Primary completion rate, male in Morocco
Morocco: Primary completion rate, male was 105.7% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Primary completion rate, male in Morocco, 1973–2024
Source: Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). Measured in % of relevant age group.
Analysis
Morocco recorded 105.7% for primary completion rate, male in 2024. That is the highest value across all 51 years on record.
The figure is up 2.0% on the previous year and up 11.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, primary completion rate, male in Morocco peaked at 105.7% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 37.2%, in 1973.
Morocco ranks 14th of 189 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 51 years of available data.
Primary completion rate, male in Morocco, year by year
| Year | % of relevant age group | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1973 | 37.2% | — |
| 1974 | 37.4% | +0.6% |
| 1975 | 39.7% | +6.4% |
| 1977 | 44.9% | +12.9% |
| 1978 | 48.6% | +8.4% |
| 1979 | 51.6% | +6.2% |
| 1980 | 54.6% | +5.7% |
| 1981 | 55.3% | +1.3% |
| 1982 | 57.6% | +4.1% |
| 1983 | 58.7% | +1.9% |
| 1984 | 59.7% | +1.7% |
| 1985 | 68.6% | +15.0% |
| 1986 | 65.9% | -4.0% |
| 1987 | 64.8% | -1.7% |
| 1988 | 61.5% | -5.0% |
| 1989 | 52.9% | -14.0% |
| 1990 | 59.4% | +12.3% |
| 1991 | 55.4% | -6.8% |
| 1992 | 53.4% | -3.6% |
| 1993 | 53.4% | -0.1% |
| 1994 | 53.2% | -0.3% |
| 1995 | 55.8% | +4.9% |
| 1996 | 57.6% | +3.1% |
| 1997 | 59.4% | +3.2% |
| 1998 | 62.0% | +4.3% |
| 1999 | 62.6% | +1.1% |
| 2000 | 65.3% | +4.3% |
| 2001 | 65.5% | +0.2% |
| 2002 | 66.6% | +1.7% |
| 2003 | 68.8% | +3.4% |
| 2004 | 76.2% | +10.7% |
| 2005 | 81.9% | +7.6% |
| 2006 | 86.4% | +5.5% |
| 2007 | 86.3% | -0.1% |
| 2008 | 83.6% | -3.2% |
| 2009 | 80.6% | -3.6% |
| 2010 | 83.5% | +3.7% |
| 2011 | 88.1% | +5.5% |
| 2012 | 95.4% | +8.3% |
| 2013 | 92.6% | -3.0% |
| 2014 | 95.3% | +2.9% |
| 2015 | 96.2% | +1.0% |
| 2016 | 94.3% | -2.0% |
| 2017 | 89.3% | -5.2% |
| 2018 | 88.8% | -0.6% |
| 2019 | 91.3% | +2.9% |
| 2020 | 93.8% | +2.8% |
| 2021 | 98.3% | +4.8% |
| 2022 | 97.5% | -0.8% |
| 2023 | 103.6% | +6.2% |
| 2024 | 105.7% | +2.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 43.2% | 37.2% | 51.6% | 6 |
| 1980s | 60.0% | 52.9% | 68.6% | 10 |
| 1990s | 57.2% | 53.2% | 62.6% | 10 |
| 2000s | 76.1% | 65.3% | 86.4% | 10 |
| 2010s | 91.5% | 83.5% | 96.2% | 10 |
| 2020s | 99.8% | 93.8% | 105.7% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Morocco
- 11 Costa Rica 106.8% compare
- 12 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 106.7% compare
- 13 Tonga 106.5% compare
- 15 Guyana 105.4% compare
- 16 Montenegro 105.0% compare
- 17 Portugal 104.6% compare
More education data for Morocco
- Theoretical duration of upper secondary education (years), annual 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Theoretical duration of secondary education (years), annual growth 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Start of the academic school year (tertiary education), gaps filled 2,023 tertiary education (2024)
- Start of the academic school year (tertiary education), annual growth 0.0495 % change on previous year (2024)
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 189,855 (2024)
- Duration of pre primary education, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Duration of pre primary education 2 (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre primary education 4 (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 66.4% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 25.2% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is primary completion rate, male in Morocco?
- Primary completion rate, male in Morocco was 105.7% in 2024, according to Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).
- What is the highest primary completion rate, male recorded in Morocco?
- The highest recorded value was 105.7% in 2024.
- What is the lowest primary completion rate, male recorded in Morocco?
- The lowest recorded value was 37.2% in 1973.
- How does Morocco rank for primary completion rate, male?
- Morocco ranks 14th out of 189 countries with data for 2024.
- Is primary completion rate, male rising or falling in Morocco?
- Over the last ten years it is up 11.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Morocco data come from?
- The figures come from Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), published as part of Primary completion rate, male (% of relevant age group). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Primary completion rate, or gross intake ratio to the last grade of primary education, is the number of new entrants (enrollments minus repeaters) in the last grade of primary education, regardless of age, divided by the population at the entrance age for the last grade of primary education. Data limitations preclude adjusting for students who drop out during the final year of primary education.