Primary school completion rate in Mozambique

The primary completion rate in Mozambique was 72.4% in 2022. The value for 2022 is the highest in the series, which starts in 1973.

Measure: Primary school completion rate Unit: % of the relevant age group Data: 1973 to 2022 Source: World Bank
Mozambique, 2022 72.4% % of the relevant age group
Change from 2020 +10.6percentage points 2020: 61.7%
World, 2022 91.1% Official aggregate

Primary school completion rate in Mozambique over time

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% of the relevant age group. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

Primary school completion rate (% of the relevant age group), 2001 to 2024
Period MozambiqueWorld
2024 – 88.0%
2023 – 87.3%
2022 72.4% 91.1%
2021 – 88.7%
2020 61.7% 88.0%
2019 58.7% 87.9%
2018 55.8% 88.1%
2017 50.6% 88.2%
2016 – 88.5%
2015 52.2% 87.9%
2014 51.3% 88.1%
2013 51.2% 88.3%
2012 53.1% 88.1%
2011 55.6% 87.8%
2010 59.3% 88.5%
2009 55.3% 89.0%
2008 58.1% 88.2%
2007 45.1% 86.5%
2006 40.6% 85.3%
2005 40.9% 85.0%
2004 28.9% 84.2%
2003 – 83.5%
2002 21.7% 83.3%
2001 18.4% 82.7%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • The previous available figure was 61.7% in 2020, a change of +10.6 percentage points.
  • Since 2010, when it was 59.3%, the figure has changed by +13.1 percentage points.
  • The figure for the world in 2022 was 91.1%.

Source and dates

Original producer
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Distributed by
World Bank, World Development Indicators
Dataset or series code
SE.PRM.CMPT.ZS · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
1973 to 2022 for Mozambique
Provider update
8 October 2026
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (per series metadata)
Attribution
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators, original data: UNESCO Institute for Statistics