School life expectancy, primary … lower adjusted GPIA gender in Mozambique
Mozambique: School life expectancy, primary … lower adjusted GPIA 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 … lower adjusted GPIA 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% |
Mozambique compared with similar countries
- Mozambique's 0.9205 GPIA is below the median for low income countries, which is 0.9649 GPIA, 95% of the median. (20 countries reporting)
- Mozambique's 0.9205 GPIA is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 0.9882 GPIA, 93% of the median. (43 countries reporting)
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 |
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 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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About this data
February 2026 Data Release