Lower secondary completion rate, male in Mozambique
Mozambique: Lower secondary completion rate, male was 25.9% in 2019. ▲ Rising
Lower secondary completion rate, male in Mozambique, 1983–2019
Source: Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). Measured in % of relevant age group.
Analysis
Mozambique recorded 25.9% for lower secondary completion rate, male in 2019. That is the highest value across all 25 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 8.1% on the previous year and up 18.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, lower secondary completion rate, male in Mozambique peaked at 25.9% in 2019 and was at its lowest, 3.3%, in 1999.
That places Mozambique 178th out of 187 countries with data for 2019, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 25 years of available data.
Lower secondary completion rate, male in Mozambique, year by year
| Year | % of relevant age group | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1983 | 12.6% | — |
| 1985 | 15.3% | +21.6% |
| 1986 | 14.4% | -5.5% |
| 1990 | 13.5% | -6.6% |
| 1992 | 12.0% | -11.4% |
| 1993 | 11.4% | -4.7% |
| 1994 | 10.9% | -4.2% |
| 1995 | 11.1% | +2.0% |
| 1999 | 3.3% | -70.5% |
| 2000 | 4.5% | +36.7% |
| 2002 | 6.6% | +48.3% |
| 2004 | 7.9% | +19.1% |
| 2005 | 11.3% | +42.6% |
| 2006 | 12.4% | +9.9% |
| 2007 | 15.4% | +24.4% |
| 2008 | 20.0% | +29.4% |
| 2009 | 21.8% | +9.3% |
| 2010 | 23.2% | +6.4% |
| 2011 | 24.3% | +4.4% |
| 2012 | 24.0% | -1.0% |
| 2013 | 23.7% | -1.4% |
| 2014 | 23.7% | +0.1% |
| 2015 | 24.0% | +1.1% |
| 2017 | 23.9% | -0.2% |
| 2019 | 25.9% | +8.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 14.1% | 12.6% | 15.3% | 3 |
| 1990s | 10.4% | 3.3% | 13.5% | 6 |
| 2000s | 12.5% | 4.5% | 21.8% | 8 |
| 2010s | 24.1% | 23.2% | 25.9% | 8 |
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More education data for Mozambique
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 1.07 million (2017)
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), annual growth 5.75 % change on previous year (2015)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 133,644 (2022)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), annual growth rate 2.71 % change on previous year (2020)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), gaps filled 512,577 (2017)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), annual growth rate 6.85 % change on previous year (2015)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 559,063 (2017)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), annual growth rate 4.75 % change on previous year (2015)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 45,100 (1986)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), annual -28.34 % change on previous year (1986)
Frequently asked questions
- What is lower secondary completion rate, male in Mozambique?
- Lower secondary completion rate, male in Mozambique was 25.9% in 2019, according to Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).
- What is the highest lower secondary completion rate, male recorded in Mozambique?
- The highest recorded value was 25.9% in 2019.
- What is the lowest lower secondary completion rate, male recorded in Mozambique?
- The lowest recorded value was 3.3% in 1999.
- How does Mozambique rank for lower secondary completion rate, male?
- Mozambique ranks 178th out of 187 countries with data for 2019.
- Is lower secondary completion rate, male rising or falling in Mozambique?
- Over the last ten years it is up 18.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Mozambique data come from?
- The figures come from Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), published as part of Lower secondary completion rate, male (% of relevant age group). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Lower secondary education completion rate is measured as the gross intake ratio to the last grade of lower secondary education (general and pre-vocational). It is calculated as the number of new entrants in the last grade of lower secondary education, regardless of age, divided by the population at the entrance age for the last grade of lower secondary education.