Morocco's primary education, pupils was 4.61 million in 2024, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is up 14.3% from 4.03 million in 2014 (1.35% a year on average, compounded).
Key figures
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | 4.61 million | 2024 |
| Five years earlier | 4.43 million | 2019 |
| Ten years earlier | 4.03 million | 2014 |
| Highest | 4.68 million | 2023 |
| Lowest | 1.18 million | 1971 |
| Average since 2015 | 4.42 million | 2015–2024 |
| First recorded | 1.18 million |
What the numbers say
In 2024, Morocco's primary education, pupils fell 1.6% on 2023 (from 4.68 million to 4.61 million).
Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1994 to 2023), the average change was +1.8% and a typical year strayed about 2.3% from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 1.5 standard deviations below that average, so it was larger than a typical year, though not out of the range seen before.
On record, the biggest yearly rise was 14.8% in 1991 and the biggest yearly fall was 7.9% in 1985. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.
From 2015 to 2024 the straight-line trend is upward, about 74,492 a year. A straight line explains 92% of the movement over 10 observed years.
Worked out from the yearly values above. How the checks work: standard deviation, z-scores and straight-line trends.
A straight-line projection, tested first
Extending that straight line gives about 4.95 million for 2027. We show this only because the same method, fitted on earlier years, predicted 2022 to 2024 better than "no change" would have: its average miss was 78,651, against 102,256 for assuming no change. Treat it as a continuation of the recent pattern, not a forecast of events: it cannot see a recession, a policy change or a revision to the data.
See how a linear trend forecast works and the guide on forecasting without fooling yourself.
How it compares
In 2024, Morocco had the 16th highest value of the 119 economies reporting that year. Higher is not always better: for some indicators the lowest value is the one to aim for. See the full ranking.
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Morocco | 4.61 million | 2024 |
| World | 780.85 million | 2024 |
| Lower middle income | 343.48 million | 2024 |
Closest to Morocco in the 2024 ranking
What this measures
Primary education pupils is the total number of pupils enrolled at primary level in public and private schools.
Regional and income-group figures are computed by the World Bank as a sum.
All 54 values
| Year | Primary education, pupils |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 4,606,526 |
| 2023 | 4,683,013 |
| 2022 | 4,675,486 |
| 2021 | 4,552,752 |
| 2020 | 4,535,919 |
| 2019 | 4,432,229 |
| 2018 | 4,322,623 |
| 2017 | 4,210,676 |
| 2016 | 4,101,743 |
| 2015 | 4,039,392 |
| 2014 |
Primary education, pupils in nearby economies
- Afghanistan — 7.51 million (2023)
- Algeria — 5.3 million (2025)
- Bahrain — 122,305 (2024)
- Djibouti — 69,705 (2023)
- Egypt, Arab Rep. — 15.4 million (2024)
- Iran, Islamic Rep. — 9.09 million (2023)
- Israel — 1.05 million (2024)
- Jordan — 1.12 million (2024)
- Kuwait — 265,113 (2021)
- Lebanon — 533,550 (2024)
- Malta — 27,337 (2023)
- Oman
More education data for Morocco
- Primary school starting age (years) — 6 (2025)
- Primary education, duration (years) — 6 (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age (years) — 12 (2025)
- Secondary education, duration (years) — 6 (2025)
- Primary completion rate, total (% of relevant age group) — 106.37% (2024)
- School enrollment, primary (% gross) — 116.59% (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, female (% gross) — 115.44% (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, male (% gross) — 117.68% (2024)
- Persistence to grade 5, total (% of cohort) — 94.48% (2023)
- Persistence to last grade of primary, total (% of cohort)
Reading data like this
Questions people ask
- What is Morocco's primary education, pupils?
- 4.61 million in 2024, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).
- How has it changed since 1971?
- It is up 291.95% from 1.18 million in 1971 (2.61% a year on average, compounded). The highest value was 4.68 million in 2023 and the lowest 1.18 million in 1971.
- How does Morocco rank?
Source
World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator SE.PRM.ENRL, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), uri: https://databrowser.uis.unesco.org/resources, note: The data are obtained through the UIS API. Figures are fetched from the World Bank API and refreshed monthly; see the series on data.worldbank.org. The full definition and method are in the World Bank's metadata glossary. Comparisons use the same World Bank release.
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