Education in Morocco

851 indicators covering education for Morocco.

IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank
Average years of schooling among adults 6.2 years 2023 up 25.9% 150th
Average years of schooling vs. expected years of schooling 6.2 years 2023 up 25.9% 150th
Average years of schooling vs. GDP per capita 6.2 years 2023 up 25.9% 150th
Share enrolled in private institutions at the pre-primary education level 34.2% 2024 down 62.2% 81st
Average years of schooling, males vs. females 7.1 years 2023 up 18.8% 149th
Expected years of schooling, males vs. females 15.05 years 2023 up 20.9% 58th
Primary completion rate, male 105.7% 2024 up 11.0% 14th
Primary completion rate, female 107.1% 2024 up 12.1% 14th
Duration of compulsory education 9 years 2025 unchanged 120th
Official entrance age to compulsory education 6 years 2025 unchanged 21st
Government expenditure on education, total 6.0% 2023 up 8.4% 28th
Secondary education, general pupils 2.62 million 2018 up 24.1% 36th
Lower secondary completion rate, total 77.2% 2024 up 16.0% 124th
Gross enrolment ratio, primary and secondary, both sexes 98.6% 2019 up 18.3% 88th
School life expectancy, primary and secondary, both sexes 11.85 years 2019 up 17.9% 83rd
School enrollment, preprimary, male 60.1% 2021 down 2.3% 109th
School enrollment, preprimary, female 59.6% 2021 up 26.4% 110th
Persistence to last grade of primary, total 93.0% 2023 up 4.2% 87th
School life expectancy, tertiary, both sexes 1.93 years 2019 up 182.0% 83rd
Government expenditure on education, total 23.3% 2024 up 5.5% 6th
Secondary education, general pupils 47.7% 2018 up 3.7% 173rd
Lower secondary completion rate, female 82.7% 2024 up 26.9% 121st
Lower secondary completion rate, male 71.9% 2024 up 6.2% 125th
Children out of school 0.5% 2021 down 93.5% 173rd
Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes 761,726 number 2019 up 5.5% 41st
Share of children in primary school age who are in school 99.1% 2024 up 7.5% 46th
Secondary education, duration 6 years 2025 unchanged 91st
Primary education, pupils 4.61 million 2024 up 14.3% 36th
Primary education, duration 6 years 2025 unchanged 25th
Secondary education, pupils 3.57 million 2024 up 39.9% 33rd
Share of primary-school-age children who are out of school vs. GDP per capita 0.5% 2021 down 93.5% 180th
Gross enrolment ratio, primary and secondary, male 101.0% 2019 up 15.5% 70th
Gross enrolment ratio, primary and secondary, female 96.0% 2019 up 21.4% 109th
School life expectancy, primary and secondary, male 12.16 years 2019 up 15.3% 65th
School life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index 0.9479 GPI 2019 up 4.7% 163rd
School life expectancy, primary and secondary, female 11.52 years 2019 up 20.7% 105th
Persistence to last grade of primary, male 92.4% 2023 up 3.0% 79th
Persistence to last grade of primary, female 93.7% 2023 up 5.5% 81st
Secondary education, vocational pupils 246,199 2018 up 93.6% 43rd
Gender gap in primary, secondary and tertiary education 97.2% 2019 up 11.0% 60th
Number of under-five deaths, male 5,546 2024 down 40.7% 57th
Number of under-five deaths, female 4,313 2024 down 41.0% 57th
Number of infant deaths, male 5,199 2024 down 39.8% 54th
Number of infant deaths, female 4,016 2024 down 39.8% 55th
School life expectancy, tertiary, male 1.93 years 2019 up 165.9% 71st
School life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index 1 GPI 2019 up 13.5% 125th
School life expectancy, tertiary, female 1.94 years 2019 up 201.9% 92nd
Teachers in primary education, female 101,705 number 2019 up 38.9% 38th
Net enrollment rates in primary education, adjusted gender parity index 1.01 index 2019 up 0.0% 59th
Children out of school, female 2.8% 2019 down 77.3% 121st
Children out of school, male 3.5% 2019 down 73.4% 107th
Enrolment in pre-primary education, female 348,431 number 2019 up 14.0% 42nd
Percentage of enrolment in pre-primary education in private institutio 83.8% 2019 down 7.1% 22nd
Secondary education, vocational pupils 34.3% 2018 down 10.9% 148th
Share of male students in secondary education enrolled in vocational p 10.5% 2018 up 64.4% 92nd
School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, both sexes 13.96 years 2019 up 30.0% 83rd
Productivity vs. educational attainment 13.62 international-$ in 2021 prices per hour 2023 up 9.9% 92nd
Gross intake ratio in first grade of primary education, total 109.8% 2018 up 4.6% 41st
Vocational and Technical enrolment (% of total secondary enrolment), f 6.7% 2024 up 29.6% 97th
Unemployment, total (% of total labor force) 9.0% 2025 down 4.9% 45th