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NORTHERN AFRICA

Morocco

MA

Rabat · pop. 37M · Arabic, Berber · Moroccan dirham

Trajectories

economic complexity

#85

Climbing the complexity rankings, from #94 in 1995.

2024 · −0.05

Harvard Growth Lab · thin line is the world’s median
the numbers30
whenvaluechange
1995−0.49
1996low−0.55−0.06 pts
1997−0.48+0.08 pts
1998−0.49−0.02 pts
1999−0.46+0.04 pts
2000−0.51−0.06 pts
2001−0.50+0.01 pts
2002−0.46+0.04 pts
2003−0.42+0.04 pts
2004−0.36+0.06 pts
2005−0.29+0.07 pts
2006−0.32−0.03 pts
2007−0.35−0.03 pts
2008−0.33+0.02 pts
2009−0.31+0.02 pts
2010−0.35−0.05 pts
2011−0.43−0.08 pts
2012−0.30+0.13 pts
2013−0.33−0.03 pts
2014−0.32+0.01 pts
2015−0.43−0.11 pts
2016−0.40+0.03 pts
2017−0.33+0.07 pts
2018−0.35−0.01 pts
2019−0.40−0.05 pts
2020−0.28+0.12 pts
2021−0.32−0.04 pts
2022−0.39−0.07 pts
2023−0.20+0.18 pts
2024latest−0.05+0.15 pts

economic momentum

$4,153

Tripled since 2000. GDP per head in 2024, in current US dollars.

2024 · $4,153

World Bank · thin line is the world’s median
the numbers35
whenvaluechange
1990$1,229
1991$1,292+5.1%
1992$1,327+2.7%
1993low$1,226−7.6%
1994$1,359+10.8%
1995$1,467+7.9%
1996$1,597+8.9%
1997$1,426−10.7%
1998$1,668+17.0%
1999$1,636−2.0%
2000$1,499−8.3%
2001$1,506+0.5%
2002$1,596+6.0%
2003$1,942+21.7%
2004$2,184+12.4%
2005$2,243+2.7%
2006$2,438+8.7%
2007$2,756+13.0%
2008$3,183+15.5%
2009$3,120−2.0%
2010$3,068−1.7%
2011$3,302+7.6%
2012$3,164−4.2%
2013$3,380+6.8%
2014$3,435+1.6%
2015$3,146−8.4%
2016$3,141−0.2%
2017$3,297+5.0%
2018$3,502+6.2%
2019$3,508+0.2%
2020$3,268−6.8%
2021$3,786+15.8%
2022$3,463−8.5%
2023$3,814+10.1%
2024latest$4,153+8.9%

prices

1.0%

A year’s rise in consumer prices, in 2024. The world’s median was 3.1%.

2024 · 1.0%

World Bank · thin line is the world’s median
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whenvaluechange
19906.8%
1991high8.0%+1.20 pts
19925.7%−2.25 pts
19935.2%−0.56 pts
19945.1%−0.04 pts
19956.1%+0.98 pts
19963.0%−3.14 pts
19971.0%−1.95 pts
19982.8%+1.71 pts
19990.7%−2.07 pts
20001.9%+1.21 pts
20010.6%−1.27 pts
20022.8%+2.18 pts
20031.2%−1.63 pts
20041.5%+0.33 pts
20051.0%−0.51 pts
20063.3%+2.30 pts
20072.0%−1.24 pts
20083.7%+1.67 pts
20091.0%−2.74 pts
20101.0%+0.02 pts
20110.9%−0.09 pts
20121.3%+0.38 pts
20131.9%+0.59 pts
20140.4%−1.44 pts
20151.6%+1.12 pts
20161.6%+0.08 pts
20170.8%−0.88 pts
20181.8%+1.05 pts
2019low0.3%−1.50 pts
20200.7%+0.40 pts
20211.4%+0.70 pts
20226.7%+5.26 pts
20236.1%−0.57 pts
2024latest1.0%−5.11 pts

demographic curve

2.2 children per woman

Near replacement (2.1): the population is stabilising. Fell from 5.8 in 1980.

2024 · 2.2

World Bank · thin line is the world’s median · rule marks replacement (2.1)
the numbers65
whenvaluechange
19606.9
19617.0+1.2%
1962high7.0+1.1%
19637.0−0.5%
19647.0−0.6%
19656.9−0.5%
19666.9−0.6%
19676.8−0.6%
19686.8−0.9%
19696.7−0.9%
19706.7−0.7%
19716.6−1.0%
19726.5−1.1%
19736.5−1.0%
19746.4−1.3%
19756.3−1.5%
19766.2−2.0%
19776.0−2.3%
19785.9−2.1%
19795.8−1.0%
19805.8−1.1%
19815.7−1.3%
19825.6−1.9%
19835.4−3.5%
19845.2−3.9%
19855.0−4.1%
19864.8−4.3%
19874.6−4.0%
19884.4−4.1%
19894.2−4.0%
19904.1−3.7%
19913.9−2.8%
19923.8−4.8%
19933.5−5.6%
19943.4−3.8%
19953.3−3.5%
19963.2−2.0%
19973.1−2.5%
19983.0−3.5%
19992.9−5.1%
20002.8−3.7%
20012.7−3.2%
20022.6−2.6%
20032.6−0.4%
20042.6+0.2%
20052.6+0.1%
20062.6−0.1%
20072.6+0.3%
20082.6−0.2%
20092.6+0.5%
20102.6+0.2%
20112.6−1.3%
20122.5−2.0%
20132.5−2.6%
20142.4−2.1%
20152.4−0.8%
20162.4−0.4%
20172.4−0.9%
20182.4−0.9%
20192.3−0.5%
20202.3−0.9%
20212.3−1.4%
20222.3−1.4%
20232.2−1.2%
2024latest2.2−1.0%

Metrics

  1. population
    37M
    39 of 176
    REST Countries · UN data
  2. gdp
    $146B
    58 of 170
    World Bank · latest available
  3. gdp per capita
    $3,814
    107 of 170
    World Bank · latest available
  4. military spending
    $5B
    44 of 151
    SIPRI via World Bank
  5. military % of gdp
    3.6%
    16 of 148
    SIPRI via World Bank
  6. area
    447K km²
    58 of 176
    REST Countries
  7. population density
    82.8 /km²
    78 of 176
    zuhd — derived from population and area
  8. life expectancy
    75.3 yr
    75 of 175
    World Bank · latest available
  9. internet access
    91%
    40 of 166
    ITU via World Bank
  10. co₂ per capita
    1.8 t
    100 of 163
    World Bank · Climate Watch
  11. urbanisation
    63%
    87 of 168
    World Bank · UN DESA
  12. fertility rate
    2.2
    77 of 168
    World Bank · UN DESA
  13. foreign-born share
    0.3%
    154 of 167
    World Bank · UN DESA
  14. remittances % of gdp
    7.8%
    34 of 155
    World Bank · IMF BOP
  15. researchers per million
    1,083
    52 of 118
    UNESCO UIS via World Bank
  16. scientific articles / yr
    8.4K
    48 of 168
    NSF / World Bank
  17. high-tech exports %
    5%
    85 of 153
    World Bank · UN Comtrade
  18. youth unemployment
    22%
    133 of 166
    ILO via World Bank
  19. democracy (v-dem)
    0.25
    96 of 163
    V-Dem via Our World in Data
  20. clean government
    37
    88 of 164
    Transparency International via Our World in Data
  21. press freedom
    43.9
    121 of 163
    RSF via Our World in Data
  22. human development
    0.710
    100 of 164
    UNDP via Our World in Data
  23. refugees hosted
    7.5K
    98 of 150
    UNHCR via Our World in Data
  24. refugees produced
    11K
    56 of 152
    UNHCR via Our World in Data