Mozambique: 2,470 km (2026 edition) · Zimbabwe: 0 km (2026 edition)

Zimbabwe’s highest peak towers 156 m above Mozambique’s

Mozambique: 2,436 m (2026 edition) · Zimbabwe: 2,592 m (2026 edition)

Farmland covers 56% of Mozambique, versus 48% of Zimbabwe

Mozambique: 56.1% (2024) · Zimbabwe: 48.1% (2024)

Mozambique has 2.1 times as many people as Zimbabwe

Mozambique: 35.6 million (2025) · Zimbabwe: 17 million (2025)

Mozambique is 3% more densely populated than Zimbabwe

Mozambique: 45 per km² (2025) · Zimbabwe: 44 per km² (2025)

The typical person in Zimbabwe is 1.5 years older than in Mozambique

Mozambique: 16.3 years (2023) · Zimbabwe: 17.8 years (2023)

Women in Mozambique have 1.0 more children on average than in Zimbabwe

Mozambique: 4.69 children per woman (2024) · Zimbabwe: 3.67 children per woman (2024)

3.6% of people in Zimbabwe are 65 or older, versus 2.7% in Mozambique

Mozambique: 2.7% (2025) · Zimbabwe: 3.6% (2025)

Zimbabwe hosts 3.5 times as many refugees per resident as Mozambique

Mozambique: 0.1 per 1,000 (2025) · Zimbabwe: 0.5 per 1,000 (2025)

Zimbabwe has produced 0.6 Nobel laureates per 10 million people, Mozambique none

Mozambique: 0 (2026) · Zimbabwe: 0.6 (2026)

Zimbabwe has 15 official languages, Mozambique 1

Mozambique: 1 (2026) · Zimbabwe: 15 (2026)

Zimbabwe’s economy is 2.3 times the size of Mozambique’s

Mozambique: $22.3 billion (2025) · Zimbabwe: $51.2 billion (2025)

Zimbabwe produces 3.8 times as much per person as Mozambique

Mozambique: Int$1,698 (2025) · Zimbabwe: Int$6,470 (2025)

Income is more unequally shared in Zimbabwe than in Mozambique (Gini 0.7 points higher)

Mozambique: 49.6 (2022) · Zimbabwe: 50.3 (2019)

81% of people in Mozambique live on less than $3 a day, versus 49% in Zimbabwe

Mozambique: 81.4% (2022) · Zimbabwe: 49.2% (2019)

Unemployment is 9.3% in Zimbabwe, versus 6.6% in Mozambique

Mozambique: 6.6% (2025) · Zimbabwe: 9.3% (2025)

Mozambique spends 1.9% of its GDP on the military, Zimbabwe 0.6%

Mozambique: 1.9% (2025) · Zimbabwe: 0.6% (2025)

Mozambique’s central government collects 22% of GDP in tax, Zimbabwe’s 7.2%

Mozambique: 21.8% (2024) · Zimbabwe: 7.2% (2018)

Zimbabwe’s price level (US = 100) is 1.3× Mozambique’s

Mozambique: 37% (2025) · Zimbabwe: 47% (2025)

Zimbabwe spends 19% more on health per person than Mozambique

Mozambique: $53 (2023) · Zimbabwe: $63 (2023)

A baby in Zimbabwe is 43% more likely to die before turning one than in Mozambique

Mozambique: 43.7 per 1,000 (2024) · Zimbabwe: 62.4 per 1,000 (2024)

Mozambique has 29% more doctors per person than Zimbabwe

Mozambique: 0.2 per 1,000 (2022) · Zimbabwe: 0.1 per 1,000 (2023)

Mozambique: 0.7 per 1,000 (2021) · Zimbabwe: no data

The suicide rate in Mozambique is 11% higher than in Zimbabwe

Mozambique: 16.7 per 100k (2023) · Zimbabwe: 15.1 per 100k (2023)

13% of adults in Zimbabwe are obese, versus 9.4% in Mozambique

Mozambique: 9.4% (2024) · Zimbabwe: 13.1% (2024)

11% of adults in Zimbabwe smoke, versus 11% in Mozambique

Mozambique: 10.5% (2024) · Zimbabwe: 11% (2024)

People in Mozambique rate their lives 1.99 points higher than in Zimbabwe

Mozambique: 5.34 (2025) · Zimbabwe: 3.35 (2025)

Adults in Zimbabwe drink 2.7 times as much alcohol as in Mozambique

Mozambique: 2 litres (2023) · Zimbabwe: 5.4 litres (2023)

Zimbabwe has 5.6 times as much meat per person as Mozambique

Mozambique: 10.4 kg (2023) · Zimbabwe: 57.6 kg (2023)

Zimbabwe has 207 kcal more food per person per day than Mozambique

Mozambique: 2,186 kcal (2023) · Zimbabwe: 2,393 kcal (2023)

Workers in Zimbabwe put in 804 more hours a year than in Mozambique

Mozambique: 1,507 hours (2023) · Zimbabwe: 2,311 hours (2023)

Adults in Zimbabwe went to school 4.3 years longer than in Mozambique

Mozambique: 4.6 years (2023) · Zimbabwe: 8.9 years (2023)

Mozambique: 0.07 (2019) · Zimbabwe: no data

Zimbabwe has 3 more World Heritage sites than Mozambique (5 against 2)

Mozambique: 2 (2026) · Zimbabwe: 5 (2026)

Zimbabwe has won 8 Olympic medals, Mozambique 2

Mozambique: 2 (2026 edition) · Zimbabwe: 8 (2026 edition)

42% of people in Zimbabwe are online, versus 21% in Mozambique

Mozambique: 21% (2024) · Zimbabwe: 42% (2024)

Home internet in Mozambique is 55% faster than in Zimbabwe

Mozambique: 72 Mbps (2026) · Zimbabwe: 46 Mbps (2026)

62% of people in Zimbabwe have electricity, versus 37% in Mozambique

Mozambique: 36.9% (2024) · Zimbabwe: 62% (2024)

40% of people in Zimbabwe live in cities, versus 37% in Mozambique

Mozambique: 37% (2025) · Zimbabwe: 40% (2025)

Zimbabwe has 94 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Mozambique 50

Mozambique: 50 (2024) · Zimbabwe: 94 (2024)

Zimbabwe and Mozambique are nearly identical here

Mozambique: 3,116 km (2011) · Zimbabwe: 3,120 km (2020)

Airlines from Mozambique fly 3.5 times as many passengers per resident as those from Zimbabwe

Mozambique: 0.02 (2023) · Zimbabwe: 0.01 (2023)

Forest covers 41% of Mozambique, but only 36% of Zimbabwe

Mozambique: 41.3% (2024) · Zimbabwe: 35.7% (2024)

The average person in Zimbabwe emits 3.3 times as much CO₂ as someone in Mozambique

Mozambique: 0.2 t (2024) · Zimbabwe: 0.8 t (2024)

83% of Mozambique’s electricity is renewable, versus 57% in Zimbabwe

Mozambique: 83.4% (2024) · Zimbabwe: 57.1% (2024)

The air in Zimbabwe carries 18% more fine dust than in Mozambique

Mozambique: 17 µg/m³ (2024) · Zimbabwe: 20.1 µg/m³ (2024)

Mozambique: no data · Zimbabwe: 6.8 per 100k (2022)

Roads in Zimbabwe are 71% deadlier than in Mozambique

Mozambique: 26.7 per 100k (2023) · Zimbabwe: 45.6 per 100k (2023)

Mozambique is on average 2.3 °C warmer than Zimbabwe

Mozambique: 24.3°C (2016–2025 avg) · Zimbabwe: 22°C (2016–2025 avg)

Mozambique gets 22% more rain than Zimbabwe

Mozambique: 918 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Zimbabwe: 751 mm (2016–2025 avg)