Proportion of 15- to 24-year-olds enrolled in vocational education in Mozambique
Mozambique: Proportion of 15- to 24-year-olds enrolled in vocational education was 0.9% in 2015. ▲ Rising
Proportion of 15- to 24-year-olds enrolled in vocational education in Mozambique, 1992–2015
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
The most recent figure for proportion of 15- to 24-year-olds enrolled in vocational education in Mozambique is 0.9%, measured in 2015. That is the highest value across all 20 years on record.
That represents a change of up 2.5% on the previous year and up 51.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, proportion of 15- to 24-year-olds enrolled in vocational education in Mozambique peaked at 0.9% in 2015 and was at its lowest, 0.3%, in 1992.
That places Mozambique 138th out of 183 countries with data for 2015, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 20 years of available data.
Proportion of 15- to 24-year-olds enrolled in vocational education in Mozambique, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 0.3% | — |
| 1993 | 0.3% | +10.6% |
| 1994 | 0.6% | +81.2% |
| 1995 | 0.6% | -1.0% |
| 1999 | 0.6% | -8.9% |
| 2000 | 0.5% | -3.2% |
| 2001 | 0.5% | +0.8% |
| 2002 | 0.6% | +5.4% |
| 2004 | 0.6% | -1.2% |
| 2005 | 0.6% | +4.4% |
| 2006 | 0.6% | -1.9% |
| 2007 | 0.6% | +3.4% |
| 2008 | 0.6% | +2.6% |
| 2009 | 0.8% | +23.3% |
| 2010 | 0.7% | -8.6% |
| 2011 | 0.6% | -7.6% |
| 2012 | 0.6% | -7.2% |
| 2013 | 0.8% | +38.1% |
| 2014 | 0.9% | +6.7% |
| 2015 | 0.9% | +2.5% |
Mozambique compared with similar countries
- Mozambique's 0.9% is above the median for low income countries, which is 0.9%, 1.0× the median. (17 countries reporting)
- Mozambique's 0.9% is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 1.2%, 74% of the median. (35 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Proportion of 15- to 24-year-olds enrolled in vocational education in Mozambique changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1994 | +81.2% | 0.3% | 0.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.5% | 0.3% | 0.6% | 5 |
| 2000s | 0.6% | 0.5% | 0.8% | 9 |
| 2010s | 0.8% | 0.6% | 0.9% | 6 |
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 proportion of 15- to 24-year-olds enrolled in vocational education in Mozambique?
- Proportion of 15- to 24-year-olds enrolled in vocational education in Mozambique was 0.9% in 2015, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest proportion of 15- to 24-year-olds enrolled in vocational education recorded in Mozambique?
- The highest recorded value was 0.9% in 2015.
- What is the lowest proportion of 15- to 24-year-olds enrolled in vocational education recorded in Mozambique?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.3% in 1992.
- How does Mozambique rank for proportion of 15- to 24-year-olds enrolled in vocational education?
- Mozambique ranks 138th out of 183 countries with data for 2015.
- Is proportion of 15- to 24-year-olds enrolled in vocational education rising or falling in Mozambique?
- Over the last ten years it is up 51.8%. 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 Proportion of 15- to 24-year-olds enrolled in vocational education, both sexes (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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February 2026 Data Release