Total net enrolment rate, primary, gender parity index in Mozambique
Mozambique: Total net enrolment rate, primary, gender parity index was 0.9734 GPI in 2019. ▲ Rising
Total net enrolment rate, primary, gender parity index in Mozambique, 1973–2019
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPI.
Analysis
In 2019, total net enrolment rate, primary, gender parity index in Mozambique stood at 0.9734 GPI. That is the highest value across all 35 years on record.
The figure is up 0.4% on the previous year and up 4.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, total net enrolment rate, primary, gender parity index in Mozambique peaked at 0.9734 GPI in 2019 and was at its lowest, 0.5368 GPI, in 1973.
Mozambique ranks 161st of 189 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 35 years of available data.
Total net enrolment rate, primary, gender parity index in Mozambique, year by year
| Year | GPI | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1973 | 0.5368 GPI | — |
| 1979 | 0.825 GPI | +53.7% |
| 1981 | 0.8564 GPI | +3.8% |
| 1982 | 0.8669 GPI | +1.2% |
| 1983 | 0.8067 GPI | -6.9% |
| 1985 | 0.8366 GPI | +3.7% |
| 1986 | 0.8393 GPI | +0.3% |
| 1987 | 0.8349 GPI | -0.5% |
| 1989 | 0.8136 GPI | -2.6% |
| 1991 | 0.7736 GPI | -4.9% |
| 1992 | 0.7739 GPI | +0.0% |
| 1993 | 0.7583 GPI | -2.0% |
| 1994 | 0.7516 GPI | -0.9% |
| 1995 | 0.7552 GPI | +0.5% |
| 1998 | 0.7692 GPI | +1.9% |
| 1999 | 0.7895 GPI | +2.6% |
| 2000 | 0.8087 GPI | +2.4% |
| 2001 | 0.8264 GPI | +2.2% |
| 2002 | 0.8642 GPI | +4.6% |
| 2004 | 0.8865 GPI | +2.6% |
| 2005 | 0.8972 GPI | +1.2% |
| 2006 | 0.9077 GPI | +1.2% |
| 2007 | 0.9121 GPI | +0.5% |
| 2008 | 0.92 GPI | +0.9% |
| 2009 | 0.9318 GPI | +1.3% |
| 2010 | 0.9326 GPI | +0.1% |
| 2011 | 0.9392 GPI | +0.7% |
| 2012 | 0.9405 GPI | +0.1% |
| 2013 | 0.9409 GPI | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 0.9442 GPI | +0.3% |
| 2015 | 0.9416 GPI | -0.3% |
| 2016 | 0.9561 GPI | +1.5% |
| 2017 | 0.9641 GPI | +0.8% |
| 2018 | 0.9696 GPI | +0.6% |
| 2019 | 0.9734 GPI | +0.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.6809 GPI | 0.5368 GPI | 0.825 GPI | 2 |
| 1980s | 0.8363 GPI | 0.8067 GPI | 0.8669 GPI | 7 |
| 1990s | 0.7674 GPI | 0.7516 GPI | 0.7895 GPI | 7 |
| 2000s | 0.8838 GPI | 0.8087 GPI | 0.9318 GPI | 9 |
| 2010s | 0.9502 GPI | 0.9326 GPI | 0.9734 GPI | 10 |
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More education data for Mozambique
- 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)
- Lower secondary school starting age 13 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 6 years (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is total net enrolment rate, primary, gender parity index in Mozambique?
- Total net enrolment rate, primary, gender parity index in Mozambique was 0.9734 GPI in 2019, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest total net enrolment rate, primary, gender parity index recorded in Mozambique?
- The highest recorded value was 0.9734 GPI in 2019.
- What is the lowest total net enrolment rate, primary, gender parity index recorded in Mozambique?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.5368 GPI in 1973.
- How does Mozambique rank for total net enrolment rate, primary, gender parity index?
- Mozambique ranks 161st out of 189 countries with data for 2019.
- Is total net enrolment rate, primary, gender parity index rising or falling in Mozambique?
- Over the last ten years it is up 4.5%. 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 Total net enrolment rate, primary, gender parity index (GPI). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Ratio of female total net enrolment rate for primary to the male total net enrolment rate for primary. 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.