- Three-fifths (61%) of Mozambicans say they are not working and looking for a job. Fewer than one-sixth (15%) report working full time (8%) or part time (7%) (Figure 1).
- Eight in 10 respondents (81%) disapprove of the government’s performance on job creation, including 69% who say it is performing “very badly” (Figure 2).
- Negative assessments are higher among unemployed citizens (85%) than those working part time (73%) or full time (68%) (Figure 3).
- Half (50%) of the population consider their living conditions as “fairly bad” (16%) or “very bad” (34%), while 36% say they are good. The remainder (14%) describe their living conditions as “neither good nor bad” (Figure 4).
- Five in 10 citizens (50%) say they had to turn to family members to make ends meet at least once over the past year, while about one-third (35%) say they had to turn to friends or neighbours for assistance (Figure 5).
- One in 10 (10%) say they sought assistance from a religious organisation, community group, or charity.
Most Mozambicans are dissatisfied with their government’s performance on job creation, a recent Afrobarometer survey shows.
Unemployed individuals are more likely than their working peers to voice disapproval. That is significant in a country where six in 10 respondents report being jobless and looking for work, while fewer than one in six are either full-time or part-time workers.
Half of citizens see their personal living conditions as bad. The same proportion report turning to family members during the previous year to make ends meet; one in three sought help from friends or neighbours, and one in 10 from religious or community organisations.
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