Morocco
Country in Africa
CountryScope
In brief
Population: 38.4M (2025). World rank 41 of 216; in Africa, 12 of 54. Area: 446,550 km². World rank 59 of 249; in Africa, 25 of 59. GDP: $182.4B (2025). World rank 58 of 210; in Africa, 5 of 52. From 2015 to 2025: population 34.6M → 38.4M, GDP $110.4B → $182.4B, and GDP per person $3,146 → $4,672. Worse than all its neighbours (Algeria and Spain): life expectancy and GDP per person.
State
- Official name
- Kingdom of Morocco
- Local name
- المغرب
- Capital
- Rabat
- Region
- Africa
- Form of government
- Parliamentary constitutional monarchy
- UN member
- Yes
- Head of state
- Mohammed VI
- Head of government
- Fatima Ezzahra El Mansouri
- Independence
- March 2, 1956
- Women in parliament
- 24.3% 2025
Key figures
- Population
- 38,430,770 2025
- Area
- 446,550 km²
- GDP
- $182.4B 2025
- GDP per person
- $4,672 2025
- Life expectancy
- 75.5 years 2024
Practical information
- Languages
- Arabic, Berber
- Currency
- Moroccan Dirham (MAD)
- Time zones
- UTC
- Calling code
- +212
- Emergency numbers
- 15, 19, 112, 177
- Driving side
- Right
- Plug types
- C, E
- Mains voltage
- 127 / 220 V
Territory
- Sea access
- Has a coastline
- Coastline, km
- 2,945
- Neighbours
- Algeria, Western Sahara, Spain
- Agricultural land
- 67.2% 2024
Elevation
- Highest point
- Jbel Toubkal, 4,165 m
- Lowest point
- Sebkha Tah, -59 m
- Mean elevation, m
- 909
Climate
- Average temperature in the capital, °C
- 19
- Warmest month in the capital
- August, 24°C
- Coldest month in the capital
- January, 14°C
- Precipitation, mm per year
- 346 2022
Population and migration
- Population density
- 86.1 per km² 2025
- Population growth per year
- +0.9% 2025
- Living in cities
- 63.1% 2025
- Net migration per year
- -56.3K 2025
- Born in another country
- 0.3% 2024
Age and life expectancy
- Aged 0–14
- 25.2% 2025
- Aged 15–64
- 66.4% 2025
- Aged 65 and over
- 8.4% 2025
- Life expectancy, women
- 77.8 years 2024
- Life expectancy, men
- 73.4 years 2024
Births and deaths
- Children per woman
- 2.2 2024
- Births per 1,000 people
- 16.4 2024
- Deaths per 1,000 people
- 5.7 2024
Society
- Religions
- Muslim 99% and other 1% (2020)
Quality of governance (100 = best)
- Rule of law, score 0–100
- 53 2025
- Control of corruption, score 0–100
- 37.9 2025
- Government effectiveness, score 0–100
- 56 2025
- Regulatory quality, score 0–100
- 55.2 2025
- Voice and accountability, score 0–100
- 45 2025
Size and growth
- GDP per person at purchasing power parity
- $11,112 2025
- GDP growth per year
- +4.6% 2025
Income and prices
- Income level (World Bank)
- Lower-middle income
- Gross national income per person
- $4,360 2025
- Inflation
- +0.7% 2025
- Price level, USA = 100
- 42 2025
Structure and jobs
- Agriculture, share of GDP
- 10.6% 2025
- Industry, share of GDP
- 25.3% 2025
- Services, share of GDP
- 52.3% 2025
- Unemployment
- 9% 2025
- Youth unemployment, ages 15–24
- 21.9% 2025
- Women in work or seeking work
- 19.7% 2025
Trade and finance
- Exports, share of GDP
- 42% 2025
- Imports, share of GDP
- 51.1% 2025
- Current account balance, share of GDP
- -2.5% 2025
- Foreign direct investment, share of GDP
- +1.8% 2025
- Remittances received, share of GDP
- 7.5% 2025
- Tax revenue, share of GDP
- 22.7% 2024
Poverty and inequality
- Gini index (0 = full equality)
- 39.5 2013
- Living on under $3 a day
- 3.7% 2013
Education
- Adult literacy
- 64.3% 2014
- Primary school enrolment
- 117% 2024
- Secondary school enrolment
- 90% 2024
- Higher education enrolment
- 48.2% 2024
- Public spending on education, share of GDP
- 6% 2023
Healthcare
- Health spending, share of GDP
- 6.1% 2023
- Health spending per person
- $232 2023
- Out-of-pocket health spending, share of total
- 37.3% 2023
- Doctors per 1,000 people
- 0.7 2021
- Nurses and midwives per 1,000 people
- 0.9 2023
- Hospital beds per 1,000 people
- 0.7 2023
- Children vaccinated against measles
- 98% 2024
Public health
- Infant deaths per 1,000 births
- 14.7 2024
- Deaths under age 5 per 1,000 births
- 15.7 2024
- Maternal deaths per 100,000 births
- 70 2023
- HIV prevalence, ages 15–49
- 0.1% 2024
- Diabetes prevalence, ages 20–79
- 11.9% 2024
- Overweight adults
- 55% 2022
- Adults who use tobacco
- 12.5% 2024
Living conditions
- Access to safe drinking water
- 92.2% 2024
- Access to basic sanitation
- 87.8% 2024
- Access to clean cooking fuels
- 97% 2024
Safety
- Homicides per 100,000 people
- 1.7 2023
- Road deaths per 100,000 people
- 17 2019
- Suicides per 100,000 people
- 2.9 2021
- Political stability and absence of violence, score 0–100
- 56.1 2025
- Natural hazards
- earthquakes, floods, droughts, landslides, and dust and sand storms
Air and emissions
- Air pollution PM2.5, µg/m³
- 18.7 2023
- CO₂ emissions, tonnes per person
- 1.8 2024
- All greenhouse gases, tonnes CO₂e per person
- 2.9 2024
Nature and water
- Forest cover
- 12.8% 2024
- Protected areas
- 1.4% 2025
- Renewable fresh water, m³ per person
- 777 2022
- Water stress, share of fresh water withdrawn
- 50.8% 2022
Internet and communications
- Using the internet
- 91.2% 2024
- Mobile subscriptions per 100 people
- 153 2024
- Home broadband per 100 people
- 7.3 2024
- Internet domain
- .ma المغرب.
Energy
- Access to electricity
- 100% 2024
- Electricity use, kWh per person
- 1,035 2024
- Renewable share of energy use
- 10.9% 2021
- Electricity from renewables
- 19.3% 2021
- Electricity from fossil fuels
- 71.2% 2024
Transport
- Air passengers per year
- 9,354,197 2023
- Airports
- 48 2025
- Railways, km
- 2,067 2014
Science and innovation
- Research spending, share of GDP
- 0.7% 2010
- Researchers per million people
- 1,083 2016
- Scientific articles per year
- 9,725 2023
- Patent applications by residents
- 343 2024
- High-tech share of manufactured exports
- 5.4% 2023