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Education · Sub-Saharan Africa · Low income

Mozambique: education in numbers

Primary enrolment is 119.2% (2022), 14th of 191 in the world and 6th of 41 in Sub-Saharan Africa. Primary completion is 72.4% (2022), 145th of 168 in the world and 19th of 36 in Sub-Saharan Africa. Secondary enrolment is 37.2% (2017).

Primary enrolment119.2%2022 · world 14/191 · region 6/41Primary completion72.4%2022 · world 145/168 · region 19/36Secondary enrolment37.2%2017Lower secondary completion26.1%2019
Primary enrolment
MozambiqueSub-Saharan AfricaLow incomeWorld
0%50%100%150%199520002005201020152020Mozambique119.2%Sub-Saharan AfricaLow incomeWorld
Primary completion
MozambiqueSub-Saharan AfricaLow incomeWorld
0%25%50%75%100%199520002005201020152020Mozambique72.4%Sub-Saharan AfricaLow incomeWorld
11 indicators

Education: Mozambique in detail

Latest reported value, world rank and rank within Sub-Saharan Africa; values around 2000, 2010, 2020; group and world columns are World Bank aggregates.

IndicatorLatestWorld rankIn region~2000~2010~202010-year changeRegionIncome groupWorldSince 2000
Primary enrolmentPrimary school enrolment, % gross119.2%202214/1916/4173.2%116.9%119.0%+6.0 ppsince 201297.1%97.6%102.2%
Primary completionPrimary completion rate, % of age group72.4%2022145/16819/3615.7%59.3%61.7%+19.2 ppsince 201268.9%62.9%88.0%
Secondary enrolmentSecondary school enrolment, % gross37.2%2017——5.9%25.1%·+19.3 ppsince 200745.9%41.5%77.3%
Lower secondary completionLower secondary completion rate, % of age group26.1%2019——3.7%21.1%26.1%2019+6.6 ppsince 200944.4%38.6%77.9%
Tertiary enrolmentTertiary enrolment, % gross7.5%2018160/17224/340.6%4.6%7.5%2018+3.9 ppsince 20089.3%9.3%43.6%
Out-of-school childrenChildren out of school, % of primary school age1.0%2022133/17833/3845.2%6.6%0.8%−5.9 ppsince 2012—24.1%—
Adult literacyAdult literacy rate, % of people 15+61.7%2022124/14126/41·50.6%200959.8%+11.1 ppsince 200968.7%63.6%87.7%
Youth literacyYouth literacy rate, % of people 15–2471.4%2022135/14830/42·67.2%200970.1%+4.3 ppsince 200979.0%75.4%93.1%
Pupils per teacherPupils per teacher, primary55.320185/1735/4064.058.555.32018−14%since 200837.439.823.4
Education spendingPublic spending on education, % of GDP6.0%202228/1848/432.6%19995.2%6.2%+0.4 ppsince 20123.3%3.0%3.6%
Education, % of budgetEducation spending, % of government expenditure20.4%202115/1797/4216.9%199920.2%17.9%+1.4 ppsince 201115.4%16.7%14.0%
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators (CC BY 4.0)“·” — no value reported within two years of that date. World rank counts countries with a recent value.

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No rated indicator got worse over the decade.

Only indicators where higher or lower is clearly better are rated (for example, unemployment down is better, life expectancy up is better).

neighbours

Mozambique and its neighbours

Countries sharing a land border with Mozambique. Latest values since 2005; the highest in each row is marked.

IndicatorMozambiqueTanzaniaSouth AfricaMalawiZambiaZimbabwe
Primary enrolment119.2%202292.7%2024101.8%2023139.0%2024115.6%202493.1%2024
Primary completion72.4%202277.3%202495.3%202370.1%202481.8%201386.0%2024
Secondary enrolment37.2%201728.2%2021104.1%202336.6%202356.8%202452.4%2013
Lower secondary completion26.1%201934.2%202488.3%202324.4%202455.3%201365.6%2024
Tertiary enrolment7.5%20184.0%202423.5%20232.7%20224.0%20127.7%2024
Out-of-school children1.0%202216.4%20246.1%20232.1%20223.5%202410.5%2024
Adult literacy61.7%202278.2%202291.2%202470.2%202071.8%202493.2%2019
Youth literacy71.4%202287.1%202297.2%202480.7%202077.7%202492.5%2019
Pupils per teacher55.3201850.6201830.3201558.7201842.1201736.42013
Tanzania: educationSouth Africa: educationMalawi: educationZambia: educationZimbabwe: education
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