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Mozambique
Mozambique approved a new national ID legal framework in mid-2026 and is planning a mobile digital ID. No CBDC work was found.
Digital ID · Goal 16.9
Digital ID in Mozambique
- Program
- Bilhete de Identidade (national ID card)
- Status
- Being built or piloted
- National ID card
- ID card compulsory
- Biometrics
- Yes
- Law
- Cabinet-approved national ID legal framework (June 2026)
The cabinet approved a new legal framework in June 2026 covering how biometric data is collected, stored and managed. The civil identification directorate reported 856,101 ID cards issued in January to June 2026. A new digital agency (ATDI, created March 2026) oversees digital ID projects, and a May 2026 report says the government plans mobile digital identity and e-signature infrastructure.
Digital money · Goal 8.10
Central bank digital currency
- Status
- No known work
No public CBDC work found as of Oct 2026.
On the record
What has happened, newest first
- 2026-06Rolling it out
Cabinet approved a new national ID legal framework. Biometric Update ↗
- 2026-05Rolling it out
Government announced plans for mobile digital identity and e-signature infrastructure. Lusa via AMAN ↗
UN and WHO
How Mozambique has voted
- WHO
- Accepted the 2024 rule changes
- Pandemic Agreement (May 2025)
- No recorded objection
- Migration compact (Dec 2018)
- Voted yes
- Paris climate deal
- Party
- SDG Index 2026
- 53.0 · rank 153 of 169
- Progress reports to the UN (VNRs)
- 2
Sovereignty score
How the 0 adds up
- 0No tracked actions either way.
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