Tertiary education enrolment (gross) in Mozambique

Gross tertiary enrolment in Mozambique was 7.5% in 2018. The value for 2018 is the highest in the series, which starts in 1971.

Measure: Tertiary education enrolment (gross) Unit: % of the population in the five years after secondary school age Data: 1971 to 2018 Source: World Bank
The latest value for Mozambique is for 2018. Most countries have figures for 2023.
Mozambique, 2018 7.5% % of the population in the five years after secondary school age
Change from 2017 +0.2percentage points 2017: 7.2%
World, 2018 37.9% Official aggregate

Tertiary education enrolment (gross) in Mozambique over time

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% of the population in the five years after secondary school age. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

Tertiary education enrolment (gross) (% of the population in the five years after secondary school age), 2001 to 2024
Period MozambiqueWorld
2024 – 43.6%
2023 – 43.2%
2022 – 42.0%
2021 – 41.1%
2020 – 39.7%
2019 – 38.7%
2018 7.5% 37.9%
2017 7.2% 37.5%
2016 7.3% 37.1%
2015 6.7% 36.6%
2014 6.3% 35.6%
2013 5.6% 33.1%
2012 5.2% 32.3%
2011 4.9% 31.1%
2010 4.6% 29.6%
2009 3.8% 28.3%
2008 3.5% 27.4%
2007 3.0% 26.3%
2006 2.1% 25.7%
2005 1.4% 24.3%
2004 1.2% 23.6%
2003 0.9% 22.8%
2002 0.7% 21.6%
2001 0.6% 20.4%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of +0.2 percentage points from 7.2% in 2017.
  • Since 2008, when it was 3.5%, the figure has changed by +3.9 percentage points.
  • The figure for the world in 2018 was 37.9%.

Source and dates

Original producer
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Distributed by
World Bank, World Development Indicators
Dataset or series code
SE.TER.ENRR · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
1971 to 2018 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