Morocco’s economy is experiencing its “strongest growth” in more than a decade, driven by a sharp rise in infrastructure investment and a rebound in agriculture, according to a new World Bank report published Thursday. Real GDP growth reached an estimated 4.9 percent in 2025, the best performance in ten years, fueled by a surge in public investment tied to preparations for the 2030 World Cup and an early recovery in the agricultural sector.
Growth is expected to remain solid at 4.2 percent in 2026, supported by continued investment and domestic demand, according to the report, titled “Morocco Economic Monitor – Summer 2026: Consolidating Growth Through Digital Transformation as a Productivity Lever.” While the kingdom’s macroeconomic fundamentals are solid, the World Bank said, its next productivity leap will depend on how broadly and deeply its companies adopt advanced digital technologies.
Morocco’s economic resilience is “remarkable” and its growth momentum “very real,” the report states, but sustaining and amplifying these gains will require targeted efforts to unlock new sources of productivity. “Digital transformation is the most powerful lever available, and Morocco has both the ambition and the foundations needed to carry it through,” the World Bank said in a statement accompanying the report.
The report flags persistent headwinds, notably the impact of the Middle East conflict on energy import costs and freight prices, which it estimates has shaved 0.8 percentage points off growth compared with pre-conflict levels. Growth also remains sensitive to the pace of recovery among Morocco’s main European trading partners. Inflation, meanwhile, has fallen sharply to just 0.8 percent, easing pressure that had built up on households and businesses in recent years, while the public deficit has narrowed to 3.5 percent of GDP and Standard & Poor’s recently upgraded Morocco’s sovereign rating to investment grade.
In its thematic section, the report finds that fewer than one in five Moroccan companies currently make intensive, integrated use of advanced digital tools such as enterprise software, customer relationship management platforms or e-commerce systems. Deepening that adoption represents a major opportunity, the World Bank argues: companies that use digital tools more intensively see productivity gains of up to 70 percent, create jobs 10 percent faster, and pay wages that are roughly 27 percent higher on average. Closing Morocco’s digital gap with peer countries could lift overall productivity by 10 to 15 percent.