Travel services (% of commercial service exports) in Morocco
Morocco: Travel services (% of commercial service exports) was 45.4% in 2025. ▼ Falling
Travel services in Morocco, 1975–2025
Source: Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF). Measured in % of commercial service exports.
Analysis
In 2025, travel services in Morocco stood at 45.4%.
The figure is up 9.2% on the previous year and up 2.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, travel services in Morocco peaked at 72.8% in 1975 and was at its lowest, 25.9%, in 2021.
Morocco ranks 88th of 198 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 51 years of available data.
Travel services (% of commercial service exports) in Morocco, year by year
| Year | % of commercial service exports | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1975 | 72.8% | — |
| 1976 | 70.1% | -3.7% |
| 1977 | 68.0% | -2.9% |
| 1978 | 69.0% | +1.4% |
| 1979 | 65.9% | -4.5% |
| 1980 | 64.0% | -2.9% |
| 1981 | 60.0% | -6.3% |
| 1982 | 53.5% | -10.7% |
| 1983 | 59.0% | +10.2% |
| 1984 | 62.8% | +6.4% |
| 1985 | 66.3% | +5.5% |
| 1986 | 70.1% | +5.8% |
| 1987 | 72.1% | +2.9% |
| 1988 | 67.8% | -6.0% |
| 1989 | 66.2% | -2.4% |
| 1990 | 68.4% | +3.3% |
| 1991 | 59.3% | -13.3% |
| 1992 | 61.1% | +3.1% |
| 1993 | 56.7% | -7.3% |
| 1994 | 52.5% | -7.4% |
| 1995 | 48.0% | -8.5% |
| 1996 | 53.6% | +11.8% |
| 1997 | 49.6% | -7.6% |
| 1998 | 52.2% | +5.2% |
| 1999 | 53.5% | +2.6% |
| 2000 | 53.5% | -0.1% |
| 2001 | 56.1% | +4.9% |
| 2002 | 51.2% | -8.7% |
| 2003 | 49.9% | -2.6% |
| 2004 | 51.6% | +3.3% |
| 2005 | 52.8% | +2.4% |
| 2006 | 55.1% | +4.4% |
| 2007 | 53.6% | -2.7% |
| 2008 | 49.0% | -8.6% |
| 2009 | 46.1% | -6.1% |
| 2010 | 46.8% | +1.6% |
| 2011 | 47.3% | +1.1% |
| 2012 | 44.8% | -5.2% |
| 2013 | 49.2% | +9.7% |
| 2014 | 46.7% | -5.0% |
| 2015 | 44.4% | -5.0% |
| 2016 | 44.8% | +0.9% |
| 2017 | 45.2% | +0.9% |
| 2018 | 43.2% | -4.3% |
| 2019 | 43.7% | +1.2% |
| 2020 | 29.0% | -33.7% |
| 2021 | 25.9% | -10.7% |
| 2022 | 42.1% | +62.7% |
| 2023 | 42.2% | +0.4% |
| 2024 | 41.6% | -1.6% |
| 2025 | 45.4% | +9.2% |
Morocco compared with similar countries
- Morocco's 45.4% is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 38.7%, 1.2× the median. (47 countries reporting)
- Morocco's 45.4% is above the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 32.6%, 1.4× the median. (22 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Travel services (% of commercial service exports) in Morocco changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | +62.7% | 25.9% | 42.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 69.2% | 65.9% | 72.8% | 5 |
| 1980s | 64.2% | 53.5% | 72.1% | 10 |
| 1990s | 55.5% | 48.0% | 68.4% | 10 |
| 2000s | 51.9% | 46.1% | 56.1% | 10 |
| 2010s | 45.6% | 43.2% | 49.2% | 10 |
| 2020s | 37.7% | 25.9% | 45.4% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Morocco
More private sector data for Morocco
- Merchandise trade 75.2% (2025)
- Food imports 11.0% (2025)
- Manufactures imports 68.8% (2025)
- Merchandise imports 87.39 billion current US$ (2025)
- Commercial service imports 15.08 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 12.1% (2025)
- Manufactures exports 82.7% (2025)
- Merchandise exports 49.78 billion current US$ (2025)
- Commercial service exports 32.92 billion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 1,295 current US$ per person (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is travel services in Morocco?
- Travel services in Morocco was 45.4% in 2025, according to Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF).
- What is the highest travel services recorded in Morocco?
- The highest recorded value was 72.8% in 1975.
- What is the lowest travel services recorded in Morocco?
- The lowest recorded value was 25.9% in 2021.
- How does Morocco rank for travel services?
- Morocco ranks 88th out of 198 countries with data for 2025.
- Is travel services rising or falling in Morocco?
- Over the last ten years it is up 2.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Morocco data come from?
- The figures come from Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF), published as part of Travel services (% of commercial service exports). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Travel services cover goods and services for own use or to give away acquired from an economy by nonresidents during visits to that economy, or acquired from other economies by residents during visits to these other economies. This indicator is expressed as a percentage of service exports which are commercial services provided by residents to non-residents.