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Mozambican Metical
MZNMozambique · Issued by Banco de Moçambique
Price (USD)
—
Inflation (2024)
+4.08%
10y M2 change
—
M69 Score
73.1
Market Cap (USD)
—
M2 source: World Bank
M2 (local currency)
—
broad money
CPI YoY (2024)
+4.08%
World Bank · annual
Country
Mozambique
ISO 4217 · MZN
Last Update
2026-04-25
Daily ingest · 02:00 UTC
Mozambican Metical M2 money supply
Broad money in MZN (cash + deposits + close substitutes), annual back to ~1960 via World Bank FM.LBL.BMNY.CN. Log scale auto-engages for hyperinflation outliers.
No M2 history available yet for MZN. World Bank coverage may be limited for this currency — direct central-bank feeds in a future release.
Mozambican Metical inflation history
Annual CPI YoY since 2001 — World Bank consumer price index for Mozambique. Inflation volatility is one of three inputs into the Money2069 sound-money score.
Purchasing power calculator
How much would your Mozambican Metical be worth today if you'd held it since…?
100 MZN in 2005 buys today
6.09 MZNworth of goods
Lost 94% of purchasing power since 2005.
To match 2005 purchasing power, you need today
1,642.52 MZN
38 years of cumulative inflation.
Calculation: cumulative product of (1 + CPI YoY) from the chosen year through 2024. Source: World Bank consumer price index (annual). Daily-refreshed.
Data sources & methodology
- FX (USD):
- Frankfurter / ECB · daily
- CPI YoY:
- World Bank FP.CPI.TOTL.ZG · annual
- M2 broad money:
- World Bank FM.LBL.BMNY.CN · annual (LCU)
- Market cap (USD):
- M2 / FX rate · daily
- 10-year M2 change:
- (M2 today / M2 10y ago) − 1
- M69 score:
- Weighted: CPI (50%), 10y M2 growth (40%), 1y FX stability (10%)
- Last fetched:
- 2026-04-25 16:09:55
- Country code (ISO 3166-1):
- MOZ
Raw data: /api/v1/currencies/current/MZN
Frequently asked questions
Who issues the Mozambican Metical?+
The Mozambican Metical (MZN) is issued by Banco de Moçambique. As the monetary authority for Mozambique, it sets policy interest rates, manages foreign reserves, and controls the money supply.
What is the inflation rate of the Mozambican Metical?+
Latest available consumer price inflation for the Mozambican Metical: 4.08% YoY (2024). Source: World Bank annual series (FP.CPI.TOTL.ZG). Daily-refreshed historical chart on this page.
Has the Mozambican Metical been debased?+
Every fiat currency loses purchasing power over time as central banks expand the money supply. broad-money data is being added in our next release. Combined with cumulative inflation, this is the gap between MZN as accounting unit and MZN as a store of value.
Is the Mozambican Metical sound money?+
On the Money2069 0–100 sound-money scale, the Mozambican Metical currently scores 73.1. The score weights inflation volatility, 10-year money-supply growth, and 1-year FX stability. Higher = closer to sound. No fiat scores 100 because no fiat has zero issuance.
How does the Mozambican Metical compare to gold or the US dollar?+
Use the table on the listing page to sort all 138 tracked currencies by inflation, 10-year M2 change, or M69 score. Pegged currencies (USD-pegged dirham, riyal, etc.) inherit the dollar's debasement profile; floating currencies tell their own story.
How often is this data updated?+
We pull fresh exchange rates daily from Frankfurter (ECB-sourced) and refresh the inflation series from the World Bank. The page is statically rendered with 24-hour ISR. Source data is publicly accessible via our /api/v1/currencies endpoints.