School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index in Mozambique
Mozambique: School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index was 0.9062 GPI in 2017. ▲ Rising
School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index in Mozambique, 1973–2017
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPI.
Analysis
In 2017, school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index in Mozambique stood at 0.9062 GPI. That is the highest value across all 26 years on record.
That represents a change of up 1.5% on the previous year and up 9.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index in Mozambique peaked at 0.9062 GPI in 2017 and was at its lowest, 0.5269 GPI, in 1973.
Mozambique ranks 152nd of 175 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 to tertiary, gender parity index in Mozambique, year by year
| Year | GPI | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1973 | 0.5269 GPI | — |
| 1977 | 0.6712 GPI | +27.4% |
| 1982 | 0.7083 GPI | +5.5% |
| 1985 | 0.723 GPI | +2.1% |
| 1987 | 0.7353 GPI | +1.7% |
| 1992 | 0.7046 GPI | -4.2% |
| 1993 | 0.6945 GPI | -1.4% |
| 1994 | 0.6792 GPI | -2.2% |
| 1995 | 0.6772 GPI | -0.3% |
| 1999 | 0.7138 GPI | +5.4% |
| 2000 | 0.7255 GPI | +1.6% |
| 2001 | 0.7422 GPI | +2.3% |
| 2002 | 0.7563 GPI | +1.9% |
| 2004 | 0.7928 GPI | +4.8% |
| 2005 | 0.8022 GPI | +1.2% |
| 2006 | 0.8226 GPI | +2.5% |
| 2007 | 0.8246 GPI | +0.3% |
| 2008 | 0.8345 GPI | +1.2% |
| 2009 | 0.851 GPI | +2.0% |
| 2010 | 0.8586 GPI | +0.9% |
| 2011 | 0.8689 GPI | +1.2% |
| 2012 | 0.8762 GPI | +0.8% |
| 2013 | 0.8831 GPI | +0.8% |
| 2014 | 0.8903 GPI | +0.8% |
| 2015 | 0.8931 GPI | +0.3% |
| 2017 | 0.9062 GPI | +1.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.599 GPI | 0.5269 GPI | 0.6712 GPI | 2 |
| 1980s | 0.7222 GPI | 0.7083 GPI | 0.7353 GPI | 3 |
| 1990s | 0.6939 GPI | 0.6772 GPI | 0.7138 GPI | 5 |
| 2000s | 0.7946 GPI | 0.7255 GPI | 0.851 GPI | 9 |
| 2010s | 0.8823 GPI | 0.8586 GPI | 0.9062 GPI | 7 |
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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, gender parity index in Mozambique?
- School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index in Mozambique was 0.9062 GPI in 2017, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index recorded in Mozambique?
- The highest recorded value was 0.9062 GPI in 2017.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index recorded in Mozambique?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.5269 GPI in 1973.
- How does Mozambique rank for school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index?
- Mozambique ranks 152nd out of 175 countries with data for 2017.
- Is school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index rising or falling in Mozambique?
- Over the last ten years it is up 9.9%. 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, 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.