Manufactures exports (% of merchandise exports) in Mozambique
Mozambique: Manufactures exports (% of merchandise exports) was 4.9% in 2025. ▼ Falling
Manufactures exports in Mozambique, 1994–2025
Source: Comtrade database, United Nations (UN), publisher: UN Statistics Division. Measured in % of merchandise exports.
Analysis
In 2025, manufactures exports in Mozambique stood at 4.9%.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 5.5% on the previous year and down 41.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, manufactures exports in Mozambique peaked at 22.5% in 2016 and was at its lowest, 2.0%, in 2010.
Mozambique ranks 168th of 196 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 31 years of available data.
Manufactures exports (% of merchandise exports) in Mozambique, year by year
| Year | % of merchandise exports | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1994 | 11.2% | — |
| 1995 | 13.1% | +17.5% |
| 1996 | 16.7% | +27.2% |
| 1997 | 11.6% | -30.2% |
| 1999 | 10.1% | -13.2% |
| 2000 | 6.7% | -33.7% |
| 2001 | 6.6% | -1.6% |
| 2002 | 6.7% | +1.2% |
| 2003 | 9.1% | +36.0% |
| 2004 | 4.8% | -46.7% |
| 2005 | 6.5% | +34.8% |
| 2006 | 5.0% | -23.1% |
| 2007 | 5.8% | +16.8% |
| 2008 | 6.0% | +3.4% |
| 2009 | 11.6% | +92.4% |
| 2010 | 2.0% | -83.0% |
| 2011 | 7.4% | +276.3% |
| 2012 | 12.2% | +64.2% |
| 2013 | 15.0% | +23.2% |
| 2014 | 16.3% | +8.6% |
| 2015 | 8.3% | -49.0% |
| 2016 | 22.5% | +169.9% |
| 2017 | 6.3% | -71.8% |
| 2018 | 10.5% | +65.5% |
| 2019 | 8.4% | -20.5% |
| 2020 | 7.2% | -14.2% |
| 2021 | 8.8% | +22.7% |
| 2022 | 6.9% | -21.4% |
| 2023 | 7.3% | +6.1% |
| 2024 | 4.6% | -37.1% |
| 2025 | 4.9% | +5.5% |
Mozambique compared with similar countries
- Mozambique's 4.9% is below the median for low income countries, which is 7.5%, 65% of the median. (22 countries reporting)
- Mozambique's 4.9% is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 9.5%, 51% of the median. (46 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Manufactures exports (% of merchandise exports) in Mozambique changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | +276.3% | 2.0% | 7.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 12.5% | 10.1% | 16.7% | 5 |
| 2000s | 6.9% | 4.8% | 11.6% | 10 |
| 2010s | 10.9% | 2.0% | 22.5% | 10 |
| 2020s | 6.6% | 4.6% | 8.8% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Mozambique
- 165 Azerbaijan 5.3% compare
- 166 Malawi 5.1% compare
- 167 Cote d'Ivoire 5.0% compare
- 169 Afghanistan 4.8% compare
- 170 Ecuador 4.6% compare
- 171 Greenland 4.5% compare
More private sector data for Mozambique
- Merchandise trade 77.5% (2025)
- Food imports 22.2% (2025)
- Manufactures imports 51.0% (2025)
- Merchandise imports 9.21 billion current US$ (2025)
- Commercial service imports 2.41 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 12.4% (2025)
- Merchandise exports 8.10 billion current US$ (2025)
- Commercial service exports 1.23 billion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 227.33 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.3626 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is manufactures exports in Mozambique?
- Manufactures exports in Mozambique was 4.9% in 2025, according to Comtrade database, United Nations (UN), publisher: UN Statistics Division.
- What is the highest manufactures exports recorded in Mozambique?
- The highest recorded value was 22.5% in 2016.
- What is the lowest manufactures exports recorded in Mozambique?
- The lowest recorded value was 2.0% in 2010.
- How does Mozambique rank for manufactures exports?
- Mozambique ranks 168th out of 196 countries with data for 2025.
- Is manufactures exports rising or falling in Mozambique?
- Over the last ten years it is down 41.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Mozambique data come from?
- The figures come from Comtrade database, United Nations (UN), publisher: UN Statistics Division, published as part of Manufactures exports (% of merchandise exports). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Manufactures comprise commodities in SITC (Rev. 3) sections 5 (chemicals), 6 (basic manufactures), 7 (machinery and transport equipment), and 8 (miscellaneous manufactured goods), excluding division 68 (non-ferrous metals). This indicator is expressed as a percentage of merchandise exports which is comprised of goods whose economic ownership is changed between a resident and a non-resident and that are not included in the following specific categories: goods under merchanting, non-monetary gold, and parts of travel, construction, and government goods and services n.i.e.