Number of people living in extreme poverty in Mozambique 2016-2025
As of 2021, around 19.5 million people in Mozambique lived in extreme poverty, with the poverty threshold at 1.90 U.S. dollars a day. Some 500 thousand people more were pushed into poverty in comparison to 2020. The headcount was, however, forecast to decrease in the coming years. By 2025, around 17 million Mozambicans are projected to live on a maximum of 1.90 U.S. dollars per day.