Morocco

Adult literacy in Morocco

Adult literacy in Morocco: 30.3% in 1982 and 64.3% in 2014, by UNESCO estimates.

Latest, 2014
64.3%
Since 1982
+34 percentage points
World, 2014
85.6%
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% of adults · UNESCO

Adult literacy in MoroccoAdult literacy in Morocco: 30.3% in 1982 and 64.3% in 2014, by UNESCO estimates. The highest was 69.2% in 2012, the lowest 30.3% in 1982.
Estimates, UNESCOWorld

What the numbers say

  • The highest was 69.2% in 2012, the lowest 30.3% in 1982.

Every year

% of adults · UNESCO

YearMoroccoWorld
2024–87.7
2023–87.6
2022–87.4
2021–87.2
2020–87
2019–86.8
2018–86.8
2017–86.5
2016–86.3
2015–86
201464.385.6
2013–85.2
201269.284.9
201167.184.7
2010–84.4
200956.183.8
200855.283.5
2007–83.1
2006–82.5
2005–82.6
200452.382.6
2003–82.2
2002–81.7
2001–81.4
2000–81.1
1999–80.9
1998–80.5
1997–79.3
1996–77.3
1995–76.9
199441.676.4
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
198230.368.9
1981–68.4
1980–67.8
1979–67.2
1978–66.5
1977–65.9
1976–65.6
1975–65.4

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.

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