Ethiopia vs Morocco: Literacy rates among adults

Ethiopia

60.5%

in 2022

Morocco

64.3%

in 2014

Ethiopia rank

78th

Morocco rank

76th

Literacy rates among adults over time

Morocco currently reports 64.3% against 60.5% in Ethiopia, a difference of 3.8%.

That makes Morocco's figure about 1.1 times Ethiopia's.

Ethiopia ranks 78th and Morocco ranks 76th of 89 countries.

Indicator: Literacy rates among adults
Unit: %
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 89 places, 916 data points, 1975–2024
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

Share of the population aged 15 years and older who can read and write.