Start month of the academic school year in Mozambique
Mozambique: Start month of the academic school year was 1 in 2025. ▲ Rising
Latest (2025)
1
Change on year
unchanged
World rank
188th
of 221 countries
All-time high
2
in 2016
All-time low
1
in 1997
Years of data
29
1997–2025
Start month of the academic school year in Mozambique, 1997–2025
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
Analysis
Mozambique recorded 1 for start month of the academic school year in 2025. That is the lowest value across all 29 years on record.
That represents a change of unchanged over ten years.
Over the whole period, start month of the academic school year in Mozambique peaked at 2 in 2016 and was at its lowest, 1, in 1997.
Mozambique ranks 188th of 221 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 29 years of available data.
Start month of the academic school year in Mozambique, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1997 | 1 | — |
| 1998 | 1 | +0.0% |
| 1999 | 1 | +0.0% |
| 2000 | 1 | +0.0% |
| 2001 | 1 | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 1 | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 1 | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 1 | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 1 | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 1 | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 1 | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 1 | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 1 | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 1 | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 1 | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 1 | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 1 | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 1 | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 1 | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 2 | +100.0% |
| 2017 | 2 | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 2 | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 2 | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 2 | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 1 | -50.0% |
| 2022 | 1 | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 1 | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 1 | +0.0% |
| 2025 | 1 | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 2000s | 1 | 1 | 1 | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.4 | 1 | 2 | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.17 | 1 | 2 | 6 |
Countries ranked near Mozambique
- 188 Australia 1 compare
- 188 Bangladesh 1 compare
- 188 Brunei Darussalam 1 compare
- 188 Botswana 1 compare
- 188 Cook Islands 1 compare
- 188 Fiji 1 compare
- 188 Guatemala 1 compare
- 188 Honduras 1 compare
- 188 Kenya 1 compare
- 188 Kiribati 1 compare
- 188 Sri Lanka 1 compare
- 188 Maldives 1 compare
- 188 Mauritius 1 compare
- 188 Malawi 1 compare
- 188 Malaysia 1 compare
- 188 Namibia 1 compare
- 188 Nicaragua 1 compare
- 188 Niue 1 compare
- 188 Naoero 1 compare
- 188 New Zealand 1 compare
- 188 Papua New Guinea 1 compare
- 188 Rwanda 1 compare
- 188 Singapore 1 compare
- 188 Solomon Islands 1 compare
- 188 El Salvador 1 compare
- 188 Eswatini 1 compare
- 188 Seychelles 1 compare
- 188 Tokelau 1 compare
- 188 Tuvalu 1 compare
- 188 Tanzania, United Republic of 1 compare
- 188 South Africa 1 compare
- 188 Zambia 1 compare
- 188 Zimbabwe 1 compare
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 start month of the academic school year in Mozambique?
- Start month of the academic school year in Mozambique was 1 in 2025, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest start month of the academic school year recorded in Mozambique?
- The highest recorded value was 2 in 2016.
- What is the lowest start month of the academic school year recorded in Mozambique?
- The lowest recorded value was 1 in 1997.
- How does Mozambique rank for start month of the academic school year?
- Mozambique ranks 188th out of 221 countries with data for 2025.
- Is start month of the academic school year rising or falling in Mozambique?
- Over the last ten years it is unchanged. 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 Start month of the academic school year (pre-primary to post-secondary non-tertiary education). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release