Farming in Mozambique Over 82% of Mozambique’s population lives on less than US$3 a day, making Mozambique the second poorest country in the world. On my travels in northern Mozambique, I experience the realities of life for people living in extreme poverty first hand. In most regions of rural Mozambique, access to electricity is limited, infrastructure is in a poor condition, only about one in three children attends school and there is hardly any functioning healthcare system.