Public spending on healthcare as percent of total healthcare spending in Morocco
Morocco: Public spending on healthcare as percent of total healthcare spending was 56.5% in 2023. ▲ Rising
Public spending on healthcare as percent of total healthcare spending in Morocco, 2000–2023
Source: Global Health Expenditure Database, WHO, via World Bank (2026) – processed by Our World in Data. Measured in % of current health expenditure.
Analysis
Morocco recorded 56.5% for public spending on healthcare as percent of total healthcare spending in 2023. That is the highest value across all 24 years on record.
That represents a change of up 11.9% on the previous year and up 62.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, public spending on healthcare as percent of total healthcare spending in Morocco peaked at 56.5% in 2023 and was at its lowest, 23.9%, in 2004.
That places Morocco 98th out of 193 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 24 years of available data.
Public spending on healthcare as percent of total healthcare spending in Morocco, year by year
| Year | % of current health expenditure | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 25.4% | — |
| 2001 | 26.3% | +3.6% |
| 2002 | 26.6% | +1.3% |
| 2003 | 24.5% | -8.1% |
| 2004 | 23.9% | -2.3% |
| 2005 | 25.2% | +5.5% |
| 2006 | 28.5% | +13.1% |
| 2007 | 29.5% | +3.3% |
| 2008 | 31.0% | +5.4% |
| 2009 | 32.6% | +5.2% |
| 2010 | 32.1% | -1.5% |
| 2011 | 33.7% | +4.8% |
| 2012 | 34.3% | +2.0% |
| 2013 | 34.8% | +1.2% |
| 2014 | 38.7% | +11.4% |
| 2015 | 38.8% | +0.3% |
| 2016 | 39.4% | +1.4% |
| 2017 | 39.7% | +0.8% |
| 2018 | 40.2% | +1.2% |
| 2019 | 40.3% | +0.3% |
| 2020 | 42.6% | +5.7% |
| 2021 | 41.4% | -2.9% |
| 2022 | 50.5% | +22.1% |
| 2023 | 56.5% | +11.9% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 27.3% | 23.9% | 32.6% | 10 |
| 2010s | 37.2% | 32.1% | 40.3% | 10 |
| 2020s | 47.7% | 41.4% | 56.5% | 4 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is public spending on healthcare as percent of total healthcare spending in Morocco?
- Public spending on healthcare as percent of total healthcare spending in Morocco was 56.5% in 2023, according to Global Health Expenditure Database, WHO, via World Bank (2026) – processed by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest public spending on healthcare as percent of total healthcare spending recorded in Morocco?
- The highest recorded value was 56.5% in 2023.
- What is the lowest public spending on healthcare as percent of total healthcare spending recorded in Morocco?
- The lowest recorded value was 23.9% in 2004.
- How does Morocco rank for public spending on healthcare as percent of total healthcare spending?
- Morocco ranks 98th out of 193 countries with data for 2023.
- Is public spending on healthcare as percent of total healthcare spending rising or falling in Morocco?
- Over the last ten years it is up 62.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Morocco data come from?
- The figures come from Global Health Expenditure Database, WHO, via World Bank (2026) – processed by Our World in Data, published as part of Public spending on healthcare as percent of total healthcare spending. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Share of current health expenditures funded from domestic public sources for health.