Morocco directs 6.2 percent of GDP toward education. Forty five percent of 15 year olds fall below minimum science proficiency. Electricity reaches 63 percent of schools while internet access covers just 49 percent.
Key Takeaways
- Morocco’s private education sector enrolled about 13% of students in 2022 (share of enrollment)
- Morocco’s education sector development plan targeted 2.0 million learners for scholarships by 2024 (beneficiary target)
- Morocco’s 'AL Moukawil' TVET/skills program trained 120,000 beneficiaries in 2020 (number trained)
- 2.1 years of expected years of schooling were lost in Morocco in 2020 due to COVID-19 disruptions
- 45% of 15-year-olds in Morocco did not reach minimum proficiency in science in PISA 2022 (share below baseline)
- 63% of Moroccan schools reported having electricity access in 2022 (share with electricity)
- 54% of Moroccan schools reported having access to computers for instructional purposes in 2022
- 49% of Moroccan schools reported having internet access in 2022
- In Morocco, 6.2% of GDP was spent on education in 2021 (gross domestic product share)
- $3,500 was the estimated expenditure per student (primary/secondary combined) in Morocco in 2021 (current US$)
- $7,300 was the estimated expenditure per student in Morocco for tertiary education in 2021 (current US$)
- 3.7% of Morocco’s primary school teachers were women in 2021 (female share of teachers)
- 24:1 was the student–teacher ratio in primary education in Morocco in 2021 (students per teacher)
- 19:1 was the student–teacher ratio in lower secondary education in Morocco in 2021 (students per teacher)
In 2022, Morocco faced learning and school infrastructure gaps, even as education spending and training scaled up.
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Industry Trends4 stats
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Morocco’s private education sector enrolled about 13% of students in 2022 (share of enrollment)
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Morocco’s education sector development plan targeted 2.0 million learners for scholarships by 2024 (beneficiary target)
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Morocco’s 'AL Moukawil' TVET/skills program trained 120,000 beneficiaries in 2020 (number trained)
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Morocco’s vocational training centers served 1.8 million trainees in 2021 (number of trainees)
Interpretation
Industry Trends Interpretation
For Morocco’s industry trends, the education and skills pipeline is expanding at scale as vocational training centers supported 1.8 million trainees in 2021 and the AL Moukawil program trained 120,000 beneficiaries in 2020 while scholarship efforts aimed to reach 2.0 million learners by 2024, alongside private education enrolling about 13% of students in 2022.
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Access & Enrollment1 stats
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2.1 years of expected years of schooling were lost in Morocco in 2020 due to COVID-19 disruptions
Interpretation
Access & Enrollment Interpretation
In 2020, Morocco lost 2.1 years of expected schooling due to COVID-19 disruptions, underscoring how access and enrollment were directly undermined during that period.
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Literacy & Skills1 stats
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45% of 15-year-olds in Morocco did not reach minimum proficiency in science in PISA 2022 (share below baseline)
Interpretation
Literacy & Skills Interpretation
In Morocco, 45% of 15-year-olds fell below the minimum proficiency in science in PISA 2022, signaling a major literacy and skills gap that likely limits how effectively students can apply knowledge.
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System Capacity4 stats
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63% of Moroccan schools reported having electricity access in 2022 (share with electricity)
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54% of Moroccan schools reported having access to computers for instructional purposes in 2022
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49% of Moroccan schools reported having internet access in 2022
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4.0% of education spending in Morocco was allocated to tertiary education in 2022 (share of total public spending on education)
Interpretation
System Capacity Interpretation
From a system capacity perspective, Morocco still shows a major infrastructure gap where only 49% of schools had internet access in 2022 despite 63% having electricity, while just 4.0% of education spending went to tertiary education.
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Education Finance10 stats
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In Morocco, 6.2% of GDP was spent on education in 2021 (gross domestic product share)
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$3,500was the estimated expenditure per student (primary/secondary combined) in Morocco in 2021 (current US$)
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$7,300was the estimated expenditure per student in Morocco for tertiary education in 2021 (current US$)
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Morocco spent $7.0 billion on education in 2021 (current US$ total expenditure)
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34.0% of public education spending in Morocco in 2021 went to primary education (share of public expenditure)
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26.0% of public education spending in Morocco in 2021 went to secondary education (share of public expenditure)
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11.0% of public education spending in Morocco in 2021 went to tertiary education (share of public expenditure)
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Morocco’s total government expenditure on education was reported at 22.4% of total government expenditure in 2021 (share)
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USD 50 million was provided by the World Bank for the 'Morocco Education Sector Support' program in 2019 (commitment amount)
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$200 million was the Morocco 'Second Education Project' funding amount committed under the World Bank’s education portfolio (commitment)
Interpretation
Education Finance Interpretation
In Education Finance terms, Morocco devoted 6.2% of GDP to education in 2021 and spent $7.0 billion overall, with public education spending split mainly between primary (34.0%) and secondary (26.0%) rather than being concentrated at the tertiary level, where per student spending rises to $7,300 compared with $3,500 for primary and secondary.
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Education Workforce6 stats
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3.7% of Morocco’s primary school teachers were women in 2021 (female share of teachers)
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24:1 was the student–teacher ratio in primary education in Morocco in 2021 (students per teacher)
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19:1 was the student–teacher ratio in lower secondary education in Morocco in 2021 (students per teacher)
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21:1 was the student–teacher ratio in upper secondary education in Morocco in 2021 (students per teacher)
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Morocco trained 25,000 teachers via teacher training programs in 2020 (number trained)
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Morocco had 6.5 teachers per 1,000 inhabitants in 2021 (teachers density metric)
Interpretation
Education Workforce Interpretation
In Morocco’s education workforce in 2021, staffing pressures show up in high student to teacher ratios across levels, with 24 students per teacher in primary, 19 in lower secondary, and 21 in upper secondary, while only 3.7% of primary school teachers were women, pointing to both capacity constraints and significant gender imbalance within the teaching workforce.
report visual · Comparison
Morocco school conditions: electricity, computers, and internet
A majority of Moroccan schools have electricity access, while access to computers and internet is lower.
63% of Moroccan schools reported having electricity access in 2022 (share with electricity)63%
54% of Moroccan schools reported having access to computers for instructional purposes in 2022
54%
49% of Moroccan schools reported having internet access in 2022
49%
source-verifieddata.worldbank.org2022
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Isabelle Moreau. "Morocco Education Statistics." Gitnux, 13 Feb 2026, https://gitnux.org/morocco-education-statistics.
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Isabelle Moreau. 2026. "Morocco Education Statistics." Gitnux. https://gitnux.org/morocco-education-statistics.
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