School life expectancy, primary, gender parity index in Mozambique

Mozambique: School life expectancy, primary, gender parity index was 0.9254 GPI in 2019. ▲ Rising

Latest (2019)
0.9254 GPI
Change on year
up 0.6%
World rank
177th
of 197 countries
All-time high
0.9254 GPI
in 2019
All-time low
0.5111 GPI
in 1973
Years of data
40
1973–2019

School life expectancy, primary, gender parity index in Mozambique, 1973–2019

00.20.40.60.811973199620191973: 0.511 GPI1977: 0.682 GPI1978: 0.69 GPI1979: 0.685 GPI1981: 0.727 GPI1982: 0.744 GPI1983: 0.736 GPI1984: 0.753 GPI1985: 0.769 GPI1986: 0.773 GPI1987: 0.768 GPI1988: 0.771 GPI1989: 0.758 GPI1990: 0.752 GPI1991: 0.727 GPI1992: 0.726 GPI1993: 0.713 GPI1994: 0.7 GPI1995: 0.695 GPI1998: 0.719 GPI1999: 0.724 GPI2000: 0.737 GPI2001: 0.752 GPI2002: 0.769 GPI2004: 0.807 GPI2005: 0.82 GPI2006: 0.837 GPI2007: 0.845 GPI2008: 0.855 GPI2009: 0.871 GPI2010: 0.877 GPI2011: 0.883 GPI2012: 0.887 GPI2013: 0.893 GPI2014: 0.9 GPI2015: 0.901 GPI2016: 0.912 GPI2017: 0.916 GPI2018: 0.92 GPI2019: 0.925 GPI

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPI.

Analysis

The most recent figure for school life expectancy, primary, gender parity index in Mozambique is 0.9254 GPI, measured in 2019. That is the highest value across all 40 years on record.

Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.6% on the previous year and up 6.2% over ten years.

Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary, gender parity index in Mozambique peaked at 0.9254 GPI in 2019 and was at its lowest, 0.5111 GPI, in 1973.

That places Mozambique 177th out of 197 countries with data for 2019, putting it in the bottom quarter.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 40 years of available data.

School life expectancy, primary, gender parity index in Mozambique, year by year

Annual values for School life expectancy, primary, gender parity index (GPI) in Mozambique, 1973 to 2019.
Year GPI Change
1973 0.5111 GPI —
1977 0.6816 GPI +33.3%
1978 0.6899 GPI +1.2%
1979 0.685 GPI -0.7%
1981 0.7273 GPI +6.2%
1982 0.7439 GPI +2.3%
1983 0.7364 GPI -1.0%
1984 0.753 GPI +2.3%
1985 0.769 GPI +2.1%
1986 0.7734 GPI +0.6%
1987 0.7683 GPI -0.7%
1988 0.771 GPI +0.3%
1989 0.7581 GPI -1.7%
1990 0.7524 GPI -0.7%
1991 0.7268 GPI -3.4%
1992 0.7265 GPI -0.0%
1993 0.7133 GPI -1.8%
1994 0.6995 GPI -1.9%
1995 0.6952 GPI -0.6%
1998 0.7193 GPI +3.5%
1999 0.7238 GPI +0.6%
2000 0.7373 GPI +1.9%
2001 0.7524 GPI +2.0%
2002 0.7689 GPI +2.2%
2004 0.8072 GPI +5.0%
2005 0.8197 GPI +1.6%
2006 0.8368 GPI +2.1%
2007 0.8447 GPI +0.9%
2008 0.8552 GPI +1.2%
2009 0.8714 GPI +1.9%
2010 0.8766 GPI +0.6%
2011 0.8833 GPI +0.8%
2012 0.8873 GPI +0.5%
2013 0.8934 GPI +0.7%
2014 0.9004 GPI +0.8%
2015 0.9005 GPI +0.0%
2016 0.9116 GPI +1.2%
2017 0.9165 GPI +0.5%
2018 0.9195 GPI +0.3%
2019 0.9254 GPI +0.6%

Mozambique compared with similar countries

  • Mozambique's 0.9254 GPI is below the median for low income countries, which is 0.9351 GPI, 99% of the median. (23 countries reporting)
  • Mozambique's 0.9254 GPI is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 0.9648 GPI, 96% of the median. (47 countries reporting)

Biggest year-on-year movements

Years where School life expectancy, primary, 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.

YearChange FromTo
1977 +33.3% 0.5111 GPI 0.6816 GPI

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1970s 0.6419 GPI 0.5111 GPI 0.6899 GPI 4
1980s 0.7556 GPI 0.7273 GPI 0.7734 GPI 9
1990s 0.7196 GPI 0.6952 GPI 0.7524 GPI 8
2000s 0.8104 GPI 0.7373 GPI 0.8714 GPI 9
2010s 0.9014 GPI 0.8766 GPI 0.9254 GPI 10

Countries ranked near Mozambique

  1. 174 Sudan 0.9351 GPI compare
  2. 175 Cape Verde 0.9337 GPI compare
  3. 176 Benin 0.9269 GPI compare
  4. 178 Guinea-Bissau 0.9204 GPI compare
  5. 179 Tuvalu 0.9171 GPI compare
  6. 180 Eswatini 0.9167 GPI compare

See the full ranking of 197 places →

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Frequently asked questions

What is school life expectancy, primary, gender parity index in Mozambique?
School life expectancy, primary, gender parity index in Mozambique was 0.9254 GPI in 2019, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
What is the highest school life expectancy, primary, gender parity index recorded in Mozambique?
The highest recorded value was 0.9254 GPI in 2019.
What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary, gender parity index recorded in Mozambique?
The lowest recorded value was 0.5111 GPI in 1973.
How does Mozambique rank for school life expectancy, primary, gender parity index?
Mozambique ranks 177th out of 197 countries with data for 2019.
Is school life expectancy, primary, gender parity index rising or falling in Mozambique?
Over the last ten years it is up 6.2%. 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, gender parity index (GPI). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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About this data

Indicator
School life expectancy, primary, gender parity index (GPI)
Unit
GPI
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
197 places, 7,121 data points, 1970–2020
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.