Distillers Morocco
A one-page guide to Morocco for the spirits trade: the country, its people, its economy and how it drinks.
At a glance
- Capital
- Rabat
- Official languages
- Arabic, Berber (Tamazight)
- Currency
- Moroccan dirham (MAD)
- Time zone
- UTC+0 (UTC+1 during summer daylight saving, per Wikipedia)
- Area
- 446,550 km²
People
- Population
- 38.4 million (2025)
- Population growth
- 0.9% a year
- Living in towns and cities
- 63.1%
- Aged under 15
- 25.2%
- Aged 65 and over
- 8.5%
- Life expectancy
- 75.5 years
Economy
- GDP
- US$182.4 billion (2025)
- GDP per person
- US$4,672 (2025)
- Economic growth
- 4.6% (2025)
- Inflation
- 0.7% (2025)
Climate
Mainly hot-summer Mediterranean and hot desert, from forested northern and central mountains to semi-arid and desert in the east and south.
Alcohol
- Alcohol is
- Restricted (prohibited for Muslims; sold to non-Muslims under licence)
- Legal drinking age
- 18 for non-Muslims; prohibited for Muslims (Legislative Decision No. 3.177.66 of 1967, as cited by Wikipedia)
- Alcohol per adult a year
- 0.5 litres of pure alcohol (2019)
- What people drink
- Beer 35.6%, wine 46.1%, spirits 18.0%, other 0.3% (2019)
Sources: World Bank (population, economy and demographics), WHO Global Health Observatory (alcohol per adult and drinking mix); Morocco (Wikipedia); Legal drinking age; World Bank country data; WHO Global status report on alcohol and health 2024 (via Wikipedia table); UN Comtrade public API, HS 2208; PwC Worldwide Tax Summaries: Morocco - other taxes; Goods Across Borders: Morocco allowances (secondary; cites national customs); Wine Paris & Vinexpo Paris. Figures are the latest each source publishes; the year is shown beside each one.