Mozambique

Sub-Saharan Africa · Maputo

Rank #124 of 173

27.4Strength score

Photos

Mozambique army personnel — Mozambique army personnelSteve Evans · CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Indian Navy Continues Humanitarian Effort in Mozambique, 2019 (5) — Indian Navy Continues Humanitarian Effort in Mozambique, 2019 (5)Indian Navy · GODL-India · Wikimedia Commons

Helicopter over flooded Central Mozambique — Helicopter over flooded Central MozambiqueTSGT Cary Humphries, USAF · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

Equipment figures for this country are not added yet. The score uses budget and personnel only.

Strength by area

Finance72
Air power—
Manpower62
Land forces—
Naval power—
Nuclear—

Finance

Defence budget: $468M #113
Budget as % of GDP: 1.87% #82
Spending per person: $13 #146
GDP: $22.3B #126
Population: 35,631,653 #46

Manpower

Active personnel: 11,000 (World Bank figure) #131
Reserve personnel: —
Paramilitary: —
Total personnel: 11,000 #131

Land forces

Tanks: —
Armoured vehicles: —
Self-propelled artillery: —
Towed artillery: —
Rocket launchers (MLRS): —

Air power

Total aircraft: —
Fighter jets: —
Attack aircraft & bombers: —
Transport aircraft: —
Helicopters: —
Attack helicopters: —

Naval power

Total naval vessels: —
Aircraft carriers: —
Helicopter carriers: —
Submarines: —
Destroyers: —
Frigates: —
Corvettes: —
Patrol vessels: —

Nuclear

Nuclear warheads: —

Compare with…

Others in the region

37Nigeria60.1 VS
45South Africa57.5 VS
47Ethiopia51.5 VS
64Angola30.9 VS
66Congo, Dem. Rep.30.8 VS
82Sudan29.8 VS
83Uganda29.8 VS
87Eritrea29.5 VS

Source

Budget, GDP, population and personnel: World Bank open data (SIPRI / IISS based). (Defence budget: 2025)