School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender in Mozambique
Mozambique: School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender was 0.9205 GPIA in 2017. ▲ Rising
School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender in Mozambique, 1994–2017
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPIA.
Analysis
In 2017, school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender in Mozambique stood at 0.9205 GPIA. That is the highest value across all 19 years on record.
That represents a change of up 1.7% on the previous year and up 9.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender in Mozambique peaked at 0.9205 GPIA in 2017 and was at its lowest, 0.7056 GPIA, in 1995.
That places Mozambique 187th out of 200 countries with data for 2017, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 19 years of available data.
School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender in Mozambique, year by year
| Year | GPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1994 | 0.7095 GPIA | — |
| 1995 | 0.7056 GPIA | -0.5% |
| 1999 | 0.7252 GPIA | +2.8% |
| 2000 | 0.7359 GPIA | +1.5% |
| 2001 | 0.7522 GPIA | +2.2% |
| 2002 | 0.767 GPIA | +2.0% |
| 2004 | 0.8039 GPIA | +4.8% |
| 2005 | 0.8148 GPIA | +1.4% |
| 2006 | 0.832 GPIA | +2.1% |
| 2007 | 0.8401 GPIA | +1.0% |
| 2008 | 0.8505 GPIA | +1.2% |
| 2009 | 0.8687 GPIA | +2.1% |
| 2010 | 0.8761 GPIA | +0.8% |
| 2011 | 0.8865 GPIA | +1.2% |
| 2012 | 0.8923 GPIA | +0.7% |
| 2013 | 0.8986 GPIA | +0.7% |
| 2014 | 0.9044 GPIA | +0.6% |
| 2015 | 0.905 GPIA | +0.1% |
| 2017 | 0.9205 GPIA | +1.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.7134 GPIA | 0.7056 GPIA | 0.7252 GPIA | 3 |
| 2000s | 0.8072 GPIA | 0.7359 GPIA | 0.8687 GPIA | 9 |
| 2010s | 0.8976 GPIA | 0.8761 GPIA | 0.9205 GPIA | 7 |
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More education data for Mozambique
- 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)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 213,930 (2018)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 6.62 % change on previous year (2018)
- Teachers in primary education, female (number), gaps filled 63,215 (2022)
- Teachers in primary education, male (number), gaps filled 70,429 (2022)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) 96,590 (2018)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) 6.94 % change on previous year (2018)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender in Mozambique?
- School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender in Mozambique was 0.9205 GPIA in 2017, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender recorded in Mozambique?
- The highest recorded value was 0.9205 GPIA in 2017.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender recorded in Mozambique?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.7056 GPIA in 1995.
- How does Mozambique rank for school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender?
- Mozambique ranks 187th out of 200 countries with data for 2017.
- Is school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender rising or falling in Mozambique?
- Over the last ten years it is up 9.6%. 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 School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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February 2026 Data Release