Slum population in Morocco

10.9% of the urban population of Morocco lived in slums in 2022.

Measure: Urban population living in slums Unit: % of urban population Data: 2000 to 2022 Source: World Bank
Morocco, 2022 10.9% % of urban population
Change from 2020 0percentage points 2020: 10.9%
World, 2022 23.2% Official aggregate
Position in 2022 95th of 181 See the full ranking

Slum population in Morocco over time

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% of urban population. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

Urban population living in slums (% of urban population), 2000 to 2022
Period MoroccoWorld
2022 10.9% 23.2%
2020 10.9% –
2018 10.9% 19.7%
2016 10.9% –
2014 13.6% –
2012 16.4% –
2010 19.2% –
2008 22.0% –
2006 24.8% –
2004 27.6% –
2002 30.4% –
2000 33.2% –

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is unchanged from the previous available figure, 10.9% in 2020.
  • Since 2002, when it was 30.4%, the figure has changed by −19.5 percentage points.
  • Among the 181 countries with data for 2022, Morocco has the 95th highest value.
  • The figure for the world in 2022 was 23.2%.

Source and dates

Original producer
UN-Habitat, Urban Indicators Database
Distributed by
World Bank, World Development Indicators
Dataset or series code
EN.POP.SLUM.UR.ZS · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
2000 to 2022 for Morocco
Provider update
8 October 2026
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (per series metadata)
Attribution
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators, original data: UN-Habitat, Urban Indicators Database