Debt - external:
$966 million (2002 est.)
Economic aid - recipient:
$632.8 million (2001)
Currency (code):
metical (MZM)
Currency code:
MZM
Exchange rates:
meticais per US dollar - 22,581 (2004), 23,782 (2003), 23,678
(2002), 20,704 (2001), 15,227 (2000)
note: effective October 2000, the exchange rate is determined as the
weighted average of buying and selling exchange rates of all
transactions of commercial banks and stock exchanges with the public
Fiscal year:
calendar year
Communications Mozambique
Telephones - main lines in use:
83,700 (2002)
Telephones - mobile cellular:
428,900 (2003)
Telephone system:
general assessment: fair system but not available generally
(telephone density is only 16 telephones for each 1,000 persons)
domestic: the system consists of open-wire lines and trunk
connection by microwave radio relay and tropospheric scatter
international: country code - 258; satellite earth stations - 5
Intelsat (2 Atlantic Ocean and 3 Indian Ocean)