Mozambique: Secondary education, vocational pupils

Key figures

What the numbers say

On record, the biggest yearly rise was 49.2% in 2013 and the biggest yearly fall was 17.2% in 1977. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.

From 2008 to 2017 the straight-line trend is upward, about 7,107 a year. A straight line explains 66% of the movement over 9 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 2017, Mozambique had the 36th highest value of the 61 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.

Closest to Mozambique in the 2017 ranking

• Canada — 33rd of 61: 128,399
• Norway — 34th of 61: 126,007
• Denmark — 35th of 61: 114,940
• Greece — 37th of 61: 103,933
• Hungary — 38th of 61: 98,381
• Uruguay — 39th of 61: 83,446

What this measures

Secondary vocational pupils are the number of secondary students enrolled in technical and vocational education programs, including teacher training.

Regional and income-group figures are computed by the World Bank as a sum.

All 37 values

Secondary education, vocational pupils in nearby economies

• Angola — 287,600 (2016)
• Benin — 27,875 (2016)
• Burkina Faso — 28,566 (2018)
• Burundi — 68,831 (2018)
• Cabo Verde — 1,212 (2018)
• Cameroon — 477,192 (2016)
• Central African Republic — 5,149 (2017)
• Chad — 7,791 (2016)
• Comoros — 0 (2018)
• Congo, Dem. Rep. — 870,961 (2015)
• Côte d'Ivoire

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, vocational pupils?

112,327 in 2017, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).

How has it changed since 1971?

It is up 593.38% from 16,200 in 1971 (4.3% a year on average, compounded). The highest value was 112,327 in 2017 and the lowest 9,401 in 1977.

How does Mozambique rank?

36th highest of 61 economies with data for 2017.

Where does this data come from?

The World Bank's World Development Indicators, 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).

Source

World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator SE.SEC.ENRL.VO, 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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