Liberia vs Morocco: Share of the population with tertiary education
Liberia
11.1%
in 2020
Morocco
12.7%
in 2020
Liberia rank
65th
Morocco rank
62nd
Share of the population with tertiary education over time
- Liberia
- Morocco
How they compare
Morocco currently reports 12.7% against 11.1% in Liberia, a difference of 1.6%.
That makes Morocco's figure about 1.1 times Liberia's.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 31 shared years of data; in 1870 it was Morocco ahead.
Liberia ranks 65th and Morocco ranks 62nd of 111 countries.
Across the 16 decades both report, Liberia averaged higher in 7 and Morocco in 5.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Liberia | Morocco | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1870s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | — |
| 1880s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | — |
| 1890s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | — |
| 1900s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | — |
| 1910s | 0.3% | 0.0% | 0.3% | Liberia |
| 1920s | 0.6% | 0.0% | 0.6% | Liberia |
| 1930s | 0.9% | 0.0% | 0.9% | Liberia |
| 1940s | 0.9% | 0.0% | 0.9% | Liberia |
| 1950s | 1.0% | 0.0% | 1.0% | Liberia |
| 1960s | 1.1% | 0.1% | 1.0% | Liberia |
| 1970s | 1.4% | 0.6% | 0.8% | Liberia |
| 1980s | 1.8% | 2.5% | 0.7% | Morocco |
| 1990s | 3.0% | 5.8% | 2.8% | Morocco |
| 2000s | 5.1% | 8.9% | 3.8% | Morocco |
| 2010s | 5.3% | 10.8% | 5.5% | Morocco |
| 2020s | 11.1% | 12.7% | 1.6% | Morocco |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher share of the population with tertiary education, Liberia or Morocco?
- Morocco, at 12.7% against 11.1% in Liberia as of 2020.
- What is the difference in share of the population with tertiary education between Liberia and Morocco?
- 1.6%, with Morocco ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Liberia and Morocco?
- 31 years are reported by both, from 1870 to 2020.
- How do Liberia and Morocco rank globally for share of the population with tertiary education?
- Liberia ranks 65th and Morocco ranks 62nd of 111 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Barro and Lee (2015); Lee and Lee (2016) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Share of the population with tertiary education. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Percentage of the population aged 25 to 65 years who have either completed or partially completed tertiary education.