Morocco - Primary completion rate, male (% of relevant age group)

Primary completion rate, male (% of relevant age group) in Morocco was 99.46 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 47 years was 99.52 in 2012, while its lowest value was 34.44 in 1973.

Definition: Primary completion rate, or gross intake ratio to the last grade of primary education, is the number of new entrants (enrollments minus repeaters) in the last grade of primary education, regardless of age, divided by the population at the entrance age for the last grade of primary education. Data limitations preclude adjusting for students who drop out during the final year of primary education.

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (http://uis.unesco.org/)

See also:

Year Value
1973 34.44
1974 34.77
1975 36.59
1977 41.86
1978 45.92
1979 49.23
1980 52.35
1981 53.64
1982 57.01
1983 58.86
1984 60.81
1985 70.50
1986 67.82
1987 66.79
1988 63.03
1989 53.73
1990 59.93
1991 55.70
1992 53.70
1993 53.85
1994 53.72
1995 55.55
1996 55.90
1997 57.46
1998 60.84
1999 62.05
2000 64.99
2001 65.53
2002 67.63
2003 70.41
2004 77.21
2005 81.68
2006 85.73
2007 86.45
2008 84.77
2009 84.04
2010 87.75
2011 91.56
2012 99.52
2013 96.51
2014 97.13
2015 97.20
2016 95.50
2017 92.37
2018 92.84
2019 96.60
2020 99.46

Development Relevance: The World Bank and the UNESCO Institute for Statistics jointly developed the primary completion rate indicator. Increasingly used as a core indicator of an education system's performance, it reflects an education system's coverage and the educational attainment of students.

Limitations and Exceptions: Data limitations preclude adjusting for students who drop out during the final year of primary education. Thus this rate is a proxy that should be taken as an upper estimate of the actual primary completion rate. There are many reasons why the primary completion rate can exceed 100 percent. The numerator may include late entrants and overage children who have repeated one or more grades of primary education as well as children who entered school early, while the denominator is the number of children at the entrance age for the last grade of primary education.

Other Notes: Data retrieved via API in March 2019. For detailed information on the observation level (e.g. National Estimation, UIS Estimation, or Category not applicable), please visit UIS.Stat (http://data.uis.unesco.org/).

Statistical Concept and Methodology: Primary completion rate is calculated by dividing the number of new entrants (enrollment minus repeaters) in the last grade of primary education, regardless of age, by the population at the entrance age for the last grade of primary education and multiplying by 100. Data on education are collected by the UNESCO Institute for Statistics from official responses to its annual education survey. All the data are mapped to the International Standard Classification of Education (ISCED) to ensure the comparability of education programs at the international level. The current version was formally adopted by UNESCO Member States in 2011. Population data are drawn from the United Nations Population Division. Using a single source for population data standardizes definitions, estimations, and interpolation methods, ensuring a consistent methodology across countries and minimizing potential enumeration problems in national censuses. The reference years reflect the school year for which the data are presented. In some countries the school year spans two calendar years (for example, from September 2010 to June 2011); in these cases the reference year refers to the year in which the school year ended (2011 in the example).

Aggregation method: Weighted average

Periodicity: Annual

Classification

Topic: Education Indicators

Sub-Topic: Outcomes