School life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index in Mozambique
Mozambique: School life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index was 0.9103 GPI in 2017. ▲ Rising
School life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index in Mozambique, 1973–2017
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPI.
Analysis
In 2017, school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index in Mozambique stood at 0.9103 GPI. That is the highest value across all 33 years on record.
The figure is up 1.2% on the previous year and up 9.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index in Mozambique peaked at 0.9103 GPI in 2017 and was at its lowest, 0.5254 GPI, in 1973.
Mozambique ranks 170th of 193 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 33 years of available data.
School life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index in Mozambique, year by year
| Year | GPI | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1973 | 0.5254 GPI | — |
| 1977 | 0.6714 GPI | +27.8% |
| 1978 | 0.6736 GPI | +0.3% |
| 1979 | 0.6644 GPI | -1.4% |
| 1981 | 0.6948 GPI | +4.6% |
| 1982 | 0.709 GPI | +2.1% |
| 1983 | 0.6999 GPI | -1.3% |
| 1985 | 0.7238 GPI | +3.4% |
| 1986 | 0.7322 GPI | +1.2% |
| 1987 | 0.7368 GPI | +0.6% |
| 1990 | 0.7251 GPI | -1.6% |
| 1991 | 0.7025 GPI | -3.1% |
| 1992 | 0.7072 GPI | +0.7% |
| 1993 | 0.6973 GPI | -1.4% |
| 1994 | 0.6821 GPI | -2.2% |
| 1995 | 0.6803 GPI | -0.3% |
| 1999 | 0.7159 GPI | +5.2% |
| 2000 | 0.7283 GPI | +1.7% |
| 2001 | 0.7448 GPI | +2.3% |
| 2002 | 0.7587 GPI | +1.9% |
| 2004 | 0.7962 GPI | +4.9% |
| 2005 | 0.8057 GPI | +1.2% |
| 2006 | 0.822 GPI | +2.0% |
| 2007 | 0.829 GPI | +0.9% |
| 2008 | 0.8393 GPI | +1.2% |
| 2009 | 0.8566 GPI | +2.1% |
| 2010 | 0.8645 GPI | +0.9% |
| 2011 | 0.8768 GPI | +1.4% |
| 2012 | 0.884 GPI | +0.8% |
| 2013 | 0.8906 GPI | +0.7% |
| 2014 | 0.8972 GPI | +0.7% |
| 2015 | 0.8998 GPI | +0.3% |
| 2017 | 0.9103 GPI | +1.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.6337 GPI | 0.5254 GPI | 0.6736 GPI | 4 |
| 1980s | 0.7161 GPI | 0.6948 GPI | 0.7368 GPI | 6 |
| 1990s | 0.7015 GPI | 0.6803 GPI | 0.7251 GPI | 7 |
| 2000s | 0.7978 GPI | 0.7283 GPI | 0.8566 GPI | 9 |
| 2010s | 0.889 GPI | 0.8645 GPI | 0.9103 GPI | 7 |
Countries ranked near Mozambique
- 167 Nigeria 0.9272 GPI compare
- 168 Ethiopia 0.92 GPI compare
- 169 Cambodia 0.9118 GPI compare
- 171 Liechtenstein 0.9017 GPI compare
- 172 Equatorial Guinea 0.9001 GPI compare
- 173 Cote d'Ivoire 0.8785 GPI compare
More education data for Mozambique
- Theoretical duration of pre-primary education (years), annual growth 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Start of the academic school year (pre-primary to post-secondary non) 0.0494 % change on previous year (2025)
- Theoretical duration of lower secondary education (years), annual 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Theoretical duration of upper secondary education (years), annual 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Theoretical duration of secondary education (years), annual growth 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Start of the academic school year (tertiary education), gaps filled 2,022 tertiary education (2022)
- Start of the academic school year (tertiary education), annual growth 0.0496 % change on previous year (2018)
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 133,644 (2022)
- Duration of pre primary education, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Duration of pre-primary education 3 years (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index in Mozambique?
- School life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index in Mozambique was 0.9103 GPI in 2017, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index recorded in Mozambique?
- The highest recorded value was 0.9103 GPI in 2017.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index recorded in Mozambique?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.5254 GPI in 1973.
- How does Mozambique rank for school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index?
- Mozambique ranks 170th out of 193 countries with data for 2017.
- Is school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index rising or falling in Mozambique?
- Over the last ten years it is up 9.8%. 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 School life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index (GPI). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Ratio of female school life expectancy to the male school life expectancy. It is calculated by dividing the female value for the indicator by the male value for the indicator. A GPI equal to 1 indicates parity between females and males. In general, a value less than 1 indicates disparity in favor of males and a value greater than 1 indicates disparity in favor of females.