Summaries of economic data: Morocco

Abstract

Summaries of economic data the case of Morocco 1975. July 1971 census 15,379,000. Growth rate about 2.6 per cent a year. Estimate 1973 = 16,165, PCD Casablanca 1,753,000, Rabat 597,00, Marrakech 436, 000 Fes 426,000, Meknes 403,000. The urban population was 5,99,5,000 in 1973. The growth of the GDP will have been high in 1974 because of the favorable agricultural season and the increase in phosphate production selling at much higher prices. In 1973 the third extension of 60 MW at Roches Naires was reported. It would be producing at the end of 1975. The investment of 215 million dirhams includes 97 million for reforestation of 75,500 hectares. Total investments are forecast at 3,630 million dirhams. The state and its agencies must take an important part in the investments required.