Primary school life expectancy, adjusted gender parity index in Mozambique
Mozambique: Primary school life expectancy, adjusted gender parity index was 0.9429 index in 2022. ▲ Rising
Primary school life expectancy, adjusted gender parity index in Mozambique, 1973–2022
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data. Measured in index.
Analysis
Mozambique recorded 0.9429 index for primary school life expectancy, adjusted gender parity index in 2022. That is the highest value across all 42 years on record.
That represents a change of up 1.0% on the previous year and up 5.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, primary school life expectancy, adjusted gender parity index in Mozambique peaked at 0.9429 index in 2022 and was at its lowest, 0.5312 index, in 1973.
That places Mozambique 195th out of 215 countries with data for 2022, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 42 years of available data.
Primary school life expectancy, adjusted gender parity index in Mozambique, year by year
| Year | index | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1973 | 0.5312 index | — |
| 1977 | 0.7231 index | +36.1% |
| 1978 | 0.738 index | +2.1% |
| 1979 | 0.7261 index | -1.6% |
| 1981 | 0.7731 index | +6.5% |
| 1982 | 0.7977 index | +3.2% |
| 1983 | 0.7786 index | -2.4% |
| 1984 | 0.7577 index | -2.7% |
| 1985 | 0.7901 index | +4.3% |
| 1986 | 0.785 index | -0.6% |
| 1987 | 0.7764 index | -1.1% |
| 1988 | 0.7642 index | -1.6% |
| 1989 | 0.7562 index | -1.1% |
| 1990 | 0.751 index | -0.7% |
| 1991 | 0.7321 index | -2.5% |
| 1992 | 0.7385 index | +0.9% |
| 1993 | 0.7281 index | -1.4% |
| 1994 | 0.7146 index | -1.9% |
| 1995 | 0.7088 index | -0.8% |
| 1998 | 0.7268 index | +2.5% |
| 1999 | 0.7295 index | +0.4% |
| 2000 | 0.7421 index | +1.7% |
| 2001 | 0.7579 index | +2.1% |
| 2002 | 0.7749 index | +2.2% |
| 2004 | 0.8141 index | +5.1% |
| 2005 | 0.8267 index | +1.5% |
| 2006 | 0.8444 index | +2.1% |
| 2007 | 0.8525 index | +1.0% |
| 2008 | 0.863 index | +1.2% |
| 2009 | 0.8791 index | +1.9% |
| 2010 | 0.8841 index | +0.6% |
| 2011 | 0.8908 index | +0.8% |
| 2012 | 0.8946 index | +0.4% |
| 2013 | 0.9 index | +0.6% |
| 2014 | 0.9063 index | +0.7% |
| 2015 | 0.9053 index | -0.1% |
| 2016 | 0.9152 index | +1.1% |
| 2017 | 0.9186 index | +0.4% |
| 2018 | 0.9203 index | +0.2% |
| 2019 | 0.9249 index | +0.5% |
| 2020 | 0.9338 index | +1.0% |
| 2022 | 0.9429 index | +1.0% |
Mozambique compared with similar countries
- Mozambique's 0.9429 index is below the median for low income countries, which is 0.9495 index, 99% of the median. (23 countries reporting)
- Mozambique's 0.9429 index is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 0.9709 index, 97% of the median. (47 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Primary school life expectancy, adjusted gender parity index 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1977 | +36.1% | 0.5312 index | 0.7231 index |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.6796 index | 0.5312 index | 0.738 index | 4 |
| 1980s | 0.7754 index | 0.7562 index | 0.7977 index | 9 |
| 1990s | 0.7287 index | 0.7088 index | 0.751 index | 8 |
| 2000s | 0.8172 index | 0.7421 index | 0.8791 index | 9 |
| 2010s | 0.906 index | 0.8841 index | 0.9249 index | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.9384 index | 0.9338 index | 0.9429 index | 2 |
Countries ranked near Mozambique
- 192 Sao Tome and Principe 0.9452 index compare
- 193 Guinea-Bissau 0.9436 index compare
- 194 French Polynesia 0.943 index compare
- 196 Antigua and Barbuda 0.9417 index compare
- 197 Fiji 0.9411 index compare
- 198 Ethiopia 0.9346 index compare
More health data for Mozambique
- Un projection of annual infant deaths, annual growth rate -1.85 % change on previous year (2100)
- Heat deaths vs projected death rates, annual growth rate 1.16 % change on previous year (2090)
- Estimated changes in temperature-related death rates compared to projected death rates 869.7 deaths per 1,000 people (2090)
- Number of infants who die before age 1 18,288 deaths (2100)
- Neonatal tetanus - number of reported cases, gaps filled 139 (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, female, annual growth rate 1.92 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, female, per unit of GDP 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, female, per capita 0.0823 units per person (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, male, annual growth rate 1.92 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, male, per unit of GDP 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is primary school life expectancy, adjusted gender parity index in Mozambique?
- Primary school life expectancy, adjusted gender parity index in Mozambique was 0.9429 index in 2022, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest primary school life expectancy, adjusted gender parity index recorded in Mozambique?
- The highest recorded value was 0.9429 index in 2022.
- What is the lowest primary school life expectancy, adjusted gender parity index recorded in Mozambique?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.5312 index in 1973.
- How does Mozambique rank for primary school life expectancy, adjusted gender parity index?
- Mozambique ranks 195th out of 215 countries with data for 2022.
- Is primary school life expectancy, adjusted gender parity index rising or falling in Mozambique?
- Over the last ten years it is up 5.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Mozambique data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Primary school life expectancy, adjusted gender parity index. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
An adjusted gender parity index of 1 indicates equality in the expected number of years a child of school entrance age is likely to spend in primary school between boys and girls. Values below 1 favor boys, and above 1 favor girls.