School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, male (years) (male Data) in Morocco

Morocco: School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, male (years) (male Data) was 14.3 years in 2019. ▲ Rising

Latest (2019)
14.3 years
Change on year
up 1.1%
World rank
62nd
of 175 countries
All-time high
14.3 years
in 2019
All-time low
4.4 years
in 1971
Years of data
37
1971–2019

School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, male in Morocco, 1971–2019

4681012141971199520191971: 4.4 years1972: 4.4 years1974: 4.6 years1975: 4.9 years1976: 5.3 years1977: 5.6 years1978: 6.1 years1979: 6.4 years1986: 8.1 years1987: 8 years1988: 8 years1989: 7.8 years1990: 7.7 years1991: 7.7 years1992: 7.8 years1993: 8 years1994: 8.2 years1995: 8.4 years1997: 8.6 years1998: 8.6 years1999: 9 years2000: 9.4 years2001: 9.6 years2002: 10 years2003: 10.3 years2004: 10.5 years2005: 10.7 years2006: 10.7 years2007: 10.9 years2008: 11.1 years2009: 11.3 years2010: 11.6 years2011: 11.9 years2012: 12.3 years2017: 14 years2018: 14.1 years2019: 14.3 years

Source: Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). Measured in years.

Analysis

Morocco recorded 14.3 years for school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, male in 2019. That is the highest value across all 37 years on record.

The figure is up 1.1% on the previous year and up 26.8% over ten years.

Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, male in Morocco peaked at 14.3 years in 2019 and was at its lowest, 4.4 years, in 1971.

Morocco ranks 62nd of 175 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 37 years of available data.

School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, male (years) (male Data) in Morocco, year by year

Annual values for School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, male (years) in Morocco, 1971 to 2019.
Year years Change
1971 4.4 years —
1972 4.43 years +0.8%
1974 4.57 years +3.2%
1975 4.88 years +6.7%
1976 5.34 years +9.5%
1977 5.65 years +5.6%
1978 6.08 years +7.7%
1979 6.41 years +5.5%
1986 8.06 years +25.7%
1987 8.04 years -0.2%
1988 8.04 years -0.0%
1989 7.79 years -3.2%
1990 7.71 years -1.0%
1991 7.66 years -0.6%
1992 7.75 years +1.2%
1993 7.96 years +2.7%
1994 8.2 years +3.0%
1995 8.4 years +2.4%
1997 8.64 years +2.9%
1998 8.62 years -0.3%
1999 8.97 years +4.1%
2000 9.36 years +4.3%
2001 9.61 years +2.6%
2002 10 years +4.1%
2003 10.33 years +3.3%
2004 10.54 years +2.1%
2005 10.71 years +1.5%
2006 10.67 years -0.4%
2007 10.92 years +2.3%
2008 11.06 years +1.3%
2009 11.27 years +1.9%
2010 11.59 years +2.8%
2011 11.94 years +3.0%
2012 12.3 years +3.0%
2017 14.01 years +13.9%
2018 14.15 years +1.0%
2019 14.3 years +1.1%

Morocco compared with similar countries

  • Morocco's 14.3 years is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 11.46 years, 1.2× the median. (40 countries reporting)
  • Morocco's 14.3 years is above the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 13.78 years, 1.0× the median. (22 countries reporting)

Biggest year-on-year movements

Years where School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, male (years) (male Data) in Morocco changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.

YearChange FromTo
1986 +25.7% 6.41 years 8.06 years

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1970s 5.22 years 4.4 years 6.41 years 8
1980s 7.98 years 7.79 years 8.06 years 4
1990s 8.21 years 7.66 years 8.97 years 9
2000s 10.45 years 9.36 years 11.27 years 10
2010s 13.05 years 11.59 years 14.3 years 6

Countries ranked near Morocco

  1. 59 Uruguay 14.4 years compare
  2. 60 United Arab Emirates 14.37 years compare
  3. 61 Luxembourg 14.3 years compare
  4. 63 Tunisia 14.28 years compare
  5. 64 Colombia 14.14 years compare
  6. 65 Serbia 14.13 years compare

See the full ranking of 220 places →

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Frequently asked questions

What is school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, male in Morocco?
School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, male in Morocco was 14.3 years in 2019, according to Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).
What is the highest school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, male recorded in Morocco?
The highest recorded value was 14.3 years in 2019.
What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, male recorded in Morocco?
The lowest recorded value was 4.4 years in 1971.
How does Morocco rank for school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, male?
Morocco ranks 62nd out of 175 countries with data for 2019.
Is school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, male rising or falling in Morocco?
Over the last ten years it is up 26.8%. 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 School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, male (years). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator
School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, male (years)
Unit
years
Source
Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
220 places, 6,052 data points, 1970–2019
Last refreshed

Expected years of schooling is the number of years a child of school entrance age is expected to spend at school, or university, including years spent on repetition. It is the sum of the age-specific enrolment ratios for primary, secondary, post-secondary non-tertiary and tertiary education.