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Mozambique

The latest open data on emissions, energy and forests, compared with ten years earlier and with the world average.

In 2024, 0.2 tonnes of CO₂ per person were emitted on average, from fossil fuels and industry. The world average is 4.7.

Compared with 2014, the value has fallen by 22%.

83% of electricity comes from renewables and nuclear (2024).

Forests cover 45.8% of the land (2023).

From 2001 to 2025, trees disappeared from 4,843,416 hectares: 16.7% of the area that was tree-covered in 2000.

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All indicators

Latest available value, ten-year change (green if it moves in the direction that lightens the load on the planet, red if the opposite) and the world average in the same year.

IndicatorLatest valueIn 10 yearsWorldSince 1990
Climate
CO₂ per persontonnes of CO₂ per person per year0.252024−0.074.73
Consumption-based CO₂ per persontonnes of CO₂ per person per year0.432023−0.174.71
Greenhouse gases per person (incl. land use)tonnes of CO₂ equivalent per person (all greenhouse gases converted to CO₂)1.752024−1.446.67
Methane per persontonnes of CO₂ equivalent per person0.782024−0.031.16
CO₂ from deforestation and land use per persontonnes of CO₂ per person per year0.882024−0.470.56
Share of historical CO₂ emissions% of all CO₂ emitted worldwide since 17500.0120240.00100.00
CO₂ imported (+) or exported (−) in goods% of the country's emissions58.72023−262.00.0
CO₂ per unit of GDPkg of CO₂ per dollar of wealth produced0.2962022+0.1530.288
CO₂ per km² of territorytonnes of CO₂ per km² per year112024+1—
Energy
Primary energy per personkWh of energy per person per year1,6972023−7121,286
Electricity
Renewable share of electricity%83.42024−15.331.9
Low-carbon electricity (renewables and nuclear)%83.42024−15.340.9
Solar share of electricity%0.42024+0.46.9
Wind share of electricity%0.020240.08.1
Coal share of electricity%0.020240.034.1
Carbon intensity of electricitygrams of CO₂ equivalent per kWh of electricity1292024+97471
Green
Forest cover% of land covered by forest45.82023−3.0—

Trees and forests

Hectares where trees were cut or burned each year (areas with at least 30% canopy), from 2001 to 2025.

2001: 60,941 ha2002: 106,663 ha2003: 79,651 ha2004: 107,730 ha2005: 150,571 ha2006: 172,242 ha2007: 138,505 ha2008: 204,780 ha2009: 217,510 ha2010: 194,550 ha2011: 150,253 ha2012: 139,952 ha2013: 162,673 ha2014: 200,517 ha2015: 181,405 ha2016: 250,565 ha2017: 359,023 ha2018: 172,405 ha2019: 235,664 ha2020: 232,524 ha2021: 278,084 ha2022: 237,875 ha2023: 262,209 ha2024: 298,631 ha2025: 248,493 ha
2001359,023 ha max2025

On average, from 2001 to 2025, the country's forests removed 87.8 million tonnes of CO₂ from the air each year and released 71.5 through logging and fires.

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Sources: Global Carbon Project, Energy Institute and Ember (via Our World in Data), FAO (via the World Bank), Global Forest Watch (University of Maryland and World Resources Institute). Details on the data page. Data