Primary completion rate, total (% of relevant age group) in Mozambique
Mozambique: Primary completion rate, total (% of relevant age group) was 72.4% in 2022. ▲ Rising
Primary completion rate, total in Mozambique, 1973–2022
Source: Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). Measured in % of relevant age group.
Analysis
Mozambique recorded 72.4% for primary completion rate, total in 2022. That is the highest value across all 36 years on record.
The figure is up 17.2% on the previous year and up 36.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, primary completion rate, total in Mozambique peaked at 72.4% in 2022 and was at its lowest, 9.3%, in 1973.
Mozambique ranks 156th of 189 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 36 years of available data.
Primary completion rate, total (% of relevant age group) in Mozambique, year by year
| Year | % of relevant age group | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1973 | 9.3% | — |
| 1982 | 36.6% | +293.2% |
| 1983 | 28.7% | -21.4% |
| 1984 | 34.1% | +18.7% |
| 1985 | 34.5% | +1.1% |
| 1986 | 46.8% | +35.7% |
| 1987 | 35.1% | -24.9% |
| 1988 | 28.9% | -17.7% |
| 1989 | 29.1% | +0.8% |
| 1990 | 29.9% | +2.8% |
| 1991 | 29.0% | -3.1% |
| 1992 | 26.6% | -8.2% |
| 1993 | 27.1% | +1.7% |
| 1994 | 27.0% | -0.2% |
| 1995 | 25.6% | -5.3% |
| 1999 | 13.6% | -47.0% |
| 2000 | 15.7% | +15.6% |
| 2001 | 18.4% | +17.3% |
| 2002 | 21.7% | +18.1% |
| 2004 | 28.9% | +32.7% |
| 2005 | 40.9% | +41.6% |
| 2006 | 40.6% | -0.7% |
| 2007 | 45.1% | +11.2% |
| 2008 | 58.1% | +28.9% |
| 2009 | 55.3% | -5.0% |
| 2010 | 59.3% | +7.3% |
| 2011 | 55.6% | -6.2% |
| 2012 | 53.1% | -4.4% |
| 2013 | 51.2% | -3.7% |
| 2014 | 51.3% | +0.1% |
| 2015 | 52.2% | +1.9% |
| 2017 | 50.6% | -3.1% |
| 2018 | 55.8% | +10.3% |
| 2019 | 58.7% | +5.2% |
| 2020 | 61.7% | +5.1% |
| 2022 | 72.4% | +17.2% |
Mozambique compared with similar countries
- Mozambique's 72.4% is above the median for low income countries, which is 60.1%, 1.2× the median. (22 countries reporting)
- Mozambique's 72.4% is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 70.7%, 1.0× the median. (46 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Primary completion rate, total (% of relevant age group) in Mozambique changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1982 | +293.2% | 9.3% | 36.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 9.3% | 9.3% | 9.3% | 1 |
| 1980s | 34.2% | 28.7% | 46.8% | 8 |
| 1990s | 25.6% | 13.6% | 29.9% | 7 |
| 2000s | 36.1% | 15.7% | 58.1% | 9 |
| 2010s | 54.2% | 50.6% | 59.3% | 9 |
| 2020s | 67.1% | 61.7% | 72.4% | 2 |
Countries ranked near Mozambique
More aid effectiveness data for Mozambique
- Net bilateral aid flows from DAC donors, Austria 12.66 million current US$ (2023)
- Net bilateral aid flows from DAC donors, Belgium 17.60 million current US$ (2023)
- Net bilateral aid flows from DAC donors, Canada 55.62 million current US$ (2023)
- Net bilateral aid flows from DAC donors, European Union institutions 143.09 million current US$ (2023)
- Net bilateral aid flows from DAC donors, Switzerland 35.43 million current US$ (2023)
- Net bilateral aid flows from DAC donors, Germany 60.24 million current US$ (2023)
- Net bilateral aid flows from DAC donors, France 9.71 million current US$ (2023)
- Net bilateral aid flows from DAC donors, United Kingdom 38.52 million current US$ (2023)
- Net bilateral aid flows from DAC donors, Italy 33.56 million current US$ (2023)
- Net bilateral aid flows from DAC donors, Japan 120.62 million current US$ (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is primary completion rate, total in Mozambique?
- Primary completion rate, total in Mozambique was 72.4% in 2022, according to Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).
- What is the highest primary completion rate, total recorded in Mozambique?
- The highest recorded value was 72.4% in 2022.
- What is the lowest primary completion rate, total recorded in Mozambique?
- The lowest recorded value was 9.3% in 1973.
- How does Mozambique rank for primary completion rate, total?
- Mozambique ranks 156th out of 189 countries with data for 2022.
- Is primary completion rate, total rising or falling in Mozambique?
- Over the last ten years it is up 36.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Mozambique data come from?
- The figures come from Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), published as part of Primary completion rate, total (% of relevant age group). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Primary completion rate, or gross intake ratio to the last grade of primary education, is the number of new entrants (enrollments minus repeaters) in the last grade of primary education, regardless of age, divided by the population at the entrance age for the last grade of primary education. Data limitations preclude adjusting for students who drop out during the final year of primary education.