Pipelines:
Gas 964 km; refined products 278 km
(2007)
Railways:
Total: 3 123 km
Narrow gauge: 2 983 km 1 067 m gauge;
140 km 0.762 m gauge (2006)
Roadways:
Total: 30 400 km
Paved: 5 685 km
Unpaved: 24 715 km (2000)
Waterways:
460 km (Zambezi River navigable to Tete
and along Cahora Bassa Lake (2008)
Ports and terminals:
Beira, Maputo, Nacala
KEY DEVELOPMENT INDICATORS
Selected indicators
1997
2003
2008
2015
(Goal)
69.4
54.1
45.0
40.0
–
–
74.6
100
Children with insufficient weight (M5
years, %)
26.0
23.7
25.5
17.0
Primary education completion rate (%)
22.0
38.7
72.6
100.0
Ratio of girls to boys in primary education
(EP1)
0.71
0.83
0.9
1.00
Proportion of seats held by women in
national parliament
28.0
35.6
37.2
50.0
Under-five mortality rate (per 1 000 live
births)
219
178
140
108
Children vaccinated against measles
(1-year-olds, %)
57.5
76.7
–
95.0
Maternal mortality rate (per 100 000 live
births)
1 000
408
185
250
Deliveries assisted by qualified health
staff (%)
44.2
47.7
53.8
N/A
Prevalence of HIV/Aids among the population aged 15–49 years
8.2
16.2
16.0
N/A
Proportion of land covered by forests
21
N/A
51.0
N/A
Millennium Development Goal (MDG)
target indicators
Population living below the national
poverty line (%)
Ratio of employed people over the total
population (%)
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