School life expectancy, primary and lower … lower GPI gender parity in Mozambique

Mozambique: School life expectancy, primary and lower … lower GPI gender parity was 0.9173 GPI in 2017. ▲ Rising

Latest (2017)
0.9173 GPI
Change on year
up 2.0%
World rank
172nd
of 188 countries
All-time high
0.9173 GPI
in 2017
All-time low
0.6911 GPI
in 1995
Years of data
19
1994–2017

School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity in Mozambique, 1994–2017

00.20.40.60.811994200520171994: 0.694 GPI1995: 0.691 GPI1999: 0.718 GPI2000: 0.73 GPI2001: 0.747 GPI2002: 0.761 GPI2004: 0.797 GPI2005: 0.808 GPI2006: 0.825 GPI2007: 0.832 GPI2008: 0.843 GPI2009: 0.861 GPI2010: 0.868 GPI2011: 0.879 GPI2012: 0.885 GPI2013: 0.892 GPI2014: 0.898 GPI2015: 0.9 GPI2017: 0.917 GPI

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPI.

Analysis

In 2017, school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity in Mozambique stood at 0.9173 GPI. That is the highest value across all 19 years on record.

Compared with earlier readings it is up 2.0% on the previous year and up 10.2% over ten years.

Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity in Mozambique peaked at 0.9173 GPI in 2017 and was at its lowest, 0.6911 GPI, in 1995.

That places Mozambique 172nd out of 188 countries with data for 2017, putting it in the bottom quarter.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 19 years of available data.

School life expectancy, primary and lower … lower GPI gender parity in Mozambique, year by year

Annual values for School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity index (GPI) in Mozambique, 1994 to 2017.
Year GPI Change
1994 0.6937 GPI —
1995 0.6911 GPI -0.4%
1999 0.7184 GPI +4.0%
2000 0.7304 GPI +1.7%
2001 0.7468 GPI +2.2%
2002 0.7609 GPI +1.9%
2004 0.7971 GPI +4.8%
2005 0.8083 GPI +1.4%
2006 0.8247 GPI +2.0%
2007 0.8324 GPI +0.9%
2008 0.8426 GPI +1.2%
2009 0.8608 GPI +2.2%
2010 0.8682 GPI +0.9%
2011 0.8787 GPI +1.2%
2012 0.8848 GPI +0.7%
2013 0.8917 GPI +0.8%
2014 0.8981 GPI +0.7%
2015 0.8996 GPI +0.2%
2017 0.9173 GPI +2.0%

Mozambique compared with similar countries

  • Mozambique's 0.9173 GPI is below the median for low income countries, which is 0.9368 GPI, 98% of the median. (20 countries reporting)
  • Mozambique's 0.9173 GPI is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 0.982 GPI, 93% of the median. (43 countries reporting)

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 0.7011 GPI 0.6911 GPI 0.7184 GPI 3
2000s 0.8004 GPI 0.7304 GPI 0.8608 GPI 9
2010s 0.8912 GPI 0.8682 GPI 0.9173 GPI 7

Countries ranked near Mozambique

  1. 169 Democratic Republic of Congo 0.9332 GPI compare
  2. 170 Algeria 0.9328 GPI compare
  3. 171 Ethiopia 0.9174 GPI compare
  4. 173 Palau 0.9165 GPI compare
  5. 174 Benin 0.9087 GPI compare
  6. 175 Cote d'Ivoire 0.9006 GPI compare

See the full ranking of 233 places →

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Frequently asked questions

What is school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity in Mozambique?
School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity in Mozambique was 0.9173 GPI in 2017, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
What is the highest school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity recorded in Mozambique?
The highest recorded value was 0.9173 GPI in 2017.
What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity recorded in Mozambique?
The lowest recorded value was 0.6911 GPI in 1995.
How does Mozambique rank for school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity?
Mozambique ranks 172nd out of 188 countries with data for 2017.
Is school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity rising or falling in Mozambique?
Over the last ten years it is up 10.2%. 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, published as part of School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity index (GPI). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator
School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity index (GPI)
Unit
GPI
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
233 places, 4,492 data points, 1981–2020
Last refreshed

Ratio of female school life expectancy to the male school life expectancy. It is calculated by dividing the female value for the indicator by the male value for the indicator. A GPI equal to 1 indicates parity between females and males. In general, a value less than 1 indicates disparity in favor of males and a value greater than 1 indicates disparity in favor of females.