Maping the CDM Potential in AFRICA

CDM AFRICA - Mapping CDM Potential

Mozambique

This is part of the Deliverable D9 - CDM potential atlas for the subregion

CDM Potentials:

Energy efficiency improving project (industrial units revamp) – Largest Potential
Wind Mills – Low Potential
Better use of wood resources (improved stoves and efficient charcoal making process) – Medium Potential

General Information on the Country:

Area: 801,590 sq km

Land use: arable land: 5.1% permanent crops: 0.3% other: 94.6% (2001)

Climate: tropical to subtropical

Carbon Dioxide Emissions: 0.39 10x3 tons of Carbon

Natural resources: coal, titanium, natural gas, hydropower, tantalum, graphite

Population: 18,811,731 Population growth rate: 1.22% (2004 est.)

HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate: 12.2% (2003 est.)

Administrative divisions: 10 provinces (provincias, singular - provincia), 1 city (cidade); Cabo Delgado, Gaza, Inhambane, Manica, Maputo, Cidade de Maputo, Nampula, Niassa, Sofala, Tete, Zambezia

Economy

GDP: purchasing power parity - $21.23 billion (2004 est.)

GDP - real growth rate: 7% (2004 est.)

GDP - composition by sector:

agriculture: 20.1% industry: 27.3% services: 52.7% (2004 est.)

Population below poverty line: 70% (2001 est.)

Agriculture - products: cotton, cashew nuts, sugarcane, tea, cassava (tapioca), corn, coconuts, sisal, citrus and tropical fruits, potatoes, sunflowers; beef, poultry

Industries: food, beverages, chemicals (fertilizer, soap, paints), aluminum, petroleum products, textiles, cement, glass, asbestos, tobacco

Industrial production growth rate: 3.4% (2000)

Electricity - production: 7.193 billion kWh (2001)

Electricity - consumption: 1.39 billion kWh (2001)

Electricity - exports: 5.8 billion kWh (2001)

Electricity - imports: 500 million kWh (2001)

Exports - commodities: aluminum, prawns, cashews, cotton, sugar, citrus, timber; bulk electricity

Electricity Production from:

- oil: 0,5 % - gás: 0,001 % - hydro: 99,5 %

Source: IEA Energy Statistics and The World Fact Book