Government spending on education as a share of GDP in Mozambique
Mozambique: Government spending on education as a share of GDP was 6.0% in 2022. ▲ Rising
Government spending on education as a share of GDP in Mozambique, 1998–2022
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data. Measured in % of GDP.
Analysis
The most recent figure for government spending on education as a share of gdp in Mozambique is 6.0%, measured in 2022.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 5.7% on the previous year and up 7.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, government spending on education as a share of gdp in Mozambique peaked at 6.4% in 2014 and was at its lowest, 1.8%, in 1998.
Mozambique ranks 30th of 199 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 18 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 2.2% | 1.8% | 2.6% | 2 |
| 2000s | 3.6% | 3.2% | 3.9% | 3 |
| 2010s | 5.7% | 5.2% | 6.4% | 10 |
| 2020s | 6.2% | 6.0% | 6.3% | 3 |
Countries ranked near Mozambique
More education data for Mozambique
- Duration of pre-primary education 3 years (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre-primary education 3 years (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)
- School enrollment, primary 119.2% (2022)
- Primary education, teachers 133,644 (2022)
- Fertility rate vs. average years of schooling 4.69 live births per woman (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, female 116.1% (2022)
Frequently asked questions
- What is government spending on education as a share of gdp in Mozambique?
- Government spending on education as a share of gdp in Mozambique was 6.0% in 2022, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest government spending on education as a share of gdp recorded in Mozambique?
- The highest recorded value was 6.4% in 2014.
- What is the lowest government spending on education as a share of gdp recorded in Mozambique?
- The lowest recorded value was 1.8% in 1998.
- How does Mozambique rank for government spending on education as a share of gdp?
- Mozambique ranks 30th out of 199 countries with data for 2022.
- Is government spending on education as a share of gdp rising or falling in Mozambique?
- Over the last ten years it is up 7.5%. 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 (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Government spending on education as a share of GDP. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Total annual general government spending on all levels of education, expressed as a percentage of GDP.