Completion rate, lower secondary education, adjusted gender parity in Mozambique
Mozambique: Completion rate, lower secondary education, adjusted gender parity was 0.6214 modelled data in 2025. ▲ Rising
Latest (2025)
0.6214 modelled data
Change on year
up 0.4%
World rank
160th
of 164 countries
All-time high
0.6214 modelled data
in 2025
All-time low
0.3794 modelled data
in 1984
Years of data
45
1981–2025
Completion rate, lower secondary education, adjusted gender parity in Mozambique, 1981–2025
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in modelled data.
Analysis
Mozambique recorded 0.6214 modelled data for completion rate, lower secondary education, adjusted gender parity in 2025. That is the highest value across all 45 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.4% on the previous year and up 0.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, completion rate, lower secondary education, adjusted gender parity in Mozambique peaked at 0.6214 modelled data in 2025 and was at its lowest, 0.3794 modelled data, in 1984.
That places Mozambique 160th out of 164 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 45 years of available data.
Completion rate, lower secondary education, adjusted gender parity in Mozambique, year by year
| Year | modelled data | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1981 | 0.3844 modelled data | — |
| 1982 | 0.3817 modelled data | -0.7% |
| 1983 | 0.3858 modelled data | +1.1% |
| 1984 | 0.3794 modelled data | -1.7% |
| 1985 | 0.3829 modelled data | +0.9% |
| 1986 | 0.3916 modelled data | +2.2% |
| 1987 | 0.4087 modelled data | +4.4% |
| 1988 | 0.4254 modelled data | +4.1% |
| 1989 | 0.4556 modelled data | +7.1% |
| 1990 | 0.4839 modelled data | +6.2% |
| 1991 | 0.5105 modelled data | +5.5% |
| 1992 | 0.5415 modelled data | +6.1% |
| 1993 | 0.5567 modelled data | +2.8% |
| 1994 | 0.57 modelled data | +2.4% |
| 1995 | 0.5847 modelled data | +2.6% |
| 1996 | 0.5926 modelled data | +1.3% |
| 1997 | 0.5891 modelled data | -0.6% |
| 1998 | 0.5919 modelled data | +0.5% |
| 1999 | 0.5993 modelled data | +1.3% |
| 2000 | 0.6066 modelled data | +1.2% |
| 2001 | 0.602 modelled data | -0.8% |
| 2002 | 0.5862 modelled data | -2.6% |
| 2003 | 0.5741 modelled data | -2.1% |
| 2004 | 0.5728 modelled data | -0.2% |
| 2005 | 0.5659 modelled data | -1.2% |
| 2006 | 0.5703 modelled data | +0.8% |
| 2007 | 0.5716 modelled data | +0.2% |
| 2008 | 0.5808 modelled data | +1.6% |
| 2009 | 0.5887 modelled data | +1.4% |
| 2010 | 0.6028 modelled data | +2.4% |
| 2011 | 0.6128 modelled data | +1.6% |
| 2012 | 0.6183 modelled data | +0.9% |
| 2013 | 0.618 modelled data | -0.0% |
| 2014 | 0.6144 modelled data | -0.6% |
| 2015 | 0.6168 modelled data | +0.4% |
| 2016 | 0.6186 modelled data | +0.3% |
| 2017 | 0.6187 modelled data | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 0.6171 modelled data | -0.3% |
| 2019 | 0.6161 modelled data | -0.2% |
| 2020 | 0.6124 modelled data | -0.6% |
| 2021 | 0.6139 modelled data | +0.3% |
| 2022 | 0.6122 modelled data | -0.3% |
| 2023 | 0.617 modelled data | +0.8% |
| 2024 | 0.6192 modelled data | +0.4% |
| 2025 | 0.6214 modelled data | +0.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 0.3995 modelled data | 0.3794 modelled data | 0.4556 modelled data | 9 |
| 1990s | 0.562 modelled data | 0.4839 modelled data | 0.5993 modelled data | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.5819 modelled data | 0.5659 modelled data | 0.6066 modelled data | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.6154 modelled data | 0.6028 modelled data | 0.6187 modelled data | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.616 modelled data | 0.6122 modelled data | 0.6214 modelled data | 6 |
Countries ranked near Mozambique
- 157 Equatorial Guinea 0.66 modelled data compare
- 158 Benin 0.6583 modelled data compare
- 159 Afghanistan 0.6411 modelled data compare
- 161 Chad 0.556 modelled data compare
- 162 South Sudan 0.5112 modelled data compare
- 163 Somalia 0.4334 modelled data compare
More education data for Mozambique
- 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 (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre primary education 3 (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 53.1% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 44.2% (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 13 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 6 years (2025)
- Primary secondary enrollment completion rates, gaps filled 119.16 (2022)
- School enrollment, primary 119.2% (2022)
Frequently asked questions
- What is completion rate, lower secondary education, adjusted gender parity in Mozambique?
- Completion rate, lower secondary education, adjusted gender parity in Mozambique was 0.6214 modelled data in 2025, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest completion rate, lower secondary education, adjusted gender parity recorded in Mozambique?
- The highest recorded value was 0.6214 modelled data in 2025.
- What is the lowest completion rate, lower secondary education, adjusted gender parity recorded in Mozambique?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.3794 modelled data in 1984.
- How does Mozambique rank for completion rate, lower secondary education, adjusted gender parity?
- Mozambique ranks 160th out of 164 countries with data for 2025.
- Is completion rate, lower secondary education, adjusted gender parity rising or falling in Mozambique?
- Over the last ten years it is up 0.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Mozambique data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of Completion rate, lower secondary education, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA) (modelled data). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release