Share of children enrolled in pre-primary school in Morocco
Morocco: Share of children enrolled in pre-primary school was 70.5% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Share of children enrolled 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
In 2024, share of children enrolled in pre-primary school in Morocco stood at 70.5%. That is the highest value across all 24 years on record.
The figure is up 3.5% on the previous year and up 40.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of children enrolled in pre-primary school in Morocco peaked at 70.5% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 43.0%, in 2016.
Morocco ranks 77th of 178 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 24 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 45.6% | 45.6% | 45.6% | 1 |
| 2000s | 50.2% | 47.9% | 52.0% | 8 |
| 2010s | 48.9% | 43.0% | 57.1% | 10 |
| 2020s | 65.0% | 58.7% | 70.5% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Morocco
- 74 Switzerland 73.6% compare
- 75 Seychelles 72.9% compare
- 76 Trinidad and Tobago 72.0% compare
- 78 Lebanon 70.2% compare
- 79 Kazakhstan 69.6% compare
- 80 Ecuador 69.2% compare
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 enrolled in pre-primary school in Morocco?
- Share of children enrolled in pre-primary school in Morocco was 70.5% in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest share of children enrolled in pre-primary school recorded in Morocco?
- The highest recorded value was 70.5% in 2024.
- What is the lowest share of children enrolled in pre-primary school recorded in Morocco?
- The lowest recorded value was 43.0% in 2016.
- How does Morocco rank for share of children enrolled in pre-primary school?
- Morocco ranks 77th out of 178 countries with data for 2024.
- Is share of children enrolled in pre-primary school rising or falling in Morocco?
- Over the last ten years it is up 40.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- 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 enrolled in pre-primary school. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The share of children of pre-primary school age (typically 3–5 years old) who are enrolled in pre-primary education.