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Morocco

32.0N 5.0W · 24 EVENTS · 9 DOMAINS
RESTORATION OF INDEPENDENCE · 2 MARCH 1956
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1956 – present · Independence and the Modern Kingdom
5 EVENTS
2 March 1956 · Restoration of independence 2 REFS
6 November 1975 · The Green March 2 REFS
1631 – 1956 · The Alaouite Dynasty and the Protectorates
5 EVENTS
1666 · Alaouite dynasty unifies Morocco 2 REFS
30 March 1912 · Treaty of Fez establishes the protectorates 2 REFS
1269 – 1659 · Marinids, Saadians and the Three Kings
3 EVENTS
4 August 1578 · Battle of the Three Kings 2 REFS
1591 · Saadian conquest of Songhai 2 REFS
1040 – 1269 · The Berber Empires: Almoravids and Almohads
5 EVENTS
c. 1070 · Almoravids found Marrakesh 2 REFS
1086 · Almoravids enter al-Andalus 2 REFS
c. 700 – 1040 CE · Islam and the Idrisid Dynasty
3 EVENTS
c. 788 · Idris I and the founding of the dynasty 2 REFS
c. 859 · Foundation of the Qarawiyyin 2 REFS
c. 300 BCE – 5th century CE · Amazigh Mauretania and Roman Volubilis
3 EVENTS
c. 3rd century BCE · Kingdom of Mauretania and Volubilis 2 REFS
c. 40–44 CE · Roman annexation of Mauretania 2 REFS
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Quick facts · atlas reference
Capital
Rabat
Population
34 m
Area
446,550 km²
Region
Northern Africa
Languages
Arabic, Berber
Currency
Moroccan dirham (د.م.)
Demonym
Moroccan
UN member
Yes
Territory

Includes the Sahara region — the Southern Provinces — administered by Morocco. Its final status remains the subject of a UN-led political process. · UN MINURSO

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Economy

GDP
$182 B’25 WB-WDI
GDP per capita
$4,672’25 WB-WDI
GDP growth
4.6%’25 WB-WDI
Inflation
0.7%’25 WB-WDI
Trade openness
93.1%’25 WB-WDI

Society

Population
38 m’25 WB-WDI
Life expectancy
75.5 yrs’24 WB-WDI
Urban population
63.1%’25 WB-WDI
Fertility rate
2.2’24 WB-WDI
Literacy rate
64.3%’14 WB-WDI

Governance

Voice & accountability
44.1’24 WB-WGI
Political stability
58.4’24 WB-WGI
Government effectiveness
54.8’24 WB-WGI
Regulatory quality
54.4’24 WB-WGI
Rule of law
50.6’24 WB-WGI
Control of corruption
37.4’24 WB-WGI

Health

Health spending
6.1%’23 WB-WHO
Physicians
0.74’21 WB-WHO
Under-5 mortality
15.7’24 WB-UNICEF-WHO
Measles immunisation
98.0%’24 WB-UNICEF-WHO
Safe drinking water
80.0%’24 WB-WHO

Education

Adult literacy
64.3%’14 WB-UNESCO
Education spending
6.0%’23 WB-UNESCO
Primary enrolment
116.6%’24 WB-UNESCO
Secondary enrolment
90.0%’24 WB-UNESCO
Tertiary enrolment
48.2%’24 WB-UNESCO

Technology

R&D spending
0.7%’10 WB-UNESCO
Researchers (per million)
1,083’16 WB-UNESCO
Internet users
91.2%’24 WB-ITU
Mobile subscriptions
153’24 WB-ITU
High-tech exports
5.4%’23 WB-WDI

Geography

Land area
446,300 km²’23 WB-WDI
Forest area
12.9%’23 WB-WDI
Agricultural land
66.7%’23 WB-WDI
CO₂ per capita (t)
1.8’24 WB-WDI
Renewable energy
10.9%’21 WB-WDI

Resources

Resource rents
0.4%’21 WB-WDI
Oil rents
0.0%’21 WB-WDI
Mineral rents
0.3%’21 WB-WDI
Forest rents
0.1%’21 WB-WDI
Electricity access
100.0%’24 WB-WDI
Phosphate rock
36 Mt’25 USGS-MCS

Military

Military burden
3.5%’24 WB-SIPRI
Defense spending
$5.5 B’24 WB-SIPRI
Armed forces
246,000’20 WB-SIPRI

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