Morocco vs Pakistan
Morocco vs Pakistan: Adult literacy
Adult literacy: 64.3% in Morocco in 2014 and 58.9% in Pakistan in 2021, by UNESCO estimates. In 2014 the value was higher in Morocco, by 7.3 percentage points, or 1.13 times that in Pakistan.
% of adults · UNESCO
What the numbers say
- Morocco has been higher since 2009, when it overtook Pakistan.
- The world as a whole: 85.6% in 2014.
Every year
% of adults · UNESCO
| Year | Morocco | Pakistan | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | – | – | 87.7 |
| 2023 | – | – | 87.6 |
| 2022 | – | – | 87.4 |
| 2021 | – | 58.9 | 87.2 |
| 2020 | – | – | 87 |
| 2019 | – | 58 | 86.8 |
| 2018 | – | 57 | 86.8 |
| 2017 | – | 59.1 | 86.5 |
| 2016 | – | – | 86.3 |
| 2015 | – | – | 86 |
| 2014 | 64.3 | 57 | 85.6 |
| 2013 | – | 55.6 | 85.2 |
| 2012 | 69.2 | 56.8 | 84.9 |
| 2011 | 67.1 | 54.7 | 84.7 |
| 2010 | – | 55.4 | 84.4 |
| 2009 | 56.1 | 54.9 | 83.8 |
| 2008 | 55.2 | 55.5 | 83.5 |
| 2007 | – | 52.1 | 83.1 |
| 2006 | – | 54.2 | 82.5 |
| 2005 | – | 49.9 | 82.6 |
| 2004 | 52.3 | – | 82.6 |
| 2003 | – | – | 82.2 |
| 2002 | – | – | 81.7 |
| 2001 | – | – | 81.4 |
| 2000 | – | – | 81.1 |
| 1999 | – | – | 80.9 |
| 1998 | – | 42.7 | 80.5 |
| 1997 | – | – | 79.3 |
| 1996 | – | – | 77.3 |
| 1995 | – | – | 76.9 |
| 1994 | 41.6 | – | 76.4 |
| 1993 | – | – | 76 |
| 1992 | – | – | 75.5 |
| 1991 | – | – | 75.1 |
| 1990 | – | – | 74.6 |
| 1989 | – | – | 74.1 |
| 1988 | – | – | 73.6 |
| 1987 | – | – | 71.9 |
| 1986 | – | – | 71.3 |
| 1985 | – | – | 70.7 |
| 1984 | – | – | 70.2 |
| 1983 | – | – | 69.5 |
| 1982 | 30.3 | – | 68.9 |
| 1981 | – | 25.7 | 68.4 |
| 1980 | – | – | 67.8 |
| 1979 | – | – | 67.2 |
| 1978 | – | – | 66.5 |
| 1977 | – | – | 65.9 |
| 1976 | – | – | 65.6 |
| 1975 | – | – | 65.4 |
Each country on its own
Good to know
- The share of people aged 15 and over who can read and write a short, simple statement about their everyday life.
- Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics, via the World Bank.
- The faint line is the world as a whole, as the same source counts it.
How the layers work, where their data comes from and what they can’t tell you: Countries through time
Morocco vs Pakistan
Health
- Life expectancyMorocco: 75.3 years in 2023Pakistan: 67.7 years in 2023
- Child mortalityMorocco: 1.6 per 100 live births in 2024Pakistan: 5.6 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityMorocco: 14.3 per 1,000 live births in 2023Pakistan: 49.4 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- Safe drinking waterMorocco: 74.8% in 2022Pakistan: 50.6% in 2022
- DepressionMorocco: 5.41% in 2017Pakistan: 3.33% in 2017
- Suicide rateMorocco: 7.1 per 100,000 people in 2017Pakistan: 4.4 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationMorocco: 37.7 million people in 2023Pakistan: 248 million people in 2023
- Population growthMorocco: 1% a year in 2023Pakistan: 1.48% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateMorocco: 2.23 births per woman in 2023Pakistan: 3.61 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationMorocco: 63.1% in 2025Pakistan: 39.5% in 2025
- Median ageMorocco: 29.2 years in 2023Pakistan: 20.3 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overMorocco: 7.8% in 2023Pakistan: 4.2% in 2023
- Net migration rateMorocco: -1.1 per 1,000 people in 2023Pakistan: -6.5 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingMorocco: 3.54% of GDP in 2025Pakistan: 2.91% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsMorocco: $5.88B in 2025Pakistan: $11.5B in 2025
- Military spending per personMorocco: $166 in 2025Pakistan: $47 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingMorocco: 10.3% of government spending in 2025Pakistan: 13.8% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelMorocco: 246,000 people in 2020Pakistan: 943,000 people in 2020
- National powerMorocco: 0.4% of world capability in 2022Pakistan: 1.77% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersMorocco: 2.07% of the labour force in 2020Pakistan: 1.25% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsMorocco: 392 million TIV in 2025Pakistan: 706 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exportsMorocco: 26 million TIV in 2024Pakistan: 127 million TIV in 2025