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Morocco current account

The current account of the balance of payments (BPM6) goes beyond merchandise: it includes services (tourism), income and remittances from Moroccans living abroad. The resulting balance — surplus or deficit — is the key indicator of Morocco's external position.

Source · Office des Changes BPM6 Unit · billions MAD Latest quarter · 2026Q2 2024, 2025 provisional
Methodology

From the goods deficit to the current account balance — 2025

Waterfall: starting from the goods balance, adding each component · billions MAD · balance of payments basis (≠ customs trade deficit)

Summary

In 2025 (provisional), the goods deficit reached 311.1 bn MAD (balance of payments). Services generated a 157.7 bn surplus, bringing the current account balance to −42.0 bn.

Below the average 2014–2025 (−35.2).

Annual current account breakdown — 2014 to 2025

Positive items (services, secondary income) and negative items (goods, primary income) · line = current account balance · Bn MAD

Summary

In 2025 (provisional), the current account balance stood at −42.0 bn MAD, versus −19.6 bn in 2024 (widening by 114%).

Current account balance — quarterly view

2014Q1 to 2026Q2 · data recency and seasonality (tourism boosts services in summer) · Bn MAD

Summary

In 2026Q2, the quarterly current account balance stood at −26.7 bn MAD.

Current account balance — long series from 1980

The current account over time · Bn MAD

Summary

The long series covers 46 years (1980–2025 (provisional)), source: balance of payments (Office des Changes, BPM6 standard).

See also: the dirham pressure score (the same equilibrium, read from the FX market side) · the glossary (current account, BPM6, primary/secondary income).