average income in mozambique
Around 18.5 million people live in Mozambique, of whom 54% still live under the national poverty line (National Household Income Survey, Mozambique National Institute of Statistics -INE, 2003). The average annual income (GNI) per person is US$250, or about Â£140 (World Development Indicators 2005). That's half the average weekly income in the UK. - Average annual GDP has increased by over 8% pa since the late 1990s (Ministry of Planning and Dev, 2004). Mozambique held its 3rd democratic elections in December 2004 and FRELIMO, in power since 1994, won a substantial majority.