Estatua de Samora Machel proxima ao edificio do Tribunal Administrativo. Foto de Ferhat Momade
Maputo, 04 Oct (AIM) – Mozambique’s Administrative Tribunal (TA), the body responsible for checking the legality of public expenditure, has approved the 2025 General State Account.
In a statement, AT explains that the analysis of the 2025 General State Account focused on the budgetary process, revenue, extractive industries, expenditure, public debt, state assets, and cross-cutting issues, as well as environmental matters and climate financing.
According to the document, figures in the General State Account confirm that the Mozambican economy contracted by 0.52 percent in 2025, after growing by 2.15 percent in 2024, contradicting government projections of a 2.9 percent expansion.
State revenues reached 364.496 billion meticais (5.7 billion Us dollars at the current exchange rate), equivalent to 94.5 percent of the 385.871 billion meticais projected in the budget.
“Expenditures totaled 465.831 billion meticais, corresponding to 89.6 percent of the approved allocation, resulting in a budget deficit of 101.335 billion meticais, below the 134.164 billion meticais initially projected”, reads the note.
According to the document, the country’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) reached 1.509 trillion meticais (22.7 billion dollars) in 2025, during a year heavily constrained by the fallout of the post-election crisis that followed the general elections of October 2024, which severely impacted business activity, trade, and the movement of goods.
Despite the negative annual result, the document points out that the economy recovered in the final quarter of 2025, expanding by 4.67 percent after four consecutive quarters of contraction.
The AT also reaffirmed “its commitment to legality, transparency, and the good management of public resources,” adding that its mission is to ensure that “every metical collected and spent by the State is administered with rigor, responsibility, and strict adherence to the law.”
The TA’s approval comes less than a year after political controversy surrounding the 2024 CGE, which passed in parliament with votes only from the parliamentary majority of the ruling Frelimo party, opposed by all opposition parties.
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