Mozambique's secondary education, general pupils (% female) was 48.81% in 2018, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is up 5.22 percentage points from 43.59% in 2008.
Key figures
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | 48.81% | 2018 |
| Five years earlier | 48.15% | 2013 |
| Ten years earlier | 43.59% | 2008 |
| Highest | 49.04% | 2017 |
| Lowest | 28.7% | 1980 |
| Average since 2009 | 47.69% | 2009–2018 |
| First recorded | 44.55% | 1973 |
What the numbers say
In 2018, Mozambique's secondary education, general pupils (% female) fell 0.23 percentage points on 2017 (from 49.04% to 48.81%).
Across the 29 yearly changes before that (1979 to 2017), the average change was +0.4 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 0.81 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.8 standard deviations below that average, so it was an ordinary year: it sits within the range of normal year-to-year movement.
On record, the biggest yearly rise was 1.97 percentage points in 1982 and the biggest yearly fall was 1.55 percentage points in 1979. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.
From 2009 to 2018 the straight-line trend is upward, about 0.43 percentage points a year. A straight line explains 82% of the movement over 10 observed years.
Worked out from the yearly values above. How the checks work: standard deviation, z-scores and straight-line trends.
How it compares
In 2018, Mozambique had the 61st highest value of the 84 economies reporting that year. Higher is not always better: for some indicators the lowest value is the one to aim for. See the full ranking.
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Mozambique | 48.81% | 2018 |
| World | 48.61% | 2018 |
| Sub-Saharan Africa | 46.86% | 2018 |
| Low income | 45.62% | 2018 |
Closest to Mozambique in the 2018 ranking
- Antigua and Barbuda — 58th of 84: 48.96%
- St. Vincent and the Grenadines — 59th of 84: 48.92%
- Sierra Leone — 60th of 84: 48.89%
- Macao SAR, China — 62nd of 84: 48.8%
- Oman — 63rd of 84: 48.71%
- Peru — 64th of 84: 48.66%
What this measures
Secondary general pupils are the number of secondary students enrolled in general education programs, including teacher training.
Limitations: The percentage of female enrollment is limited in assessing gender parity, because it's affected by the gender composition of population. Ratio of female to male in enrollment rate provides a population adjusted measure of gender parity.
Regional and income-group figures are computed by the World Bank as a weighted average.
All 36 values
| Year | Secondary education, general pupils (% female) |
|---|---|
| 2018 | 48.81 |
| 2017 | 49.04 |
| 2016 | 48.66 |
| 2015 | 48.63 |
| 2014 | 48.34 |
| 2013 | 48.15 |
| 2012 | 47.77 |
| 2011 | 47.06 |
| 2010 | 45.63 |
| 2009 | 44.85 |
| 2008 |
Secondary education, general pupils (% female) in nearby economies
- Angola — 39.06% (2016)
- Benin — 42.66% (2016)
- Botswana — 51.54% (2015)
- Burkina Faso — 49.3% (2018)
- Burundi — 53.26% (2018)
- Cabo Verde — 52.53% (2018)
- Cameroon — 48.46% (2016)
- Central African Republic — 40.05% (2017)
- Chad — 31.18% (2016)
- Comoros — 50.79% (2018)
More education data for Mozambique
- Primary school starting age (years) — 6 (2025)
- Primary education, duration (years) — 7 (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age (years) — 13 (2025)
- Secondary education, duration (years) — 5 (2025)
- Primary education, pupils — 7.66 million (2022)
- School enrollment, primary (% gross) — 119.16% (2022)
- Primary education, teachers — 133,644 (2022)
- School enrollment, primary, female (% gross) — 116.09% (2022)
- School enrollment, primary, male (% gross) — 122.22% (2022)
- School enrollment, primary (gross), gender parity index (GPI)
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Questions people ask
- What is Mozambique's secondary education, general pupils (% female)?
- 48.81% in 2018, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).
- How has it changed since 1973?
- It is up 4.26 percentage points from 44.55% in 1973. The highest value was 49.04% in 2017 and the lowest 28.7% in 1980.
- How does Mozambique rank?
- 61st highest of 84 economies with data for 2018.
- Is the latest change in secondary education, general pupils (% female) unusual for Mozambique?
- In 2018, Mozambique's secondary education, general pupils (% female) fell 0.23 percentage points on 2017 (from 49.04% to 48.81%). Across the 29 yearly changes before that (1979 to 2017), the average change was +0.4 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 0.81 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.8 standard deviations below that average, so it was an ordinary year: it sits within the range of normal year-to-year movement.
Source
World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator SE.SEC.ENRL.GC.FE.ZS, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: Stat Bulk Data Download Service, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), uri: https://uis.unesco.org/bdds, publisher: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS) Figures are fetched from the World Bank API and refreshed monthly; see the series on data.worldbank.org. The full definition and method are in the World Bank's metadata glossary. Comparisons use the same World Bank release.
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