Share of schools with access to basic drinking water in Morocco
Morocco: Share of schools with access to basic drinking water was 81.6% in 2023. ▲ Rising
Latest (2023)
81.6%
Change on year
up 0.9%
World rank
81st
of 95 countries
All-time high
81.6%
in 2023
All-time low
72.9%
in 2016
Years of data
8
2016–2023
Share of schools with access to basic drinking water in Morocco, 2016–2023
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics – processed by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
The most recent figure for share of schools with access to basic drinking water in Morocco is 81.6%, measured in 2023. That is the highest value across all 8 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.9% on the previous year and up 11.9% over ten years.
Morocco ranks 81st of 95 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 74.4% | 72.9% | 75.8% | 4 |
| 2020s | 80.7% | 79.3% | 81.6% | 4 |
Countries ranked near Morocco
- 78 Micronesia (country) 86.1% compare
- 79 Syria 86.0% compare
- 80 Gambia 85.7% compare
- 82 Senegal 80.3% compare
- 83 Burkina Faso 74.3% compare
- 84 Sierra Leone 69.3% 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 schools with access to basic drinking water in Morocco?
- Share of schools with access to basic drinking water in Morocco was 81.6% in 2023, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics – processed by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest share of schools with access to basic drinking water recorded in Morocco?
- The highest recorded value was 81.6% in 2023.
- What is the lowest share of schools with access to basic drinking water recorded in Morocco?
- The lowest recorded value was 72.9% in 2016.
- How does Morocco rank for share of schools with access to basic drinking water?
- Morocco ranks 81st out of 95 countries with data for 2023.
- Is share of schools with access to basic drinking water rising or falling in Morocco?
- Over the last ten years it is up 11.9%. 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 – processed by Our World in Data, published as part of Share of schools with access to basic drinking water. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Proportion of schools with access to basic drinking water, by education level (%)