Education in Mozambique

832 indicators covering education for Mozambique.

IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank
Duration of pre-primary education 3 years 2025 unchanged 27th
Official entrance age to pre-primary education 3 years 2025 unchanged 58th
Population ages 15-64 53.1% 2025 up 3.0% 207th
Population ages 0-14 44.2% 2025 down 3.3% 7th
Lower secondary school starting age 13 years 2025 unchanged 5th
Primary school starting age 6 years 2025 unchanged 33rd
School enrollment, primary 119.2% 2022 up 5.3% 16th
Primary education, teachers 133,644 2022 up 36.8% 47th
Fertility rate vs. average years of schooling 4.69 live births per woman 2024 down 11.6% 10th
School enrollment, primary, female 116.1% 2022 up 8.1% 18th
School enrollment, primary, male 122.2% 2022 up 2.7% 14th
Fertility rate vs. share of women with no education 4.76 live births per woman 2023 down 12.3% 10th
Women's educational attainment vs. fertility rate 4.76 live births per woman 2023 down 12.3% 10th
Labor force, total 15.66 million 2025 up 37.4% 42nd
Labor force, female 51.7% 2025 down 2.0% 3rd
Primary, secondary and tertiary education enrollment and completion rates 119.2% 2022 up 5.3% 16th
Share of children who have completed primary school 53.5% 2025 up 62.2% 155th
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
Official entrance age to upper secondary education 16 years 2020 unchanged 12th
Population of the official entrance age to primary education, male 468,346 number 2020 up 25.8% 27th
Population of the official entrance age to primary education, female 464,821 number 2020 up 24.4% 26th
Population of the official entrance age to primary education, both sex 933,167 number 2020 up 25.1% 26th
School age population, tertiary education, male 1.45 million number 2018 up 39.1% 41st
School age population, tertiary education, both sexes 2.93 million number 2018 up 39.0% 36th
School age population, tertiary education, female 1.48 million number 2018 up 39.0% 35th
School age population, upper secondary education, male 718,113 number 2020 up 44.1% 47th
School age population, upper secondary education, both sexes 1.44 million number 2020 up 43.4% 47th
School age population, upper secondary education, female 725,858 number 2020 up 42.8% 45th
School age population, secondary education, male 1.87 million number 2020 up 41.9% 43rd
School age population, secondary education, both sexes 3.76 million number 2020 up 41.1% 42nd
School age population, secondary education, female 1.89 million number 2020 up 40.4% 42nd
School age population, lower secondary education, male 1.15 million number 2020 up 40.5% 36th
School age population, lower secondary education, both sexes 2.31 million number 2020 up 39.7% 36th
School age population, lower secondary education, female 1.16 million number 2020 up 38.9% 35th
School age population, primary education, male 3.05 million number 2020 up 30.8% 23rd
School age population, primary education, both sexes 6.10 million number 2020 up 30.0% 23rd
School age population, primary education, female 3.04 million number 2020 up 29.2% 23rd
School age population, last grade of primary education, both sexes 810,800 number 2020 up 36.4% 29th
School age population, last grade of primary education, female 405,537 number 2020 up 35.5% 28th
School age population, pre-primary education, male 1.45 million number 2019 up 24.2% 20th
School age population, pre-primary education, both sexes 2.88 million number 2019 up 23.7% 20th
School age population, pre-primary education, female 1.43 million number 2019 up 23.1% 20th
Share enrolled in private institutions at the primary education level 2.0% 2022 up 27.2% 185th
Expected years of schooling vs. share in extreme poverty 10.85 years 2023 up 4.4% 163rd
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, tertiary (gross), gender parity index 0.8098 GPI 2018 up 32.4% 156th
School enrollment, secondary (gross), gender parity index 0.9296 GPI 2020 up 15.6% 168th
Secondary education, teachers, female 10,426 2017 up 425.5% 114th