Barro-Lee: Average years of primary schooling, age 15+, total in Mozambique
Mozambique: Barro-Lee: Average years of primary schooling, age 15+, total was 1.58 in 2010. ▲ Rising
Barro-Lee: Average years of primary schooling, age 15+, total in Mozambique, 1960–2010
Source: Robert J. Barro and Jong-Wha Lee: http://www.barrolee.com/.
Analysis
In 2010, barro-lee: average years of primary schooling, age 15+, total in Mozambique stood at 1.58. That is the highest value across all 11 years on record.
The figure is up 68.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, barro-lee: average years of primary schooling, age 15+, total in Mozambique peaked at 1.58 in 2010 and was at its lowest, 0.82, in 1960.
That places Mozambique 142nd out of 144 countries with data for 2010, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 11 years of available data.
Barro-Lee: Average years of primary schooling, age 15+, total in Mozambique, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1960 | 0.82 | — |
| 1965 | 0.96 | +17.1% |
| 1970 | 0.97 | +1.0% |
| 1975 | 0.91 | -6.2% |
| 1980 | 1.07 | +17.6% |
| 1985 | 1.09 | +1.9% |
| 1990 | 0.91 | -16.5% |
| 1995 | 0.84 | -7.7% |
| 2000 | 0.94 | +11.9% |
| 2005 | 1.08 | +14.9% |
| 2010 | 1.58 | +46.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.89 | 0.82 | 0.96 | 2 |
| 1970s | 0.94 | 0.91 | 0.97 | 2 |
| 1980s | 1.08 | 1.07 | 1.09 | 2 |
| 1990s | 0.875 | 0.84 | 0.91 | 2 |
| 2000s | 1.01 | 0.94 | 1.08 | 2 |
| 2010s | 1.58 | 1.58 | 1.58 | 1 |
Countries ranked near Mozambique
More education data for Mozambique
- Theoretical duration of pre-primary education (years), annual growth 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Start of the academic school year (pre-primary to post-secondary non) 0.0494 % change on previous year (2025)
- Theoretical duration of lower secondary education (years), annual 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Theoretical duration of upper secondary education (years), annual 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Theoretical duration of secondary education (years), annual growth 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Start of the academic school year (tertiary education), gaps filled 2,022 tertiary education (2022)
- Start of the academic school year (tertiary education), annual growth 0.0496 % change on previous year (2018)
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 133,644 (2022)
- Duration of pre primary education, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Duration of pre-primary education 3 years (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is barro-lee: average years of primary schooling, age 15+, total in Mozambique?
- Barro-lee: average years of primary schooling, age 15+, total in Mozambique was 1.58 in 2010, according to Robert J. Barro and Jong-Wha Lee: http://www.barrolee.com/.
- What is the highest barro-lee: average years of primary schooling, age 15+, total recorded in Mozambique?
- The highest recorded value was 1.58 in 2010.
- What is the lowest barro-lee: average years of primary schooling, age 15+, total recorded in Mozambique?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.82 in 1960.
- How does Mozambique rank for barro-lee: average years of primary schooling, age 15+, total?
- Mozambique ranks 142nd out of 144 countries with data for 2010.
- Is barro-lee: average years of primary schooling, age 15+, total rising or falling in Mozambique?
- Over the last ten years it is up 68.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Mozambique data come from?
- The figures come from Robert J. Barro and Jong-Wha Lee: http://www.barrolee.com/, published as part of Barro-Lee: Average years of primary schooling, age 15+, total. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Average years of primary schooling, 15+, total is the average years of primary education completed among people over age 15.