Today we look at moving to Maputo in Mozambique from Majuro in Marshall Islands. We highlight cost of living and other major differences likely to be experienced in our series of short blogs on moving between different international locations.
In Maputo people speak Portuguese (official), Makua-Lomwe, Swahili, other indigenous languages. In Majuro people speak Marshallese and English.
Maputo is the capital and largest city of Mozambique. Majuro is the capital and largest city of the Republic of the Marshall Islands. Maputo's chief exports are coal, cotton, sugar, chromite, sisal, copra, and hardwood. The city manufactures cement, pottery, furniture, shoes, and rubber. There is also a large aluminium smelting plant, Mozal. Majuro is built on an atoll of 64 islands, the Majuro Atoll. Majuro has a port, shopping district, hotels, and an international airport.
The overall cost of living rank in Maputo is 194 out of 300 global locations, which equates it with low cost of living locations. An expatriate moving from Majuro to Maputo will experience a change in cost of living of -11.6%.
In terms of the hardship people are likely to experience, assessed in global terms, Maputo is ranked as a high degree of hardship location with a hardship index of 30% the same as Majuro.
Source: Cost of living Maputo, Mozambique as at July 2011.
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Mozambique, Maputo Cost of Living April 2010
Country Full Name: The Republic of Mozambique.
Location: Mozambique is in South Eastern Africa, bordering the Mozambique Channel, between South Africa and Tanzania.
Country Climate: Tropical to subtropical.
Country Terrain: Mostly coastal lowlands, uplands in center, high plateaus in northwest, mountains in west.
Major Languages: Portuguese (official), Makua-Lomwe, Swahili, other indigenous languages.
Major Religions: Christianity, indigenous beliefs, Islam.
Country Population: 20.7 million (2008 est.) 21.2 million (2009 est.).
Country Economy: The economy of Mozambique has developed since the end of the Mozambican Civil War (1977-1992), but the country is still one of the world's poorest and most underdeveloped. Mozambique's life expectancy and infant mortality rates are both among the worst ranked in the world due to the excessive malaria carrying mosquitoes.
Currency: Mozambican New Metical (MZN).
Country Inflation: 10.3% (2008 est.) 3.5% (2009 est.).
City: Maputo is the capital and largest city of Mozambique.
City Economy: Maputo's chief exports are coal, cotton, sugar, chromite, sisal, copra, and hardwood. The city manufactures cement, pottery, furniture, shoes, and rubber. There is also a large aluminium smelting plant, Mozal.
Cost of Living: Maputo has an overall cost of living index which equates it with low cost of living locations. The overall cost of living index is comprised of the prices for defined quantities of the same goods and services across all 13 Basket Groups. Maputo is currently ranked 207 overall, most expensive place in the world for expatriates to live, out of 282 international locations.
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Location: Mozambique is in South Eastern Africa, bordering the Mozambique Channel, between South Africa and Tanzania.
Country Climate: Tropical to subtropical.
Country Terrain: Mostly coastal lowlands, uplands in center, high plateaus in northwest, mountains in west.
Major Languages: Portuguese (official), Makua-Lomwe, Swahili, other indigenous languages.
Major Religions: Christianity, indigenous beliefs, Islam.
Country Population: 20.7 million (2008 est.) 21.2 million (2009 est.).
Country Economy: The economy of Mozambique has developed since the end of the Mozambican Civil War (1977-1992), but the country is still one of the world's poorest and most underdeveloped. Mozambique's life expectancy and infant mortality rates are both among the worst ranked in the world due to the excessive malaria carrying mosquitoes.
Currency: Mozambican New Metical (MZN).
Country Inflation: 10.3% (2008 est.) 3.5% (2009 est.).
City: Maputo is the capital and largest city of Mozambique.
City Economy: Maputo's chief exports are coal, cotton, sugar, chromite, sisal, copra, and hardwood. The city manufactures cement, pottery, furniture, shoes, and rubber. There is also a large aluminium smelting plant, Mozal.
Cost of Living: Maputo has an overall cost of living index which equates it with low cost of living locations. The overall cost of living index is comprised of the prices for defined quantities of the same goods and services across all 13 Basket Groups. Maputo is currently ranked 207 overall, most expensive place in the world for expatriates to live, out of 282 international locations.
For more cost of living information on Mozambique, Maputo
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