School life expectancy, primary … secondary adjusted GPIA gender in Mozambique
Mozambique: School life expectancy, primary … secondary adjusted GPIA gender was 0.9136 GPIA in 2017. ▲ Rising
School life expectancy, primary and secondary, adjusted gender parity in Mozambique, 1973–2017
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPIA.
Analysis
The most recent figure for school life expectancy, primary and secondary, adjusted gender parity in Mozambique is 0.9136 GPIA, measured in 2017. That is the highest value across all 33 years on record.
The figure is up 0.9% on the previous year and up 9.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary and secondary, adjusted gender parity in Mozambique peaked at 0.9136 GPIA in 2017 and was at its lowest, 0.5469 GPIA, in 1973.
That places Mozambique 192nd out of 208 countries with data for 2017, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 33 years of available data.
School life expectancy, primary … secondary adjusted GPIA gender in Mozambique, year by year
| Year | GPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1973 | 0.5469 GPIA | — |
| 1977 | 0.7106 GPIA | +29.9% |
| 1978 | 0.7178 GPIA | +1.0% |
| 1979 | 0.7025 GPIA | -2.1% |
| 1981 | 0.7383 GPIA | +5.1% |
| 1982 | 0.7611 GPIA | +3.1% |
| 1983 | 0.7428 GPIA | -2.4% |
| 1985 | 0.7485 GPIA | +0.8% |
| 1986 | 0.749 GPIA | +0.1% |
| 1987 | 0.75 GPIA | +0.1% |
| 1990 | 0.7262 GPIA | -3.2% |
| 1991 | 0.7098 GPIA | -2.3% |
| 1992 | 0.7206 GPIA | +1.5% |
| 1993 | 0.7134 GPIA | -1.0% |
| 1994 | 0.6996 GPIA | -1.9% |
| 1995 | 0.6971 GPIA | -0.4% |
| 1999 | 0.7228 GPIA | +3.7% |
| 2000 | 0.7341 GPIA | +1.6% |
| 2001 | 0.7504 GPIA | +2.2% |
| 2002 | 0.765 GPIA | +1.9% |
| 2004 | 0.803 GPIA | +5.0% |
| 2005 | 0.8122 GPIA | +1.1% |
| 2006 | 0.8291 GPIA | +2.1% |
| 2007 | 0.8366 GPIA | +0.9% |
| 2008 | 0.847 GPIA | +1.2% |
| 2009 | 0.8645 GPIA | +2.1% |
| 2010 | 0.8723 GPIA | +0.9% |
| 2011 | 0.8845 GPIA | +1.4% |
| 2012 | 0.8916 GPIA | +0.8% |
| 2013 | 0.8976 GPIA | +0.7% |
| 2014 | 0.9035 GPIA | +0.7% |
| 2015 | 0.9052 GPIA | +0.2% |
| 2017 | 0.9136 GPIA | +0.9% |
Mozambique compared with similar countries
- Mozambique's 0.9136 GPIA is below the median for low income countries, which is 0.955 GPIA, 96% of the median. (23 countries reporting)
- Mozambique's 0.9136 GPIA is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 0.988 GPIA, 92% of the median. (47 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where School life expectancy, primary … secondary adjusted GPIA gender 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1977 | +29.9% | 0.5469 GPIA | 0.7106 GPIA |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.6695 GPIA | 0.5469 GPIA | 0.7178 GPIA | 4 |
| 1980s | 0.7483 GPIA | 0.7383 GPIA | 0.7611 GPIA | 6 |
| 1990s | 0.7128 GPIA | 0.6971 GPIA | 0.7262 GPIA | 7 |
| 2000s | 0.8046 GPIA | 0.7341 GPIA | 0.8645 GPIA | 9 |
| 2010s | 0.8955 GPIA | 0.8723 GPIA | 0.9136 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 secondary, adjusted gender parity in Mozambique?
- School life expectancy, primary and secondary, adjusted gender parity in Mozambique was 0.9136 GPIA in 2017, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, primary and secondary, adjusted gender parity recorded in Mozambique?
- The highest recorded value was 0.9136 GPIA in 2017.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary and secondary, adjusted gender parity recorded in Mozambique?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.5469 GPIA in 1973.
- How does Mozambique rank for school life expectancy, primary and secondary, adjusted gender parity?
- Mozambique ranks 192nd out of 208 countries with data for 2017.
- Is school life expectancy, primary and secondary, adjusted gender parity rising or falling in Mozambique?
- Over the last ten years it is up 9.2%. 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 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