过去二十年来，莫桑比克已成为运转良好的民主国家，其农业部门有了成长，其识字率有了提高，其农村水电供应有所增加，其儿童死亡率大幅下降。 1990年，即内战结束前的倒数第二年，每1000名初生儿有219名会夭折；而到了2010年，这一数字下降至135人。
In the past two decades, Mozambique has become a functioning democracy; grown its agriculture sector; raised literacy rates; increased water supply and electricity in rural areas; and reduced child mortality dramatically, from 219 per 1,000 live births in 1990, two years before the civil war ended, to 135 per 1,000 in 2010.