Health spending as a share of total government spending in Morocco
Morocco: Health spending as a share of total government spending was 10.6% in 2023. ▲ Rising
Health spending as a share of total government spending in Morocco, 2000–2023
Source: World Health Organization - Global Health Observatory (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2023, health spending as a share of total government spending in Morocco stood at 10.6%. That is the highest value across all 24 years on record.
The figure is up 23.3% on the previous year and up 76.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, health spending as a share of total government spending in Morocco peaked at 10.6% in 2023 and was at its lowest, 3.9%, in 2005.
Morocco ranks 90th of 195 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 24 years of available data.
Health spending as a share of total government spending in Morocco, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 4.1% | — |
| 2001 | 4.2% | +2.8% |
| 2002 | 4.2% | -1.0% |
| 2003 | 4.1% | -1.1% |
| 2004 | 4.1% | -0.3% |
| 2005 | 3.9% | -6.8% |
| 2006 | 5.0% | +30.2% |
| 2007 | 5.4% | +6.9% |
| 2008 | 5.3% | -0.8% |
| 2009 | 6.1% | +15.2% |
| 2010 | 6.1% | -1.0% |
| 2011 | 5.8% | -4.5% |
| 2012 | 5.7% | -1.7% |
| 2013 | 6.0% | +5.4% |
| 2014 | 6.8% | +13.9% |
| 2015 | 7.0% | +1.7% |
| 2016 | 7.0% | +0.7% |
| 2017 | 7.1% | +1.4% |
| 2018 | 7.2% | +0.7% |
| 2019 | 7.3% | +2.1% |
| 2020 | 7.2% | -1.2% |
| 2021 | 7.3% | +0.7% |
| 2022 | 8.6% | +18.2% |
| 2023 | 10.6% | +23.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 4.6% | 3.9% | 6.1% | 10 |
| 2010s | 6.6% | 5.7% | 7.3% | 10 |
| 2020s | 8.4% | 7.2% | 10.6% | 4 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is health spending as a share of total government spending in Morocco?
- Health spending as a share of total government spending in Morocco was 10.6% in 2023, according to World Health Organization - Global Health Observatory (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest health spending as a share of total government spending recorded in Morocco?
- The highest recorded value was 10.6% in 2023.
- What is the lowest health spending as a share of total government spending recorded in Morocco?
- The lowest recorded value was 3.9% in 2005.
- How does Morocco rank for health spending as a share of total government spending?
- Morocco ranks 90th out of 195 countries with data for 2023.
- Is health spending as a share of total government spending rising or falling in Morocco?
- Over the last ten years it is up 76.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Morocco data come from?
- The figures come from World Health Organization - Global Health Observatory (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Health spending as a share of total government spending. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Domestic general government health expenditure expressed as a percentage of total expenditure of the general government.