Repetition rate in Grade 2 of primary education, male in Morocco

Morocco: Repetition rate in Grade 2 of primary education, male was 10.2% in 2018. ▼ Falling

Latest (2018)
10.2%
Change on year
down 11.2%
World rank
31st
of 174 countries
All-time high
24.7%
in 1983
All-time low
10.2%
in 2018
Years of data
46
1972–2018

Repetition rate in Grade 2 of primary education, male in Morocco, 1972–2018

0510152025197219952018

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.

Analysis

In 2018, repetition rate in grade 2 of primary education, male in Morocco stood at 10.2%. That is the lowest value across all 46 years on record.

That represents a change of down 11.2% on the previous year and down 30.0% over ten years.

Over the whole period, repetition rate in grade 2 of primary education, male in Morocco peaked at 24.7% in 1983 and was at its lowest, 10.2%, in 2018.

Morocco ranks 31st of 174 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.

The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 46 years of available data.

Repetition rate in Grade 2 of primary education, male in Morocco, year by year

Annual values for Repetition rate in Grade 2 of primary education, male (%) in Morocco, 1972 to 2018.
Year % Change
1972 21.6%
1973 22.5% +4.5%
1974 22.2% -1.4%
1976 22.7% +2.4%
1977 21.7% -4.6%
1978 22.6% +4.0%
1979 23.0% +1.8%
1980 23.4% +2.0%
1981 23.3% -0.7%
1982 24.4% +5.1%
1983 24.7% +1.0%
1984 18.7% -24.1%
1985 18.0% -4.2%
1986 17.9% -0.1%
1987 15.7% -12.6%
1988 14.5% -7.4%
1989 14.7% +1.5%
1990 13.9% -5.9%
1991 14.0% +1.1%
1992 14.5% +3.4%
1993 14.4% -0.9%
1994 13.7% -4.7%
1995 14.2% +4.0%
1996 14.4% +0.9%
1997 14.9% +3.7%
1998 14.8% -0.5%
1999 15.2% +2.3%
2000 15.9% +4.7%
2001 13.8% -12.7%
2002 16.6% +19.7%
2003 16.4% -1.2%
2004 15.6% -4.6%
2005 15.4% -1.2%
2006 14.8% -4.0%
2007 14.8% -0.5%
2008 14.5% -1.5%
2009 13.7% -5.7%
2010 11.2% -18.0%
2011 10.6% -5.4%
2012 11.9% +11.8%
2013 11.0% -7.3%
2014 10.4% -5.4%
2015 10.9% +4.8%
2016 11.8% +7.9%
2017 11.5% -2.8%
2018 10.2% -11.2%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1970s 22.3% 21.6% 23.0% 7
1980s 19.5% 14.5% 24.7% 10
1990s 14.4% 13.7% 15.2% 10
2000s 15.2% 13.7% 16.6% 10
2010s 11.1% 10.2% 11.9% 9

Countries ranked near Morocco

  1. 28 Rwanda 11.2% compare
  2. 29 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 11.1% compare
  3. 30 South Africa 10.5% compare
  4. 32 Algeria 10.0% compare
  5. 33 Uganda 9.3% compare
  6. 34 Cambodia 9.2% compare

See the full ranking of 174 places →

More education data for Morocco

All data for Morocco →

Frequently asked questions

What is repetition rate in grade 2 of primary education, male in Morocco?
Repetition rate in grade 2 of primary education, male in Morocco was 10.2% in 2018, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
What is the highest repetition rate in grade 2 of primary education, male recorded in Morocco?
The highest recorded value was 24.7% in 1983.
What is the lowest repetition rate in grade 2 of primary education, male recorded in Morocco?
The lowest recorded value was 10.2% in 2018.
How does Morocco rank for repetition rate in grade 2 of primary education, male?
Morocco ranks 31st out of 174 countries with data for 2018.
Is repetition rate in grade 2 of primary education, male rising or falling in Morocco?
Over the last ten years it is down 30.0%. 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, published as part of Repetition rate in Grade 2 of primary education, male (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

Download this data

CSV · JSON — 46 observations, free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data).

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

Repetition rate in Grade 2 of primary education, male in Morocco. Statizoid, drawing on UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Retrieved 08 September 2026, from https://education.statizoid.com/stat/repetition-rate-in-grade-2-of-primary-education-male-percent/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 4.0 (World Bank Open Data); please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://education.statizoid.com/stat/repetition-rate-in-grade-2-of-primary-education-male-percent/morocco/">Repetition rate in Grade 2 of primary education, male in Morocco</a> — Statizoid

About this data

Indicator
Repetition rate in Grade 2 of primary education, male (%)
Unit
%
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
174 places, 3,410 data points, 1970–2019
Last refreshed

Number of male repeaters in a given grade in a given school year, expressed as a percentage of male enrolment in that grade the previous school year. Divide the number of male repeaters in a given grade in school year t+1 by the number of male pupils from the same cohort enrolled in the same grade in the previous school year t.