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Morocco - Context and Land Governance

Morocco is mostly an arid country in which agriculture accounts for a very low percentage of the total GDP, but employs half of the country’s population. About 27% of the population in Morocco is considered poor and 70% of the poor people live in rural areas.

UN Women Photo - Women's Land Rights in Morocco

In Morocco, formal and customary law coexist and they are made up of laws stemming from customary practices, French civil law, Moroccan decrees and Islamic law. There are no policies related to land and no formal comprehensive land law. The Constitution guarantees the right of private property and established that private property can be limited in case of state social and economic development plans. 

Authored on

08 November 2016

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Socio-economic indicators browse all
Land Area
44,630,000 ha
GDP/Capita
8,058.4 USD
Total population
37,076,584
Urban population
62.5 %
Land-related indicators browse all
Agricultural land
68.1 %
Perceived tenure security
68.2 %

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