In 2017, the National Demining Institute (Instituto Nacional de Desminagem, IND) reported seven casualties as a result of three incidents in the Republic of Mozambique, in Cabo Delago, Maputo, and Zambézia.

The number of mine/ERW casualties has fluctuated over the last few years. In 2016, there were two casualties, six in 2015, eight in 2014, and 11 in 2013.[2] 

The total number of mine/ERW casualties in the Republic of Mozambique is unknown, but there were at least 2,443 through the end of 2017. The most extensive collection of casualty data to date remains the nationwide Landmine Impact Survey (LIS), completed in 2001; it recorded 2,145 mine/ERW casualties but did not provide a breakdown of those killed and injured.[3] An additional 298 casualties (112 killed; 183 injured; three unknown) were identified between 2002 and 2016.[4] 

Based on the results of an earlier national survey, the then-titled Ministry of Women and Social Action (Ministério da Mulher e da Acção Social, MMAS)[5] projected that there were some 10,900 landmine/ERW survivors in Mozambique through December 2011.[6] 

Cluster munition casualties

There were no reported cluster munitions casualties in 2017. There are known to be casualties from earlier incidents involving cluster munition remnants, although these were not distinguished from ERW in the data and would require a survey to identify them.[7] There were no known civilian casualties of cluster munitions attacks. Mozambique reported a belief that military casualties of cluster munition use might be assisted by the Ministry of Defense and that due to the nature of the military activity this information is not publicly available.[8] In the past, cluster munition casualties have been reported among non-state armed group members from Zimbabwe (when it was formerly Rhodesia) on the territory of Mozambique during cluster munition bombing.[9]