School life expectancy, primary … tertiary adjusted GPIA gender in Mozambique
Mozambique: School life expectancy, primary … tertiary adjusted GPIA gender was 0.9095 GPIA in 2017. ▲ Rising
School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, adjusted gender parity in Mozambique, 1973–2017
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPIA.
Analysis
In 2017, school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, adjusted gender parity in Mozambique stood at 0.9095 GPIA. That is the highest value across all 26 years on record.
The figure is up 1.2% on the previous year and up 9.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, adjusted gender parity in Mozambique peaked at 0.9095 GPIA in 2017 and was at its lowest, 0.5485 GPIA, in 1973.
Mozambique ranks 158th of 179 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 26 years of available data.
School life expectancy, primary … tertiary adjusted GPIA gender in Mozambique, year by year
| Year | GPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1973 | 0.5485 GPIA | — |
| 1977 | 0.7102 GPIA | +29.5% |
| 1982 | 0.7601 GPIA | +7.0% |
| 1985 | 0.7474 GPIA | -1.7% |
| 1987 | 0.7483 GPIA | +0.1% |
| 1992 | 0.7186 GPIA | -4.0% |
| 1993 | 0.7112 GPIA | -1.0% |
| 1994 | 0.6972 GPIA | -2.0% |
| 1995 | 0.6946 GPIA | -0.4% |
| 1999 | 0.7211 GPIA | +3.8% |
| 2000 | 0.7314 GPIA | +1.4% |
| 2001 | 0.748 GPIA | +2.3% |
| 2002 | 0.7627 GPIA | +2.0% |
| 2004 | 0.7995 GPIA | +4.8% |
| 2005 | 0.8086 GPIA | +1.1% |
| 2006 | 0.8296 GPIA | +2.6% |
| 2007 | 0.832 GPIA | +0.3% |
| 2008 | 0.8421 GPIA | +1.2% |
| 2009 | 0.8587 GPIA | +2.0% |
| 2010 | 0.8663 GPIA | +0.9% |
| 2011 | 0.8767 GPIA | +1.2% |
| 2012 | 0.8839 GPIA | +0.8% |
| 2013 | 0.8902 GPIA | +0.7% |
| 2014 | 0.8969 GPIA | +0.7% |
| 2015 | 0.8987 GPIA | +0.2% |
| 2017 | 0.9095 GPIA | +1.2% |
Mozambique compared with similar countries
- Mozambique's 0.9095 GPIA is above the median for low income countries, which is 0.8674 GPIA, 1.0× the median. (20 countries reporting)
- Mozambique's 0.9095 GPIA is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 0.9527 GPIA, 95% of the median. (41 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where School life expectancy, primary … tertiary 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 | +29.5% | 0.5485 GPIA | 0.7102 GPIA |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.6293 GPIA | 0.5485 GPIA | 0.7102 GPIA | 2 |
| 1980s | 0.7519 GPIA | 0.7474 GPIA | 0.7601 GPIA | 3 |
| 1990s | 0.7085 GPIA | 0.6946 GPIA | 0.7211 GPIA | 5 |
| 2000s | 0.8014 GPIA | 0.7314 GPIA | 0.8587 GPIA | 9 |
| 2010s | 0.8889 GPIA | 0.8663 GPIA | 0.9095 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 to tertiary, adjusted gender parity in Mozambique?
- School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, adjusted gender parity in Mozambique was 0.9095 GPIA in 2017, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, adjusted gender parity recorded in Mozambique?
- The highest recorded value was 0.9095 GPIA in 2017.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, adjusted gender parity recorded in Mozambique?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.5485 GPIA in 1973.
- How does Mozambique rank for school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, adjusted gender parity?
- Mozambique ranks 158th out of 179 countries with data for 2017.
- Is school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, adjusted gender parity rising or falling in Mozambique?
- Over the last ten years it is up 9.3%. 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 to tertiary, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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February 2026 Data Release