Share of children who are not in pre-primary school in Morocco
Morocco: Share of children who are not in pre-primary school was 12.5% in 2024. ▼ Falling
Share of children who are not in pre-primary school in Morocco, 1999–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
Morocco recorded 12.5% for share of children who are not in pre-primary school in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 24 years on record.
That represents a change of down 17.6% on the previous year and down 62.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of children who are not in pre-primary school in Morocco peaked at 56.0% in 2016 and was at its lowest, 12.5%, in 2024.
Morocco ranks 94th of 179 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 24 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 42.5% | 42.5% | 42.5% | 1 |
| 2000s | 44.2% | 36.6% | 50.5% | 8 |
| 2010s | 41.5% | 32.6% | 56.0% | 10 |
| 2020s | 19.9% | 12.5% | 29.6% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Morocco
More education data for Morocco
- Duration of pre-primary education 2 years (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre-primary education 4 years (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 66.4% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 25.2% (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 12 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 6 years (2025)
- School enrollment, primary 116.6% (2024)
- Primary education, teachers 189,855 (2024)
- Fertility rate vs. average years of schooling 2.21 live births per woman (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, female 115.4% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of children who are not in pre-primary school in Morocco?
- Share of children who are not in pre-primary school in Morocco was 12.5% in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest share of children who are not in pre-primary school recorded in Morocco?
- The highest recorded value was 56.0% in 2016.
- What is the lowest share of children who are not in pre-primary school recorded in Morocco?
- The lowest recorded value was 12.5% in 2024.
- How does Morocco rank for share of children who are not in pre-primary school?
- Morocco ranks 94th out of 179 countries with data for 2024.
- Is share of children who are not in pre-primary school rising or falling in Morocco?
- Over the last ten years it is down 62.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Morocco data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Share of children who are not in pre-primary school. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Children one year before the official primary entry age (typically age 5) not enrolled in pre-primary education, expressed as a percentage of all children in that age group.