Morocco

Country indicators

GDP per capita - gross domestic product divided by midyear population. GDP is the sum of gross value added by all resident producers in the economy plus any product taxes and minus any subsidies not included in the value of the products. (Source: World Bank)

GDP per capita
(USD):

3,126.96

Fossil fuel subsidies (USD, billions) - All consumer and producer pre-tax subsidies. Pre-tax consumer subsidies exist when energy consumers pay prices that are below the costs incurred to supply them with this energy. (Source: IMF)

Fossil fuel subsidies (USD, billions):

0.4

Fossil Fuel Subsidies as % of GDP - All consumer and producer pre-tax subsidies as percent of a country’s GDP. (Source: IMF)

Fossil fuel subsidies
(% of GDP):

0.37

Fossil Fuel Subsidies with externalities as % of GDP - All consumer and producer post-tax subsidies. Post-tax consumer subsidies exist if consumer prices for energy are below supply costs plus the efficient levels of taxation. (Source: IMF)

Fossil fuel subsidies with externalities (% of GDP):

3.39--

Revenue from environmentally related taxes as % of GDP - All revenue from environmentally related taxes - defined as any compulsory, unrequited payment to general government levied on tax-bases deemed to be of particular environmental relevance – as percent of a country’s GDP. (Source: OECD)

Revenue from environmentally related taxes (% of GDP):

0.459

Carbon pricing gap - Measure of how much countries fall short of pricing carbon emissions in line with a EUR 60 benchmark value (midpoint estimate of the carbon costs in 2020 and a low-end estimate for 2030). The difference is presented as percentage: If the Effective Carbon Rate (ECR) on all emissions is at least as high as the benchmark, the gap is zero, and if the ECR is zero throughout, the gap is 100%. (Source: OECD)

Carbon Pricing Gap
(%):

n/a

News

African Union Launches Continental Green Recovery Action Plan 2021-2027

2021-07-26

The African Union Commission launched a new five-year continental Green Recovery Action Plan 2021-2027. The launch was officiated by H.E Felix Tshisekedi, Chairperson of the African Union and President of

WTO Informal Dialogue Calls for Ministerial Declaration on Plastics

2021-07-05

The Informal Dialogue on Plastics Pollution and Environmentally Sustainable Plastics Trade currently has 16 co-sponsors. Ambassador Chad Blackman of Barbados, one of the Dialogue’s co-coordinators, said the 21 June discussions

Going green after COVID-19 will help MENA economies recover better (World Bank Blogs)

2020-07-27

The coronavirus crisis is a window of opportunity to transform the economy and especially, to make it “green.” Previous economic crises such as the financial crisis in 2008/09 and the oil

Reports

Environmental Fiscal Reform in Morocco: Options and Pathways (World Bank)

2021-04-27

This report by the World Bank Group assesses carbon pricing options that could be appropriate for Morocco and simulates their impacts using macroeconomic modelling. In response to the request from

A climate of fairness: Environmental Taxation and Tax Justice in Developing Countries (VIDC)

2019-01-08

This report published by the Vienna Institute for International Dialogue and Cooperation (VIDC) and authored by Jacqueline Cottrell and Tatiana Falcão, explores the trade-offs and complementarities between environmental taxation and social equity. It analyses the

Green Industrial Policy: Concept, Policies, Country Experiences (UN Environment, DIE)

2018-06-07

This joint publication by UN Environment and the German Development Institute/Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE) illustrates how green industrial policy can be a driver for a green economy transformation and highlights the social,

Policy Briefs

Morocco – Country profile

2017-03-30

Background Morocco’s economy depends largely on agriculture, phosphate mining and tourism. Overexploitation of water resources and waste management are the main environmental problems in the country. The degradation of soil

Morocco

Country indicators

News

African Union Launches Continental Green Recovery Action Plan 2021-2027

WTO Informal Dialogue Calls for Ministerial Declaration on Plastics

Going green after COVID-19 will help MENA economies recover better (World Bank Blogs)

Reports

Environmental Fiscal Reform in Morocco: Options and Pathways (World Bank)

A climate of fairness: Environmental Taxation and Tax Justice in Developing Countries (VIDC)

Green Industrial Policy: Concept, Policies, Country Experiences (UN Environment, DIE)

Policy Briefs

Morocco – Country profile

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