Education in Mozambique

137 indicators covering education for Mozambique.

IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank
Population ages 15-64 53.1% 2025 up 3.0% 207th
Population ages 0-14 44.2% 2025 down 3.3% 7th
Primary school starting age 6 years 2025 unchanged 33rd
Lower secondary school starting age 13 years 2025 unchanged 5th
School enrollment, primary 119.2% 2022 up 5.3% 16th
Primary education, teachers 133,644 2022 up 36.8% 47th
School enrollment, primary, female 116.1% 2022 up 8.1% 18th
School enrollment, primary, male 122.2% 2022 up 2.7% 14th
Labor force, total 15.66 million 2025 up 37.4% 42nd
Labor force, female 51.7% 2025 down 2.0% 3rd
School enrollment, primary (gross), gender parity index 0.9428 GPI 2020 up 6.1% 175th
School enrollment, secondary 37.2% 2017 up 107.9% 188th
Probability of dying among youth ages 20-24 years 10.7 per 1,000 2024 down 23.0% 32nd
Probability of dying among adolescents ages 15-19 years 7.3 per 1,000 2024 down 18.0% 28th
Probability of dying among adolescents ages 10-14 years 3.6 per 1,000 2024 down 37.9% 39th
Probability of dying among children ages 5-9 years 4.7 per 1,000 2024 down 44.0% 33rd
Secondary education, teachers 33,281 2017 up 175.9% 106th
School enrollment, secondary, female 35.3% 2017 up 134.2% 189th
School enrollment, secondary, male 39.2% 2017 up 88.7% 185th
School enrollment, tertiary 7.5% 2018 up 112.1% 169th
School enrollment, primary, private 2.0% 2022 up 27.2% 177th
School enrollment, preprimary 11.6% 1986 up 5,170.5% 177th
School enrollment, tertiary, male 8.3% 2018 up 88.4% 162nd
School enrollment, tertiary, female 6.7% 2018 up 149.4% 162nd
School enrollment, secondary (gross), gender parity index 0.9296 GPI 2020 up 15.6% 168th
School enrollment, tertiary (gross), gender parity index 0.8098 GPI 2018 up 32.4% 156th
Secondary education, teachers, female 10,426 2017 up 425.5% 114th
Primary completion rate, female 68.6% 2022 up 40.1% 165th
Primary completion rate, male 76.2% 2022 up 32.7% 147th
Government expenditure on education, total 6.0% 2022 up 7.5% 29th
Secondary education, general pupils 1.20 million 2018 up 147.8% 59th
Lower secondary completion rate, total 26.1% 2019 up 34.2% 180th
School enrollment, preprimary, female 10.7% 1986 up 4,489.9% 177th
School enrollment, preprimary, male 12.5% 1986 up 5,939.5% 176th
Persistence to last grade of primary, total 43.1% 2019 up 21.5% 172nd
Government expenditure on education, total 20.4% 2021 up 7.1% 15th
Secondary education, general pupils 48.8% 2018 up 12.0% 151st
Lower secondary completion rate, female 26.3% 2019 up 53.9% 178th
Lower secondary completion rate, male 25.9% 2019 up 18.6% 178th
Children out of school 1.0% 2022 down 85.5% 148th
Primary education, duration 7 years 2025 unchanged 3rd
Primary education, pupils 7.66 million 2022 up 42.9% 19th
Secondary education, duration 5 years 2025 unchanged 183rd
Secondary education, pupils 1.07 million 2017 up 141.4% 71st
Persistence to last grade of primary, female 42.7% 2019 up 26.4% 157th
Persistence to last grade of primary, male 43.5% 2019 up 17.3% 156th
Secondary education, vocational pupils 112,327 2017 up 304.3% 65th
Number of under-five deaths, male 40,174 2024 down 7.7% 15th
Number of under-five deaths, female 34,041 2024 down 10.7% 15th
Number of infant deaths, male 30,209 2024 down 2.1% 13th
Number of infant deaths, female 24,982 2024 down 4.7% 13th
Children out of school, female 4.8% 2018 down 65.8% 91st
Children out of school, male 2.0% 2018 down 71.6% 135th
Secondary education, vocational pupils 32.6% 2017 up 6.3% 158th
Gross intake ratio in first grade of primary education, total 171.4% 2018 up 9.6% 2nd
Unemployment, total (% of total labor force) 6.6% 2025 up 93.5% 67th
Unemployment, female (% of female labor force) 7.2% 2025 up 95.6% 71st
Unemployment, male (% of male labor force) 6.0% 2025 up 91.6% 70th
Primary education, teachers 47.3% 2022 up 15.5% 175th
Repeaters, primary, total 8.6% 2018 up 56.9% 39th