Education spending in Morocco

Government spending on education in Morocco was equal to 6.0% of GDP in 2023.

Morocco, 2023 6.0% % of GDP
Change from 2022 +0.1percentage points 2022: 5.9%
World, 2023 3.6% Official aggregate

Education spending in Morocco over time

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% of GDP. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

Government expenditure on education as a share of GDP (% of GDP), 2001 to 2023
Period MoroccoWorld
2023 6.0% 3.6%
2022 5.9% 3.9%
2021 5.6% 4.2%
2020 6.3% 4.3%
2019 5.0% 4.2%
2018 5.0% 4.2%
2017 4.7% 4.1%
2016 5.1% 4.2%
2015 5.1% 4.2%
2014 5.5% 4.2%
2013 – 4.3%
2012 5.6% 4.0%
2011 – 4.1%
2010 – 4.2%
2009 4.8% 4.7%
2008 4.9% 4.2%
2007 – 4.0%
2006 – 4.0%
2005 – 4.0%
2004 – 3.9%
2003 – 4.1%
2002 – 3.9%
2001 – 3.9%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of +0.1 percentage points from 5.9% in 2022.
  • Since 2012, when it was 5.6%, the figure has changed by +0.5 percentage points.
  • The figure for the world in 2023 was 3.6%.

Source and dates

Original producer
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Distributed by
World Bank, World Development Indicators
Dataset or series code
SE.XPD.TOTL.GD.ZS · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
1973 to 2023 for Morocco
Provider update
8 October 2026
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (per series metadata)
Attribution
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators, original data: UNESCO Institute for Statistics