	9.9
q=137.

Data from the Pew Forum, a professional polling outfit, states that in 2010 the religious makeup of this country was as follows in the table below₃₆:

Christian	56.7%
Muslim	18%
Hindu	0.1%
Buddhist	0.1%
Folk Religion	7.4%
Jew	0.1%
Unaffiliated	17.9%

The CIA World Factbook has slightly different data, and states: Catholic 28.4%, Protestant 27.7% (Zionist Christian 15.5%, Evangelical Pentecostal 10.9%, Anglican 1.3%), Muslim 17.9%, other 7.2%, none 18.7% (1997 census)₃₇.

Links:

• A List of All Religions and Belief Systems
• Secularisation Theory: Will Modern Society Reject Religion? What is Secularism?

7. The Internet

#internet #the_internet

Internet Users (2016)38
Pos.		Higher is better38
1	Iceland	100%
2	Faroe Islands	99%
3	Norway	98%
	...
182	Comoros	7%
183	Afghanistan	7%
184	Malawi	7%
185	Mozambique	6%
186	Benin	6%
187	Tanzania	5%
188	Central African Rep.	5%
189	Madagascar	4%
	World Avg	48.1%
q=201.

Internet access has become an essential research tool. It facilitates an endless list of life improvements, from the ability to network and socialize without constraint, to access to a seemingly infinite repository of technical and procedural information on pretty much any task. The universal availability of data has sped up industrial development and personal learning at the national and personal level. Individuals can read any topic they wish regardless of the locality of expert teachers, and, entire nations can develop their technology and understanding of the world simply because they are now exposed to advanced societies and moral discourses online. Like every communications medium, the Internet has issues and causes a small range of problems, but these are insignificant compared to the advantages of having an online populace.

8. Public Health Issues

#alcohol #health #parenting #population #smoking #vaccines

Adolescent Birth Rate (2015)33
Pos.		Lower is better Per 100033
1	Korea, N.	0.5
2	Korea, S.	1.6
3	Switzerland	2.9
	...
178	Chad	133.5
179	Ivory Coast	135.5
180	Malawi	136.2
181	Mozambique	139.7
182	Guinea	140.6
183	Angola	164.3
184	Mali	174.6
185	Niger	202.4
	World Avg	47.9
q=185.

Alcohol Consumption (2010)39
Pos.		Lower is better Per Capita39
1	Libya	0.1
2	Pakistan	0.1
3	Kuwait	0.1
	...
42	Benin	2.1
43	Nepal	2.2
44	Azerbaijan	2.3
45	Mozambique	2.3
46	Togo	2.3
47	Lebanon	2.4
48	Malawi	2.5
49	Sudan	2.7
	World Avg	6.2
q=191.

Food Aid, Health Contributions & WHO Compliance (2017)40
Pos.		Lower is better Rank40
1	Sweden	1
2	Ireland	2
3	Denmark	3
	...
150	Nigeria	150
151	St Lucia	151
152	Trinidad & Tobago	152
153	Mozambique	153
154	Cape Verde	154
155	Bahamas	155
156	Libya	156
157	Papua New Guinea	157
	World Avg	82.0
q=163.

Infant Immunizations 2011-2015 (2015)41
Pos.		Higher is better Avg %41
1	Hungary	99.0
2	China	99.0
3	Uzbekistan	98.9
	...
150	Uganda	82.5
151	Comoros	81.8
152	Marshall Islands	81.8
153	Mozambique	81.4
154	Venezuela	80.6
155	Myanmar (Burma)	80.3
156	Benin	80.1
157	Guinea-Bissau	80.1
	World Avg	88.3
q=194.

Smoking Rates (2014)42
Pos.		Lower is better42
1	Guinea	15
2	Solomon Islands	26
3	Kiribati	28
	...
11	Suriname	79
12	Malawi	80
13	Tonga	81
14	Mozambique	82
15	Nepal	83
16	Afghanistan	84
17	Lesotho	88
18	Trinidad & Tobago	97
	World Avg	819
q=182.

9. More Charts and Comparisons to Other Countries