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Mozambique vs Rwanda
How Mozambique and Rwanda compare on 37 measures, from 1820 to 2025. The main differences:
- Life expectancy · In 2023, Rwanda was higher: 67.8 years against 63.6 years
- GDP per person · In 2025, Rwanda was higher: $1,116 against $586
- Population · In 2023, Mozambique was higher: 33.6 million people against 14 million people
- Military spending · In 2025, Mozambique was higher: 1.87% of GDP against 1.29% of GDP
- CO₂ per person · In 2024, Mozambique was higher: 0.29 tonnes against 0.16 tonnes
Every measure
Health
- Life expectancyMozambique: 63.6 years in 2023Rwanda: 67.8 years in 2023
- Child mortalityMozambique: 5.9 per 100 live births in 2024Rwanda: 3.8 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityMozambique: 49.7 per 1,000 live births in 2023Rwanda: 27.5 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- DepressionMozambique: 3.9% in 2017Rwanda: 3.87% in 2017
- Suicide rateMozambique: 17.2 per 100,000 people in 2017Rwanda: 11 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationMozambique: 33.6 million people in 2023Rwanda: 14 million people in 2023
- Population growthMozambique: 2.94% a year in 2023Rwanda: 2.18% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateMozambique: 4.76 births per woman in 2023Rwanda: 3.7 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationMozambique: 37.2% in 2025Rwanda: 30.9% in 2025
- Median ageMozambique: 16.3 years in 2023Rwanda: 19.4 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overMozambique: 2.8% in 2023Rwanda: 3.8% in 2023
- Net migration rateMozambique: -1.1 per 1,000 people in 2023Rwanda: -0.6 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingMozambique: 1.87% of GDP in 2025Rwanda: 1.29% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsMozambique: $446M in 2025Rwanda: $194M in 2025
- Military spending per personMozambique: $13 in 2025Rwanda: $13 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingMozambique: 6% of government spending in 2025Rwanda: 4.7% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelMozambique: 11,000 people in 2020Rwanda: 35,000 people in 2020
- National powerMozambique: 0.13% of world capability in 2022Rwanda: 0.07% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersMozambique: 0.08% of the labour force in 2020Rwanda: 0.7% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsMozambique: 14 million TIV in 2025Rwanda: 37 million TIV in 2023
Climate
Technology and environment
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Good to know
- Sources: UN, Gapminder and UN IGME, IHME, World Bank, IMF, UNESCO, Our World in Data, V-Dem, UCDP, SIPRI, IISS, Correlates of War, ERA5, CMIP6, EDGAR, ITU and FAO. Each measure’s page names its own and what it counts.
- Values are drawn on today’s borders. Years without a published value are left empty, never filled in.
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