Over-age students, primary, female in Mozambique
Mozambique: Over-age students, primary, female was 14.7% in 2018. ▼ Falling
Over-age students, primary, female in Mozambique, 1973–2018
Source: Stat Bulk Data Download Service, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). Measured in % of female enrollment.
Analysis
In 2018, over-age students, primary, female in Mozambique stood at 14.7%.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 1.1% on the previous year and down 24.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, over-age students, primary, female in Mozambique peaked at 58.7% in 1982 and was at its lowest, 14.2%, in 2015.
Mozambique ranks 31st of 191 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 34 years of available data.
Over-age students, primary, female in Mozambique, year by year
| Year | % of female enrollment | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1973 | 19.7% | — |
| 1979 | 49.4% | +150.9% |
| 1981 | 51.5% | +4.2% |
| 1982 | 58.7% | +14.0% |
| 1983 | 37.2% | -36.7% |
| 1985 | 36.9% | -0.7% |
| 1986 | 37.8% | +2.5% |
| 1987 | 29.3% | -22.7% |
| 1989 | 28.0% | -4.4% |
| 1991 | 26.6% | -4.8% |
| 1992 | 27.2% | +2.0% |
| 1993 | 26.4% | -2.8% |
| 1994 | 26.6% | +0.6% |
| 1995 | 26.9% | +1.3% |
| 1998 | 22.2% | -17.6% |
| 1999 | 21.8% | -1.8% |
| 2000 | 22.0% | +0.9% |
| 2001 | 21.9% | -0.4% |
| 2002 | 29.2% | +33.1% |
| 2004 | 22.0% | -24.5% |
| 2005 | 21.4% | -2.8% |
| 2006 | 20.0% | -6.7% |
| 2007 | 19.6% | -1.9% |
| 2008 | 19.5% | -0.7% |
| 2009 | 18.7% | -4.0% |
| 2010 | 18.2% | -2.8% |
| 2011 | 17.2% | -5.6% |
| 2012 | 16.0% | -6.7% |
| 2013 | 15.9% | -0.9% |
| 2014 | 14.8% | -6.7% |
| 2015 | 14.2% | -4.2% |
| 2016 | 14.8% | +4.3% |
| 2017 | 14.9% | +0.4% |
| 2018 | 14.7% | -1.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 34.6% | 19.7% | 49.4% | 2 |
| 1980s | 39.9% | 28.0% | 58.7% | 7 |
| 1990s | 25.4% | 21.8% | 27.2% | 7 |
| 2000s | 21.6% | 18.7% | 29.2% | 9 |
| 2010s | 15.6% | 14.2% | 18.2% | 9 |
Countries ranked near Mozambique
More education data for Mozambique
- Teachers in secondary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 33,281 (2017)
- Repeaters in primary education, all grades, both sexes (number), gaps 278,480 (2022)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, male (number), gaps filled 24,278 (1986)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, female (number), gaps filled 20,822 (1986)
- Secondary education, pupils, gaps filled 1.07 million (2017)
- Primary education, duration (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Primary education, pupils, gaps filled 7.66 million (2022)
- Primary education, pupils, annual growth rate 4.4 % change on previous year (2020)
- Primary education, pupils, per unit of GDP 0.0004 units per US$ of GDP (2022)
- Primary education, pupils, per capita 0.2344 units per person (2022)
Frequently asked questions
- What is over-age students, primary, female in Mozambique?
- Over-age students, primary, female in Mozambique was 14.7% in 2018, according to Stat Bulk Data Download Service, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).
- What is the highest over-age students, primary, female recorded in Mozambique?
- The highest recorded value was 58.7% in 1982.
- What is the lowest over-age students, primary, female recorded in Mozambique?
- The lowest recorded value was 14.2% in 2015.
- How does Mozambique rank for over-age students, primary, female?
- Mozambique ranks 31st out of 191 countries with data for 2018.
- Is over-age students, primary, female rising or falling in Mozambique?
- Over the last ten years it is down 24.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Mozambique data come from?
- The figures come from Stat Bulk Data Download Service, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), published as part of Over-age students, primary, female (% of female enrollment). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Over-age students are the percentage of those enrolled who are older than the official school-age range for primary education.