Mozambique

MERI Assessment

Mozambique scores 29.4 on the MERI Readiness Index, placing it in Tier 5 at global rank 122 (3.2nd percentile). The country trails the Sub-Saharan Africa median by 8.8 points and the Low income group median by 2.3 points. Two active high-severity red flags—armed conflict with 276 battle-deaths over 102 events in the trailing 12 months and 8 OFAC SDN designations under sanctions programs—present material risks to market entry. Talent and operating conditions offer relative strength, while market infrastructure remains critically underdeveloped.

One indicator (Human Capital Quality) is imputed from peer data; three indicators (Trade Openness, Business Entry, Contract Enforcement) are missing, reducing coverage to 75% for market infrastructure and 50% for regulatory institutions.