Five Moroccan Regions Dominate Household Spending, Accounting for 74% of National Total
Translated from Arabic, summarized and contextualized by DistantNews.
At a glance
- Five regions in Morocco accounted for nearly three-quarters of household final consumption expenditure in 2024.
- Casablanca-Settat region alone represented 25.3% of national household spending, with other major regions including Rabat-Salรฉ-Kรฉnitra and Tangier-Tรฉtouan-Al Hoceรฏma.
- The gap in household consumption expenditure between regions widened in 2024, indicating a growing concentration of spending in more dynamic areas.
Household spending in Morocco is heavily concentrated in just five of the country's regions, which together accounted for nearly three-quarters of the national total in 2024. The Casablanca-Settat region emerged as the dominant economic hub, representing 25.3% of all household consumption expenditure nationwide.
Following closely were the Rabat-Salรฉ-Kรฉnitra region at 14.8%, Tangier-Tรฉtouan-Al Hoceรฏma at 11.6%, Fes-Meknes at 11.4%, and Marrakech-Safi at 11.3%. These five regions collectively absorbed 74.4% of the total 944.1 billion Moroccan dirhams spent by households across the country in 2024.
The remaining regions contributed a combined 25.6% to national household spending. Their individual shares ranged from a low of 0.8% in Dakhla-Oued Ed-Dahab to 7.2% in Souss-Massa. This disparity highlights a growing trend of economic activity concentrating in the country's more dynamic areas, as evidenced by the widening gap in regional consumption expenditure.
Originally published by Hespress in Arabic. Translated, summarized, and contextualized by our editorial team with added local perspective. Read our editorial standards.