Afghanistan vs Morocco: School age population, pre-primary education, both sexes

Afghanistan
1.26 million
in 2025
Morocco
1.28 million
in 2025
Afghanistan rank
58th
Morocco rank
55th

School age population, pre-primary education, both sexes over time

  • Afghanistan
  • Morocco
250.0k500.0k750.0k1.0M1.2M197019972025

How they compare

Morocco currently reports 1.28 million against 1.26 million in Afghanistan, a difference of 27,440.

Across all 56 years both countries report, Morocco has been ahead every year.

Afghanistan ranks 58th and Morocco ranks 55th of 222 countries.

Morocco has averaged higher in every one of the 6 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Afghanistan Morocco Difference Ahead
1970s 370,222 1.06 million 686,032 Morocco
1980s 362,365 1.27 million 909,569 Morocco
1990s 510,782 1.31 million 801,491 Morocco
2000s 809,150 1.24 million 434,033 Morocco
2010s 1.03 million 1.32 million 296,941 Morocco
2020s 1.21 million 1.30 million 91,647 Morocco

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher school age population, pre-primary education, both sexes, Afghanistan or Morocco?
Morocco, at 1.28 million against 1.26 million in Afghanistan as of 2025.
What is the difference in school age population, pre-primary education, both sexes between Afghanistan and Morocco?
27,440, with Morocco ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Afghanistan and Morocco?
56 years are reported by both, from 1970 to 2025.
How do Afghanistan and Morocco rank globally for school age population, pre-primary education, both sexes?
Afghanistan ranks 58th and Morocco ranks 55th of 222 countries.
Where does this data come from?
UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as School age population, pre-primary education, both sexes (number). 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

Afghanistan vs Morocco: School age population, pre-primary education, both sexes. Statizoid, drawing on UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Retrieved 04 September 2026, from https://education.statizoid.com/compare/school-age-population-pre-primary-education-both-sexes-number-2/afghanistan/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-SA 3.0 IGO (UNESCO Institute for Statistics); please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://education.statizoid.com/compare/school-age-population-pre-primary-education-both-sexes-number-2/afghanistan/morocco/">Afghanistan vs Morocco: School age population, pre-primary education, both sexes</a> — Statizoid

About this data

Indicator
School age population, pre-primary education, both sexes (number)
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO (UNESCO Institute for Statistics)
Coverage
443 places, 20,796 data points, 1970–2025
Last refreshed

February 2026 Data Release