Primary completion (UIS) in Mozambique

In Mozambique, 54.4% of children had completed primary school by the expected age in 2022.

Measure: Completion rate, primary education Unit: % of children 3 to 5 years above the final primary grade age Data: 2003 to 2022 Source: UNESCO UIS
Mozambique, 2022 54.4% % of children 3 to 5 years above the final primary grade age
Change from 2015 +12.0percentage points 2015: 42.4%

Primary completion (UIS) in Mozambique over time

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% of children 3 to 5 years above the final primary 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, primary education (% of children 3 to 5 years above the final primary grade age), 2003 to 2022
Period Mozambique
2022 54.4%
2015 42.4%
2011 41.5%
2008 34.3%
2003 10.9%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • The previous available figure was 42.4% in 2015, a change of +12.0 percentage points.
  • Since 2003, when it was 10.9%, the figure has changed by +43.5 percentage points.

Source and dates

Original producer
UNESCO UIS
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS)
Dataset or series code
CR.1 · 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