Lower secondary completion in Mozambique

In Mozambique, 27.9% of young people had completed lower secondary school by the expected age in 2022.

Measure: Completion rate, lower secondary education Unit: % of young people 3 to 5 years above the final grade age Data: 2003 to 2022 Source: UNESCO UIS
Mozambique, 2022 27.9% % of young people 3 to 5 years above the final grade age
Change from 2015 +10.8percentage points 2015: 17.1%

Lower secondary completion in Mozambique over time

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% of young people 3 to 5 years above the final grade age. Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS), databrowser.uis.unesco.org. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

Completion rate, lower secondary education (% of young people 3 to 5 years above the final grade age), 2003 to 2022
Period Mozambique
2022 27.9%
2015 17.1%
2011 14.7%
2008 9.5%
2003 2.9%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • The previous available figure was 17.1% in 2015, a change of +10.8 percentage points.
  • Since 2003, when it was 2.9%, the figure has changed by +25.0 percentage points.

Source and dates

Original producer
UNESCO UIS
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS)
Dataset or series code
CR.2 · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
2003 to 2022 for Mozambique
Provider update
Not stated by the provider
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
CC BY-SA 4.0
Attribution
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS), databrowser.uis.unesco.org