AFRICA · COUNTRY REFERENCE
Morocco
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ANNUAL ECONOMIC SNAPSHOT
Population & economic scale
The most recent non-empty observations returned by the World Bank when this snapshot was collected. Read the year on each card: these are annual statistics, not live measurements.
World Bank reporting entity: Morocco · 3 of 3 indicators available.
Population
38,430,770
people
observation
Definition, value & source
Total population is based on the de facto definition of population, which counts all residents regardless of legal status or citizenship. The values shown are midyear estimates.
Received value: 38430770 people. The main card rounds for readability.
- Collected
- Oct 7, 2026
- Dataset update reported by API
- Jul 13, 2026; separate from the observation year
World Bank indicator ↗ · API record ↗
World Bank, World Development Indicators. CC BY 4.0. Underlying sources: World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN), uri: https://population.un.org/wpp/, publisher: UN Population Division; Statistical databases and publications from national statistical offices, National Statistical Offices (NSOs), uri: https://unstats.un.org/home/nso_sites/, publisher: National Statistical Offices; Eurostat: Demographic Statistics, Eurostat (ESTAT), uri: https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/data/database?node_code=earn_ses_monthly, publisher: Eurostat; Population and Vital Statistics Report (various years), United Nations (UN), uri: https://unstats.un.org, publisher: UN Statistics Division
GDP
$182.37 billion
current US$
observation
Definition, value & source
Gross domestic product is the total income earned through the production of goods and services in an economic territory during an accounting period. It can be measured in three different ways: using either the expenditure approach, the income approach, or the production approach. This indicator is expressed in current prices, meaning no adjustment has been made to account for price changes over time. This indicator is expressed in United States dollars.
Received value: 182374250612.28 current US$. The main card rounds for readability.
- Collected
- Oct 7, 2026
- Dataset update reported by API
- Jul 13, 2026; separate from the observation year
World Bank indicator ↗ · API record ↗
World Bank, World Development Indicators. CC BY 4.0. Underlying sources: Country official statistics, National Statistical Organizations and/or Central Banks; National Accounts data files, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD); Staff estimates, World Bank (WB)
GDP per capita
$4,672
current US$ per person
observation
Definition, value & source
Gross domestic product is the total income earned through the production of goods and services in an economic territory during an accounting period. It can be measured in three different ways: using either the expenditure approach, the income approach, or the production approach. The core indicator has been divided by the general population to achieve a per capita estimate.This indicator is expressed in current prices, meaning no adjustment has been made to account for price changes over time. This indicator is expressed in United States dollars.
Received value: 4672.46826171875 current US$ per person. The main card rounds for readability.
- Collected
- Oct 7, 2026
- Dataset update reported by API
- Jul 13, 2026; separate from the observation year
World Bank indicator ↗ · API record ↗
World Bank, World Development Indicators. CC BY 4.0. Underlying sources: Country official statistics, National Statistical Organizations and/or Central Banks; National Accounts data files, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD); Staff estimates, World Bank (WB)
GDP and GDP per capita use current US dollars, without an inflation or purchasing-power-parity adjustment. Source years can differ. Missing data is not zero; earlier archive figures below are retained as a separate historical reference.
THE REFERENCE FILE
Morocco at a glance
These are historical reference facts from the 2025 World Factbook archive. Each estimate keeps its own period; an archive edition does not make every figure a measurement from that year.
Population
total: 37,387,585 (2024 est.) male: 18,664,263 female: 18,723,322
Real GDP (purchasing power parity)
$350.594 billion (2024 est.) $339.603 billion (2023 est.) $328.425 billion (2022 est.) note: data in 2021 dollars
GDP (official exchange rate)
$154.431 billion (2024 est.) note: data in current dollars at official exchange rate
Real GDP growth rate
3.2% (2024 est.) 3.4% (2023 est.) 1.5% (2022 est.) note: annual GDP % growth based on constant local currency
Real GDP per capita
$9,100 (2024 est.) $8,900 (2023 est.) $8,700 (2022 est.) note: data in 2021 dollars
Inflation rate (consumer prices)
1% (2024 est.) 6.1% (2023 est.) 6.7% (2022 est.) note: annual % change based on consumer prices
Unemployment rate
9% (2024 est.) 9.1% (2023 est.) 9.5% (2022 est.) note: % of labor force seeking employment
Labor force
12.475 million (2024 est.) note: number of people ages 15 or older who are employed or seeking work
Budget
revenues: $38.458 billion (2023 est.) expenditures: $44.819 billion (2023 est.) note: central government revenues and expenses (excluding grants/extrabudgetary units/social security funds) converted to US dollars at average official exchange rate for year indicated
Current account balance
-$891.222 million (2023 est.) -$4.8 billion (2022 est.) -$3.349 billion (2021 est.) note: balance of payments - net trade and primary/secondary income in current dollars
Exports
$61.746 billion (2023 est.) $58.575 billion (2022 est.) $47.09 billion (2021 est.) note: balance of payments - exports of goods and services in current dollars
Imports
$73.759 billion (2023 est.) $73.81 billion (2022 est.) $60.215 billion (2021 est.) note: balance of payments - imports of goods and services in current dollars
Reserves of foreign exchange and gold
$37.134 billion (2024 est.) $36.328 billion (2023 est.) $32.314 billion (2022 est.) note: holdings of gold (year-end prices)/foreign exchange/special drawing rights in current dollars
Debt - external
$42.262 billion (2023 est.) note: present value of external debt in current US dollars
Electricity access
electrification - total population: 100% (2022 est.)
Internet users
percent of population: 91% (2023 est.)
THE HISTORICAL REFERENCE LIBRARY
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Location
Northern Africa, bordering the North Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea, between Algeria and Mauritania
archive edition 2025 · Archive source ↗
Capital
name: Rabat geographic coordinates: 34 01 N, 6 49 W time difference: UTC+1 (6 hours ahead of Washington, DC, during Standard Time) etymology: derives from the Arabic name Ribat el-Fath, from the words ribat (fortified monastery) and fath (conquest); the third Almohad sultan, Abu Yusuf Yaqub al-Manṣur, gave the name to a fort on the site in the 12th century
archive edition 2025 · Archive source ↗
Economic overview
lower middle-income North African economy; ongoing recovery from recent drought and earthquake; rebounding via tourism, manufacturing, and raw materials processing; significant trade and investment with EU; reform programs include fiscal rebalancing, state enterprise governance and private sector investments
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Natural resources
phosphates, iron ore, manganese, lead, zinc, fish, salt
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Agricultural products
wheat, milk, potatoes, sugar beets, tomatoes, barley, olives, apples, tangerines/mandarins, onions (2023) note: top ten agricultural products based on tonnage
2023 source periods; archive edition 2025 · Archive source ↗
Industries
automotive parts, phosphate mining and processing, aerospace, food processing, leather goods, textiles, construction, energy, tourism
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Exports - partners
Spain 20%, France 17%, Germany 6%, UK 5%, Italy 4% (2023) note: top five export partners based on percentage share of exports
2023 source periods; archive edition 2025 · Archive source ↗
Exports - commodities
fertilizers, cars, garments, insulated wire, tomatoes (2023) note: top five export commodities based on value in dollars
2023 source periods; archive edition 2025 · Archive source ↗
Imports - partners
Spain 16%, China 11%, France 10%, USA 9%, Turkey 5% (2023) note: top five import partners based on percentage share of imports
2023 source periods; archive edition 2025 · Archive source ↗
Imports - commodities
refined petroleum, cars, vehicle parts/accessories, natural gas, coal (2023) note: top five import commodities based on value in dollars
2023 source periods; archive edition 2025 · Archive source ↗
Climate
Mediterranean in the north, becoming more extreme in the interior; in the south, hot, dry desert; rain is rare; cold offshore air currents produce fog and heavy dew note: data does not include former Western Sahara
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Terrain
mountainous northern coast (Rif Mountains) and interior (Atlas Mountains) bordered by large plateaus with intermontane valleys, and fertile coastal plains; the south is mostly low, flat desert with large areas of rocky or sandy surfaces
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Land use
agricultural land: 66.7% (2023 est.) arable land: 15.4% (2023 est.) permanent crops: 4.3% (2023 est.) permanent pasture: 47.1% (2023 est.) forest: 12.8% (2023 est.) other: 20.3% (2023 est.) note: does not include the area of the former Western Sahara, which is almost exclusively desert
2023 dates in source text; archive edition 2025 · Archive source ↗
Natural hazards
in the north, the mountains are geologically unstable and subject to earthquakes; periodic droughts; windstorms; flash floods; landslides; in the south, a hot, dry, dust/sand-laden sirocco wind can occur during winter and spring; widespread harmattan haze exists 60% of time, often severely restricting visibility
archive edition 2025 · Archive source ↗
Languages
Arabic (official), Tamazight languages (Tamazight (official), Tachelhit, Tarifit), French (often the language of business, government, and diplomacy) major-language sample(s): كتاب ديال لحقائق متاع العالم، احسن مصدر متاع المعلومات الأساسية (Arabic) The World Factbook, the indispensable source for basic information. note: the proportion of Tamazight speakers is disputed
archive edition 2025 · Archive source ↗
Religions
Muslim 99% (official; virtually all Sunni, 0.1% Shia), other 1% (includes Christian, Jewish, and Baha'i); note - Jewish about 3,000-3,500 (2020 est.) note: does not include data from the former Western Sahara
2020 dates in source text; archive edition 2025 · Archive source ↗
Age structure
0-14 years: 25.7% (male 4,898,154/female 4,701,786) 15-64 years: 65.9% (male 12,236,752/female 12,410,567) 65 years and over: 8.4% (2024 est.) (male 1,529,357/female 1,610,969)
2024 dates in source text; archive edition 2025 · Archive source ↗
Urbanization
urban population: 65.1% of total population (2023) rate of urbanization: 1.88% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.) note: data does not include former Western Sahara
2023, 2020 dates in source text; archive edition 2025 · Archive source ↗
Life expectancy at birth
total population: 74.2 years (2024 est.) male: 72.5 years female: 76 years
2024 dates in source text; archive edition 2025 · Archive source ↗
Electricity
installed generating capacity: 14.615 million kW (2023 est.) consumption: 36.379 billion kWh (2023 est.) exports: 462 million kWh (2023 est.) imports: 2.311 billion kWh (2023 est.) transmission/distribution losses: 7.781 billion kWh (2023 est.)
2023 dates in source text; archive edition 2025 · Archive source ↗
Electricity generation sources
fossil fuels: 78.6% of total installed capacity (2023 est.) solar: 5% of total installed capacity (2023 est.) wind: 15.5% of total installed capacity (2023 est.) hydroelectricity: 0.9% of total installed capacity (2023 est.) biomass and waste: 0.1% of total installed capacity (2023 est.)
2023 dates in source text; archive edition 2025 · Archive source ↗
Petroleum
total petroleum production: 25 bbl/day (2023 est.) refined petroleum consumption: 296,000 bbl/day (2023 est.) crude oil estimated reserves: 684,000 barrels (2021 est.)
2023, 2021 dates in source text; archive edition 2025 · Archive source ↗
Natural gas
production: 55.473 million cubic meters (2023 est.) consumption: 912.277 million cubic meters (2023 est.) imports: 861.38 million cubic meters (2023 est.) proven reserves: 1.444 billion cubic meters (2021 est.)
2023, 2021 dates in source text; archive edition 2025 · Archive source ↗
Carbon dioxide emissions
64.173 million metric tonnes of CO2 (2023 est.) from coal and metallurgical coke: 23.024 million metric tonnes of CO2 (2023 est.) from petroleum and other liquids: 39.329 million metric tonnes of CO2 (2023 est.) from consumed natural gas: 1.82 million metric tonnes of CO2 (2023 est.)
2023 dates in source text; archive edition 2025 · Archive source ↗
Telephones - mobile cellular
total subscriptions: 55.9 million (2023 est.) subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 137 (2021 est.)
2023, 2021 dates in source text; archive edition 2025 · Archive source ↗
Broadband - fixed subscriptions
total: 2.42 million (2022 est.) subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 6 (2022 est.)
2022 dates in source text; archive edition 2025 · Archive source ↗
Airports
48 (2025)
2025 dates in source text; archive edition 2025 · Archive source ↗
Railways
total: 2,067 km (2014) standard gauge: 2,067 km (2014) 1.435-m gauge (1,022 km electrified)
2014 dates in source text; archive edition 2025 · Archive source ↗
Ports
total ports: 12 (2024) large: 3 medium: 1 small: 3 very small: 5 ports with oil terminals: 2 key ports: Agadir, Casablanca, Tanger, Tangier-Mediterranean
2024 dates in source text; archive edition 2025 · Archive source ↗
GDP - composition, by sector of origin
agriculture: 10.1% (2024 est.) industry: 24.1% (2024 est.) services: 54.1% (2024 est.) note: figures may not total 100% due to non-allocated consumption not captured in sector-reported data
2024 dates in source text; archive edition 2025 · Archive source ↗
Remittances
8.1% of GDP (2023 est.) 8.5% of GDP (2022 est.) 7.7% of GDP (2021 est.) note: personal transfers and compensation between resident and non-resident individuals/households/entities
2023, 2022, 2021 dates in source text; archive edition 2025 · Archive source ↗
CURRENCY OBSERVATIONS
Money & exchange rates
The latest verified daily references are separate from the historical country profile. Values are currency units per US$1.
Moroccan Dirham
MAD per US$1
Published reference snapshot; its original observation date is preserved.
1 MAD = US$0.1004339
9.362–9.9568 MAD per US$1 across the displayed observations. The vertical scale follows this range.
View dated observations
| Observation date | MAD per US$1 |
|---|---|
| Oct 6, 2026 | 9.9568 |
| Oct 5, 2026 | 9.9298 |
| Oct 4, 2026 | 9.8878 |
| Oct 3, 2026 | 9.8272 |
| Oct 2, 2026 | 9.7954 |
| Oct 1, 2026 | 9.7299 |
| Sep 30, 2026 | 9.6828 |
| Sep 29, 2026 | 9.6592 |
| Sep 28, 2026 | 9.6191 |
| Sep 27, 2026 | 9.6073 |
| Sep 26, 2026 | 9.6116 |
| Sep 25, 2026 | 9.6131 |
| Sep 24, 2026 | 9.6131 |
| Sep 23, 2026 | 9.5812 |
| Sep 22, 2026 | 9.5415 |
| Sep 21, 2026 | 9.5178 |
| Sep 20, 2026 | 9.5071 |
| Sep 19, 2026 | 9.4967 |
| Sep 18, 2026 | 9.4947 |
| Sep 17, 2026 | 9.483 |
| Sep 16, 2026 | 9.4664 |
| Sep 15, 2026 | 9.4771 |
| Sep 14, 2026 | 9.4352 |
| Sep 13, 2026 | 9.3932 |
| Sep 11, 2026 | 9.3828 |
| Sep 10, 2026 | 9.362 |
| Sep 9, 2026 | 9.3713 |
| Sep 8, 2026 | 9.393 |
| Sep 7, 2026 | 9.3662 |
Daily references are not live execution prices. A check time does not change a source observation date.
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