MOROCCO

35.3 M 45.7 M

DEMOGRAPHY

TOTAL POPULATION

POPULATION GROWTH (%)

MEDIAN AGE

CHILDRENPER WOMAN

2016

1.4 0.4

27.9(2015)

38.9

2.5(2015)

1.9

2050(projections)

HEAD OF STATEKing Mohammed VI

HEAD OF GOVERNMENT Mr. Saad-Eddine El Othmani

NEIGHBOURING COUNTRIESAlgeria, Spain

DENSITY78.0 persons / Km2 (2015)

RURAL POPULATION39.3%

HDI123th / 188 (2015)

INCOME LEVEL GROUP Lower middle income

RELIGIONSMuslim 99%, other 1%

LANGUAGESArabic (official), Berber languages, French

ETHNIC GROUPSArab-Berber 99%, other 1%

sour

ces:

Cou

ntry

’s G

over

nmen

t, CI

A Fa

ctbo

ok, W

orld

Ban

k, U

ND

P, U

ND

ESA

MIGRATION OUTLINE

sour

ces:

UN

DES

A, U

NH

CR

MIGRANTS

1 8162.5 M(2015)

2.8 M(2015)

8.2%OF MOROCCANPOPULATION

86.9%OF MOROCCANMIGRANTS ARE

IN EU

81.4%OF MOROCCAN

REFUGEES ARE IN EU

2 2300.006%

OF MOROCCANPOPULATION

REFUGEES

KEY DATA ON MIGRATIONFOR MOROCCO AND FOR THE EU (stock - country of origin)

KJ-05-17-151-EN-N

© European Union, 2017

MP version 3.2This Structural Migration Profile aims at providing an overview on migration and development in a given country. Kindly note that data refer to the end of the year and are collected from different sources and methodologies. For more details please refer to the Technical Note.

Extraction Date:24-07-2017

European CommissionKnowledge Centre on Migration and Demography (KCMD)

https://ec.europa.eu/jrc/en/mi-gration-and-demography

email: kcmd@ec.europa.eu

doi:10.2760/3234ISBN 978-92-79-74725-0

MIG

RATI

ON

PRO

FILE

KCMD

MOROCCOEND 2016

Rabat

The maps have been created for the sole purpose of the Migration Profile exercise and imply no recognition of borders. Western Sahara remains registered on the UN list of non-self-governing territories and is the subject of a UN negotiation process, the outcome of which cannot be prejudged

MIGRATION OUTLINE / MOROCCO

THE VIEW FROM

EU

IRRE

GU

LAR

CRO

SSIN

GS

2016201520142013

510260215210

ASYL

UM

SEE

KERS

11 190(first time applications)

POSI

TIV

E D

ECIS

ION

STO

TAL

RECO

GN

ITIO

N R

ATE

-1.1%

-0.5%

-3.7%

1,0M

1,2M

1,4M

1,6M

1,8M

2,0M

2,2M

2016201520142013

1 864 805

2000

4000

6000

8000

10000

12000

2016201520142013

EDUCATION

REFUGEE+SUBSIDIARY PROTECTION

OTHER40.2%

45.9% FAMILYREUNIFICATION

REAS

ON

S

MIG

RA

NTS

0.1%

1.7%

12.1% REMUNERATEDACTIVITIES

1 3653 085

12 966

6 844

41%(760 791)

26%(476 044)

24%(455 224)

RETU

RN R

ATE

20169 915(29.0%)

20158 585 (27.0%)

20149 415 (28.7%)

201310 985 (37.6%)7.3%12.7%11.6%7.7%

36%(4 000)

14%(1 545)

11%(1 270)

sour

ces:

UN

DES

A, U

NH

CR, I

DM

Cso

urce

s: E

uros

tat,

Fron

tex

THE VIEW FROM

MOROCCO

7 171

MIGRANTS

IDPs

2.8 M(2015)

92 424(2015)

4 737

1 929

0

2 230SYR

YEMCIV

FRADZA

SPA ITASPA

FRA

ITAFRA

DEU

ASYLUMSEEKERS

REFUGEES

ASYLUMSEEKERS

Almost 50% of residence permits were issued to facilitate family reunification. Between 2015 and 2016 the number of first time asylum applications more than doubled, while irregular crossings decreased by ~ half.

Less than 0.01%of the entire Moroccan population are refugees. Of the 2.8 million Moroccan migrants, nearly 90% live in the EU.

(stock - country of origin)

(stock valid residence permits - TCNs)

MOROCCANREFUGEES

MOROCCANMIGRANTS

TREND IN TIME(4 YEAR PERIOD)

CRITICAL VALUE(COMPARED TO SAME INCOME LEVEL GROUP COUNTRIES)

INCREASESTABLEDECREASE

Morocco has a very low poverty rate, although there is a difference between rural and urban population (national) poverty rate (14.4% vs 4.8%). The majority of EU disbursed aid for 2015 was allocated to the social sector.

sour

ces:

OCH

A, O

ECD

, JRC

, FAO

, ILO

, UN

ESCO

, WH

O, A

CLED

, Wor

ld B

ank,

IEPAREAS INDICATORS EU INSTITUTIONS TOTAL

DISBURSED AID (€ MIL.)

SOCI

ALEC

ONO

MIC

ENVI

RONM

ENTA

LPO

LITI

CAL

MOROCCO / STRESSORS

CRITICAL THRESHOLDS

TOTA

L AI

D 2

015

EDUCATIONGross enrolment, primary =Gross enrolment, tertiary =Adult literacy rate =

HEALTHUnder-5 mortality rate (per 1000) = Health expenditure per capita = General Government health expenditure (% total health exp) =

URBANIZATIONUrban pop under nat poverty line = Living in slum out of urban pop = Rural pop under nat poverty line =

114.7% (2015)28.1% (2015)71.7% (2015)

27.6 (2015)$ 190.05 (2014)

34% (2014)

4.8% (2007)13.1% (2014)14.4% (2007)

POVERTYIncome held by lowest 20% =Under poverty line $1.90 p.day =Prevalence of undernourishment =

UNEMPLOYMENTTotal UNEMPL =Male UNEMPL =Youth male UNEMPL =

6.5% (2006)3.1% (2006)< 5% (2015)

10%9.7%

20.6%

DEGRADATIONNatural resources depletion (% GNI)=INFORM risk on natural hazards =

0.004 (2015)4.9 /10 scale

SECURITYYearly conflict events =Political stability =Global Peace Index =

GOVERNANCEGovernment effectiveness =Control of corruption =

120-0.3 (2015)

90/163 rank

-0.1 (2015)-0.2 (2015)

2.8% OTHER

38.8%

28.8%

6.6%

23%

74.2 77.7

101.1

N/A2016201520142013

285.9

240.5

136.3

N/A2016201520142013

5.2

37.1

23.2

N/A2016201520142013

80.6

41.6

109.4

N/A2016201520142013

MIGRATION OUTLINE / TUNISIA

sour

ces:

UN

DES

A, U

NH

CR

REGIONAL PERSPECTIVE / MOROCCO

INFORM HUMANITARIAN CRISESAND DISASTERS RISK INDEX

sour

ces:

JRC

, Et

al. DESTINATIONS

(% of total )

Africa

EU

Other

N/AMorocco (IDPs)

MIGRANTSIDPs &

REFUGEES

Morocco Algeria Spain

MO

ROCC

O v

s. N

EIG

HBO

URI

NG

CO

UN

TRIE

S

Natural Risk Human Risk

Socio-Economic Risk Vulnerable Groups Risk

Institutional Risk Infrastructure Risk

0

2

4

6

8

10

0

2

4

6

8

10

0

2

4

6

8

10

0

2

4

6

8

10

0

2

4

6

8

10

0

2

4

6

8

10

MIGRATION OUTLINE / MOROCCO

KEY DATA ON FINANCIAL INFLOWS FOR MOROCCO AND FOR THE EU

sour

ces:

OEC

D, O

CHA,

Wor

ld B

ank,

UN

CTAD

In 2016, the net FDI was around 3% of the GDP, while the remittances account for 7% of the GDP.

0

2000

4000

6000

8000

2016201520142013

7.0

% G

DP

6.9

% G

DP

0

2000

4000

6000

8000

2016201520142013

0

2000

4000

6000

8000

2016201520142013

2 203

2.3

% G

DP

3.2

% G

DP

6 724

0.4

% G

DP

N/A351.2

Remittances received (€ MIL.) EU institutions total disbursed aid (€ MIL.)(humanitarian + oda)

FDI - Foreign Direct Investment (€ MIL.)