Net enrollment rates in lower secondary education, adjusted gender parity index in Mozambique
Mozambique: Net enrollment rates in lower secondary education, adjusted gender parity index was 0.8946 index in 2022. ▲ Rising
Net enrollment rates in lower secondary education, adjusted gender parity index in Mozambique, 1992–2022
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data. Measured in index.
Analysis
In 2022, net enrollment rates in lower secondary education, adjusted gender parity index in Mozambique stood at 0.8946 index.
The figure is down 2.0% on the previous year and up 6.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, net enrollment rates in lower secondary education, adjusted gender parity index in Mozambique peaked at 0.9126 index in 2020 and was at its lowest, 0.6253 index, in 1999.
Mozambique ranks 154th of 163 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 27 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.6549 index | 0.6253 index | 0.6718 index | 6 |
| 2000s | 0.7254 index | 0.6344 index | 0.8104 index | 9 |
| 2010s | 0.8662 index | 0.8231 index | 0.9041 index | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.9036 index | 0.8946 index | 0.9126 index | 2 |
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More education data for Mozambique
- Official entrance age to pre-primary education 3 years (2025)
- Duration of pre-primary education 3 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 6 years (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 13 years (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 53.1% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 44.2% (2025)
- School enrollment, primary 119.2% (2022)
- Primary education, teachers 133,644 (2022)
- Fertility rate vs. average years of schooling 4.69 live births per woman (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, female 116.1% (2022)
Frequently asked questions
- What is net enrollment rates in lower secondary education, adjusted gender parity index in Mozambique?
- Net enrollment rates in lower secondary education, adjusted gender parity index in Mozambique was 0.8946 index in 2022, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest net enrollment rates in lower secondary education, adjusted gender parity index recorded in Mozambique?
- The highest recorded value was 0.9126 index in 2020.
- What is the lowest net enrollment rates in lower secondary education, adjusted gender parity index recorded in Mozambique?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.6253 index in 1999.
- How does Mozambique rank for net enrollment rates in lower secondary education, adjusted gender parity index?
- Mozambique ranks 154th out of 163 countries with data for 2022.
- Is net enrollment rates in lower secondary education, adjusted gender parity index rising or falling in Mozambique?
- Over the last ten years it is up 6.6%. 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 (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Net enrollment rates in lower secondary education, adjusted gender parity index. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
An adjusted gender parity index of 1 indicates equal net enrollment rates in lower secondary school between boys and girls. Values below 1 favor boys, and above 1 favor girls.