Mozambique's GDP likely declined by 1.3% in 2020 - World Bank (Adds details) MAPUTO, March 4 (Reuters) - Mozambique's economy likely registered its first contraction in nearly three decades last year due to the COVID-19 pandemic, further compromising years of "hard-won" development gains, the World Bank said on Thursday. The country's real gross domestic product (GDP) is estimated to have declined by 1.3% in 2020 compared to a pre-COVID growth estimate of 4.3%, the bank said in its World Bank Mozambique Economic Update report. The pandemic hit Mozambique's economy as it was attempting to recover from the protracted slowdown triggered by the hidden debt crisis and two cyclones, Idai and Kenneth, that rocked the