In Moroccan families receiving money from abroad, remittances per working-age adult reach an amount comparable to the SMIG. The support has become significant enough to influence the professional choices of some households.
In Morocco, 55.4% of declared businesses say they face competition from informal activities. These structures are often tiny, but able to offer lower prices by avoiding some costs and regulations.
Morocco’s banking system remains solid, but 8.9% of loans were classified as non-performing in 2025. These overdue or compromised loans represent a considerable sum of money and are pushing the World Bank to demand a new market to sell them off.
The rise in energy bills is expected to widen Morocco’s external deficit in 2026. However, remittances sent by Moroccan expatriates, along with tourism revenues, will help absorb part of the shock.
Moroccan companies have equipped themselves with digital tools, but few truly integrate them into their daily operations. This "incomplete digitalization" deprives the country of significant productivity gains, according to the World Bank.
Moroccan exports continued to grow in 2025, but the automotive sector stalled. The World Bank attributes this decline to weakening European demand and the growing competition from Chinese electric vehicles .
Morocco obtained revenues equivalent to 2% of GDP in 2025 through sale-leaseback operations on state-owned real estate. A solution that brings immediate money to the budget, but then requires the administration to rent the buildings it sold.
Morocco is seeking to mobilize the US Exim Bank and the World Bank to finance the Atlantic African pipeline, estimated at $26 billion. The project is intended to connect West African gas resources to the kingdom, then to Europe.
Morocco’s unemployment rate fell from 13% to 10.8 % with the implementation of a new HCP survey. This dramatic drop does not mean, however, that hundreds of thousands of people have found jobs. It is mainly the result of a new way of counting the unemployed.
Morocco’s economy recorded its strongest growth in nearly a decade in 2025. But behind the 4.9% GDP progression lies a significant gap: investment surged 16.3%, while household consumption increased by only 1.2 %.
Morocco is preparing a massive "water battery" near Chefchaouen to store surplus solar and wind electricity. Backed by $265 million from the World Bank, the Ifahsa project will develop a capacity of 300 megawatts.
The World Bank and Morocco are launching a new ten-year partnership. Central objective: create more jobs, particularly for young people and women , by giving greater prominence to the private sector.