Morocco - Lower secondary completion rate, total (% of relevant age group)

Lower secondary completion rate, total (% of relevant age group) in Morocco was 67.91 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 49 years was 70.66 in 2015, while its lowest value was 8.78 in 1973.

Definition: Lower secondary education completion rate is measured as the gross intake ratio to the last grade of lower secondary education (general and pre-vocational). It is calculated as the number of new entrants in the last grade of lower secondary education, regardless of age, divided by the population at the entrance age for the last grade of lower secondary education.

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

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Year Value
1971 10.74
1972 10.17
1973 8.78
1975 10.84
1976 12.32
1977 12.89
1978 14.84
1979 17.81
1980 18.68
1981 19.42
1983 22.30
1985 24.54
1986 26.95
1987 27.37
1988 29.83
1989 32.29
1990 33.17
1991 34.13
1992 32.02
1993 29.87
1994 32.88
1995 33.19
1997 32.62
1999 31.45
2000 33.41
2001 35.48
2002 39.20
2003 40.25
2004 41.85
2006 46.96
2007 51.23
2008 54.10
2009 59.32
2010 59.97
2011 61.53
2012 63.30
2013 65.83
2014 68.49
2015 70.66
2016 67.97
2017 65.01
2018 64.92
2019 64.41
2020 67.91

Limitations and Exceptions: Data limitations preclude adjusting for students who drop out during the final year of lower secondary education. Thus this rate is a proxy that should be taken as an upper estimate of the actual lower secondary completion rate. There are many reasons why the rate can exceed 100 percent. The numerator may include late entrants and overage children who have repeated one or more grades of lower secondary 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 lower secondary 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: Lower secondary completion rate is calculated as the number of new entrants (enrollment minus repeaters) in the last grade of lower secondary education, regardless of age, divided by the population at the entrance age for the last grade of lower secondary education. 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