Ethiopia vs Morocco: Over-age students, primary

Ethiopia
12.1%
in 2015
Morocco
13.0%
in 2018
Ethiopia rank
52nd
Morocco rank
49th

Over-age students, primary over time

  • Ethiopia
  • Morocco
51015202530197119942018

How they compare

Morocco currently reports 13.0% against 12.1% in Ethiopia, a difference of 0.9%.

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

Across all 22 years both countries report, Ethiopia has been ahead every year.

Ethiopia ranks 52nd and Morocco ranks 49th of 191 countries.

Ethiopia has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Ethiopia Morocco Difference Ahead
1980s 24.9% 14.5% 10.4% Ethiopia
1990s 25.9% 11.8% 14.0% Ethiopia
2000s 22.3% 16.6% 5.7% Ethiopia
2010s 16.6% 13.2% 3.3% Ethiopia

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher over-age students, primary, Ethiopia or Morocco?
Morocco, at 13.0% against 12.1% in Ethiopia as of 2018.
What is the difference in over-age students, primary between Ethiopia and Morocco?
0.9%, with Morocco ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Ethiopia and Morocco?
22 years are reported by both, from 1987 to 2014.
How do Ethiopia and Morocco rank globally for over-age students, primary?
Ethiopia ranks 52nd and Morocco ranks 49th of 191 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Stat Bulk Data Download Service, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), published as Over-age students, primary (% of enrollment). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Individual pages

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

Ethiopia vs Morocco: Over-age students, primary. Statizoid, drawing on Stat Bulk Data Download Service, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). Retrieved 31 August 2026, from https://education.statizoid.com/compare/over-age-students-primary-percent-of-enrollment/ethiopia/morocco/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data); please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://education.statizoid.com/compare/over-age-students-primary-percent-of-enrollment/ethiopia/morocco/">Ethiopia vs Morocco: Over-age students, primary</a> — Statizoid

About this data

Indicator
Over-age students, primary (% of enrollment)
Unit
% of enrollment
Source
Stat Bulk Data Download Service, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
191 places, 4,461 data points, 1970–2019
Last refreshed

Over-age students are the percentage of those enrolled who are older than the official school-age range for primary education.