Mozambique blev rangeret som 116 af 178 lande i Transparency Internationals seneste indeks for global korruption. Ifølge en USAID-rapport forfattet i 2005, er "omfanget og omfanget af korruption i Mozambique [...] årsag til alarm."<ref>{{cite web| url=http://maputo.usembassy.gov/uploads/images/q3naBGGSYz8BsCXguSD5Pw/Final_Report-Mozambique__Corruption_Assessment-without_internal_rec.pdf| title=CORRUPTION ASSESSMENT: MOZAMBIQU| publisher=USAID| date=16. december 2005| access-date= 5. juli 2017| archive-date= 3. marts 2016| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303174654/http://maputo.usembassy.gov/uploads/images/q3naBGGSYz8BsCXguSD5Pw/Final_Report-Mozambique__Corruption_Assessment-without_internal_rec.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref>
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