School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, both sexes in Mozambique
Mozambique: School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, both sexes was 9.97 years in 2017. ▲ Rising
School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, both sexes in Mozambique, 1971–2017
Source: Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). Measured in years.
Analysis
Mozambique recorded 9.97 years for school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, both sexes in 2017. That is the highest value across all 30 years on record.
That represents a change of up 1.0% on the previous year and up 9.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, both sexes in Mozambique peaked at 9.97 years in 2017 and was at its lowest, 2.22 years, in 1971.
Mozambique ranks 157th of 183 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 30 years of available data.
School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, both sexes in Mozambique, year by year
| Year | years | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1971 | 2.22 years | — |
| 1973 | 2.54 years | +14.4% |
| 1977 | 4.5 years | +77.0% |
| 1978 | 4.7 years | +4.5% |
| 1979 | 5.23 years | +11.3% |
| 1981 | 4.98 years | -4.9% |
| 1982 | 4.6 years | -7.5% |
| 1985 | 4.31 years | -6.4% |
| 1987 | 4.22 years | -2.1% |
| 1992 | 3.7 years | -12.3% |
| 1993 | 3.69 years | -0.2% |
| 1994 | 3.82 years | +3.6% |
| 1995 | 4.07 years | +6.6% |
| 1999 | 5.52 years | +35.4% |
| 2000 | 5.97 years | +8.2% |
| 2001 | 6.44 years | +7.9% |
| 2002 | 6.87 years | +6.7% |
| 2004 | 7.62 years | +10.9% |
| 2005 | 8.22 years | +7.9% |
| 2006 | 8.51 years | +3.6% |
| 2007 | 9.12 years | +7.2% |
| 2008 | 9.55 years | +4.7% |
| 2009 | 9.68 years | +1.3% |
| 2010 | 9.85 years | +1.7% |
| 2011 | 9.55 years | -3.0% |
| 2012 | 9.4 years | -1.6% |
| 2013 | 9.94 years | +5.8% |
| 2014 | 9.87 years | -0.7% |
| 2015 | 9.88 years | +0.1% |
| 2017 | 9.97 years | +1.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 3.84 years | 2.22 years | 5.23 years | 5 |
| 1980s | 4.53 years | 4.22 years | 4.98 years | 4 |
| 1990s | 4.16 years | 3.69 years | 5.52 years | 5 |
| 2000s | 8 years | 5.97 years | 9.68 years | 9 |
| 2010s | 9.78 years | 9.4 years | 9.97 years | 7 |
Countries ranked near Mozambique
- 154 Madagascar 10.17 years compare
- 155 Iraq 10.16 years compare
- 156 Honduras 10.06 years compare
- 158 Cote d'Ivoire 9.95 years compare
- 159 Democratic Republic of Congo 9.61 years compare
- 160 Nauru 9.57 years compare
More education data for Mozambique
- 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 (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre primary education 3 (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 53.1% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 44.2% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, both sexes in Mozambique?
- School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, both sexes in Mozambique was 9.97 years in 2017, according to Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).
- What is the highest school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, both sexes recorded in Mozambique?
- The highest recorded value was 9.97 years in 2017.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, both sexes recorded in Mozambique?
- The lowest recorded value was 2.22 years in 1971.
- How does Mozambique rank for school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, both sexes?
- Mozambique ranks 157th out of 183 countries with data for 2017.
- Is school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, both sexes rising or falling in Mozambique?
- Over the last ten years it is up 9.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Mozambique data come from?
- The figures come from Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), published as part of School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, both sexes (years). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Expected years of schooling is the number of years a child of school entrance age is expected to spend at school, or university, including years spent on repetition. It is the sum of the age-specific enrolment ratios for primary, secondary, post-secondary non-tertiary and tertiary education.