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General Information

Region		Northern Africa
Population (000, 2019)		36 472
Pop. density (per km2, 2019)		81.7
Capital city		Rabat
Capital city pop. (000, 2019)		1 864.9^b
UN membership date		12-Nov-56
Surface area (km2)		446 550^a
Sex ratio (m per 100 f)		98.4
National currency		Moroccan Dirham (MAD)
Exchange rate (per US$)		9.6^c

Economic indicators

	2005	2010	2019
GDP: Gross domestic product^d (million current US$)	62 545	93 217	109 709^a
GDP growth rate^d (annual %, const. 2010 prices)	3	4	5.6^a
GDP per capita^d (current US$)	2 049.2	2 876.2	3 069.7^a
Economy: Agriculture^d (% of Gross Value Added)	13.1	14.4	14^a
Economy: Industry^d (% of Gross Value Added)	28.9	28.6	29.5^a
Economy: Services and other activity^d (% of GVA)	58	56.9	56.5^a
Employment: Agriculture^e (% of employed)	45.5	40.2	36.4
Employment: Industry^e (% of employed)	19.5	22	19.6
Employment: Services^e (% employed)	35	37.8	44
Unemployment (% of labour force)	11	9.1	9.3^e
Labour force participation^e (female/male pop. %)	26.5 / 76.1	25.6 / 75.6	21.3 / 70.2
CPI: Consumer Price Index^f (2010=100)	90	100	111^c
Agricultural production index (2004-2006=100)	93	126	122^g
International trade: Exports (million current US$)	11 185	17 765	24 446^e,c
International trade: Imports (million current US$)	20 803	35 379	38 058^e,c
International trade: Balance (million current US$)	- 9 618	- 17 614	- 13 612^c
Balance of payments, current account (million US$)	1 041	- 3 925	- 6 445^c

Social indicators

	2005	2010	2019
Population growth rate^h (average annual %)	1.1	1.2	1.4ⁱ
Urban population (% of total population)	55.2	58	63
Urban population growth rate^h (average annual %)	1.8	2.2	2.4ⁱ
Fertility rate, total^h (live births per woman)	2.7	2.5	2.6ⁱ
Life expectancy at birth^h (females/males, years)	71.4 / 68.5	74.7 / 72.1	76.3 / 73.7ⁱ
Population age distribution (0-14/60+ years old, %)	30.8 / 8.2	28.5 / 8.6	27.0 / 11.4
International migrant stock^j (000/% of total pop.)	54.4 / 0.2	70.9 / 0.2	95.8 / 0.3^a
Refugees and others of concern to UNHCR (000)	2.1^k	1.1^k	7.2^c
Infant mortality rate^h (per 1 000 live births)	36.6	26.6	24.2ⁱ
Health: Current expenditure (% of GDP)	4.8	5.9	5.8^g
Health: Physicians (per 1 000 pop.)	0.5^l	0.6^m	0.7^a
Education: Government expenditure (% of GDP)	...	5.3^m	...
Education: Primary gross enrol. ratio (f/m per 100 pop.)	100.5 / 110.8	106.2 / 112.8	109.4 / 115.1^a
Education: Secondary gross enrol. ratio (f/m per 100 pop.)	46.0 / 54.0	58.8 / 67.5	75.1 / 84.0^a
Education: Tertiary gross enrol. ratio (f/m per 100 pop.)	10.5 / 13.0	13.7 / 15.2	33.3 / 34.2^a
Intentional homicide rate (per 100 000 pop.)	1.5	1.4	1.2ⁱ
Seats held by women in national parliaments (%)	10.8	10.5	20.5

Environment and infrastructure indicators

	2005	2010	2019
Individuals using the Internet (per 100 inhabitants)	15.1^n,o	52^p	61.8^a
Research & Development expenditure (% of GDP)	0.6^q	0.7	...
Threatened species (number)	50^l	157	226
Forested area^e (% of land area)	12.1	12.7	12.6^g
CO2 emission estimates (million tons/tons per capita)	45.8 / 1.5	56.0 / 1.7	59.9 / 1.7^r
Energy production, primary (Petajoules)	74	84	90^g
Energy supply per capita (Gigajoules)	20	23	23^g
Tourist/visitor arrivals at national borders^s (000)	5 843	9 288	11 349^a
Important sites for terrestrial biodiversity protected (%)	13.3	14.7	43^c
Net Official Development Assist. received (% of GNI)	1.18	1.07	1.76^a

Footnotes

a		2017
b		Including Salé and Temara.
c		2018
d		Including Western Sahara.
e		Estimate.
f		Calculated by the UN Statistics Division from national indices.
g		2016
h		Data refers to a 5-year period preceding the reference year.
i		2015
j		Refers to foreign citizens.
k		Data as at the end of December.
l		2004
m		2009
n		Population aged 12 to 65 years.
o		Users in the last month.
p		Living in electrified areas.
q		2003
r		2014
s		Including nationals residing abroad.