Education in Mozambique

137 indicators covering education for Mozambique.

IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank
Persistence to grade 5, total 56.4% 2019 up 5.1% 154th
Number of deaths ages 5-9 years 4,816 2024 down 25.5% 22nd
Number of deaths ages 10-14 years 3,234 2024 down 16.0% 29th
Number of deaths ages 15-19 years 5,515 2024 up 7.6% 26th
Number of deaths ages 20-24 years 6,896 2024 up 3.8% 27th
Gross intake ratio in first grade of primary education, female 168.8% 2018 up 12.0% 2nd
Gross intake ratio in first grade of primary education, male 173.9% 2018 up 7.2% 2nd
Share of the population with no formal education with projections 2.5% 2100 down 36.5% 25th
Number of adults with no formal education by region 1.93 million people 2100 down 36.0% 15th
Population by level of education 8.46 million people 2100 up 22.3% 63rd
Repeaters, primary, female 8.2% 2018 up 55.2% 33rd
Repeaters, primary, male 9.1% 2018 up 58.7% 37th
School enrollment, secondary, private 13.3% 2017 up 2.6% 88th
School enrollment, primary 93.9% 2018 up 7.2% 89th
Trained teachers in primary education 99.2% 2022 up 18.6% 50th
Over-age students, primary 16.6% 2018 down 24.0% 28th
Secondary education, teachers 31.3% 2017 up 90.5% 169th
School enrollment, primary, female 92.5% 2018 up 10.2% 88th
School enrollment, primary, male 95.4% 2018 up 4.5% 50th
Over-age students, primary, male 18.3% 2018 down 23.3% 24th
Over-age students, primary, female 14.7% 2018 down 24.5% 31st
Progression to secondary school 73.9% 2015 up 23.1% 148th
Adjusted net enrollment rate, primary 93.9% 2018 up 7.1% 111th
Trained teachers in primary education, female 99.5% 2022 up 13.7% 47th
Trained teachers in primary education, male 99.0% 2022 up 22.2% 47th
Primary education, pupils 48.1% 2018 up 2.9% 150th
Tertiary education, academic staff 28.4% 2018 up 20.9% 136th
Persistence to grade 5, female 56.0% 2019 up 9.5% 141st
Persistence to grade 5, male 56.9% 2019 up 1.4% 139th
School enrollment, secondary 19.3% 2015 up 172.4% 150th
Preprimary education, duration 3 years 2025 unchanged 104th
Progression to secondary school, male 72.5% 2015 up 24.9% 146th
School enrollment, secondary, female 19.3% 2015 up 211.9% 147th
School enrollment, secondary, male 19.2% 2015 up 141.5% 150th
Progression to secondary school, female 75.5% 2015 up 20.1% 136th
Literacy rate, youth female 65.4% 2022 up 15.7% 97th
Children out of school, primary 64,247 2022 down 80.3% 65th
Adjusted net enrollment rate, primary, female 92.5% 2018 up 10.0% 98th
Adjusted net enrollment rate, primary, male 95.4% 2018 up 4.4% 75th
Literacy rate, youth (ages 15-24), gender parity index 0.8348 GPI 2022 up 17.6% 88th
Literacy rate, youth male 78.4% 2022 down 1.8% 86th
Pupil-teacher ratio, primary 55.27 2018 down 13.6% 5th
Literacy rate, youth total 71.4% 2022 up 6.4% 85th
Secondary education, pupils 47.5% 2017 up 12.6% 160th
Children out of school, primary, female 136,850 2018 down 55.0% 36th
Children out of school, primary, male 57,562 2018 down 62.3% 62nd
Literacy rate, adult total 61.7% 2022 up 21.9% 77th
Literacy rate, adult male 74.0% 2022 up 9.9% 75th
Trained teachers in secondary education 84.9% 2015 up 31.9% 64th
Adolescents out of school 28.0% 2022 down 28.3% 32nd
Trained teachers in secondary education, female 85.9% 2015 up 16.7% 66th
Trained teachers in secondary education, male 84.7% 2015 up 35.1% 62nd
Pupil-teacher ratio, secondary 36.54 2017 down 0.7% 4th
Adolescents out of school, female 32.0% 2022 down 27.9% 26th
Adolescents out of school, male 24.0% 2022 down 28.7% 37th
Net intake rate in grade 1 75.9% 2015 up 66.2% 47th
Pupil-teacher ratio, tertiary 15.17 2018 down 47.3% 92nd
Net intake rate in grade 1, female 74.7% 2015 up 65.5% 51st
Net intake rate in grade 1, male 77.0% 2015 up 66.8% 45th
Pupils per qualified teacher in primary education 57.29 pupils per teacher 2022 down 8.2% 9th