Morocco vs Nicaragua: Share of the population with tertiary education
Morocco
12.7%
in 2020
Nicaragua
14.3%
in 2020
Morocco rank
62nd
Nicaragua rank
59th
Share of the population with tertiary education over time
- Morocco
- Nicaragua
How they compare
Nicaragua currently reports 14.3% against 12.7% in Morocco, a difference of 1.6%.
That makes Nicaragua's figure about 1.1 times Morocco's.
Across all 31 years both countries report, Nicaragua has been ahead every year.
Morocco ranks 62nd and Nicaragua ranks 59th of 111 countries.
Nicaragua has averaged higher in every one of the 16 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Morocco | Nicaragua | 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% | 0.2% | 0.2% | Nicaragua |
| 1910s | 0.0% | 0.4% | 0.4% | Nicaragua |
| 1920s | 0.0% | 0.5% | 0.5% | Nicaragua |
| 1930s | 0.0% | 0.5% | 0.5% | Nicaragua |
| 1940s | 0.0% | 0.5% | 0.5% | Nicaragua |
| 1950s | 0.0% | 0.8% | 0.8% | Nicaragua |
| 1960s | 0.1% | 2.3% | 2.2% | Nicaragua |
| 1970s | 0.6% | 5.1% | 4.5% | Nicaragua |
| 1980s | 2.5% | 8.1% | 5.6% | Nicaragua |
| 1990s | 5.8% | 10.2% | 4.3% | Nicaragua |
| 2000s | 8.9% | 10.8% | 2.0% | Nicaragua |
| 2010s | 10.8% | 12.2% | 1.4% | Nicaragua |
| 2020s | 12.7% | 14.3% | 1.6% | Nicaragua |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher share of the population with tertiary education, Morocco or Nicaragua?
- Nicaragua, at 14.3% against 12.7% in Morocco as of 2020.
- What is the difference in share of the population with tertiary education between Morocco and Nicaragua?
- 1.6%, with Nicaragua ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Morocco and Nicaragua?
- 31 years are reported by both, from 1870 to 2020.
- How do Morocco and Nicaragua rank globally for share of the population with tertiary education?
- Morocco ranks 62nd and Nicaragua ranks 59th 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.