Income inequality vs. GDP per capita in Mozambique
Mozambique: Income inequality vs. GDP per capita was 0.4956 in 2022. ▬ Flat
Income inequality vs. GDP per capita in Mozambique, 1996–2022
Source: World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
Analysis
In 2022, income inequality vs. gdp per capita in Mozambique stood at 0.4956.
That represents a change of down 2.3% on the previous year and down 8.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, income inequality vs. gdp per capita in Mozambique peaked at 0.5395 in 2014 and was at its lowest, 0.4548, in 2008.
That places Mozambique 7th out of 120 countries with data for 2022, putting it in the top 10%.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.5326 | 0.5326 | 0.5326 | 1 |
| 2000s | 0.4622 | 0.4548 | 0.4695 | 2 |
| 2010s | 0.5235 | 0.5074 | 0.5395 | 2 |
| 2020s | 0.4956 | 0.4956 | 0.4956 | 1 |
Countries ranked near Mozambique
More poverty & inequality data for Mozambique
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via the World Bank 2 surveys (2025)
- Fertility rate vs. share living in extreme poverty 4.76 live births per woman (2023)
- Cereal yield vs. share in extreme poverty 776.4 kg per hectare (2024)
- Tax revenue as share of GDP vs. income inequality 20.9% (2023)
- Gender Inequality Index 0.479 (2023)
- Share of government consumption in GDP vs. share of population living in extreme poverty 17.8% (2023)
- Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient in women 0.1688 (2023)
- Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient by sex 0.1688 (2023)
- Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient in men 0.2063 (2023)
- Income inequality: Atkinson index 0.5441 (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is income inequality vs. gdp per capita in Mozambique?
- Income inequality vs. gdp per capita in Mozambique was 0.4956 in 2022, according to World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest income inequality vs. gdp per capita recorded in Mozambique?
- The highest recorded value was 0.5395 in 2014.
- What is the lowest income inequality vs. gdp per capita recorded in Mozambique?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.4548 in 2008.
- How does Mozambique rank for income inequality vs. gdp per capita?
- Mozambique ranks 7th out of 120 countries with data for 2022.
- Is income inequality vs. gdp per capita rising or falling in Mozambique?
- Over the last ten years it is down 8.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Mozambique data come from?
- The figures come from World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Income inequality vs. GDP per capita. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The Gini coefficient measures inequality on a scale from 0 to 1. Higher values indicate higher inequality.