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Morocco

Country fact sheet:

17:00 hrs GMT on 21 June 2016

Foreign direct investment (FDI) overview, selected years

(Millions of dollars and per cent)

FDI flows

20052007

2013

2014

2015

(Pre-crisis
annual average)

Morocco
Inward
2 303
Outward
380
Memorandum
Algeria
Inward
1 592
Outward
55
Tunisia
Inward
1 902
Outward
22
North Africa
Inward
18 768
Outward
2 275
Africa
Inward
38 169
Outward
6 931
Developing economies *
Inward
420 086
Outward
194 923
World *
Inward
1 418 164
Outward
1 445 276

FDI stock

2012

1995

Morocco
Inward
5 126
Outward
269
Memorandum
Algeria
Inward
1 671
Outward
183
Tunisia
Inward
10 967
Outward
30
North Africa
Inward
33 385
Outward
1 808
Africa
Inward
89 316
Outward
31 603
Developing economies *
Inward
843 340
Outward
311 398
World *
Inward
3 565 318
Outward
3 992 701

as a percentage of gross fixed capital formation

20052007
2013
2014
2015
(Pre-crisis
annual average)

2 728
406

3 298
332

3 561
436

3 162
649

11.5
1.9

10.1
1.0

11.0
1.3

10.4
2.1

1 499
- 41

1 693
- 268

1 507
- 18

- 587
103

5.6
0.2

2.4
- 0.4

1.9
-

- 1.2
0.2

1 603
13

1 117
22

1 063
22

1 002
33

24.1
0.3

11.0
0.2

10.9
0.2

11.6
0.4

15 759
3 098

11 961
392

11 625
770

12 647
1 831

17.7
2.1

6.6
0.2

6.3
0.4

7.9
1.1

55 156
12 386

52 154
15 543

58 300
15 163

54 079
11 325

14.2
2.4

10.2
3.0

11.0
2.9

11.8
2.5

658 774
357 844

662 406
408 886

698 494
445 579

764 670
377 938

11.8
5.5

7.6
4.7

7.6
4.9

8.7
4.3

1 510 918
1 308 820

1 427 181
1 310 618

1 276 999
1 318 470

1 762 155
1 474 242

11.6
11.8

7.8
7.2

6.7
7.0

9.9
8.3

as a percentage of gross domestic product

1995
2013
2014
2015

2012

2013

2014

2015

45 246
2 157

51 816
2 555

51 192
4 187

48 696
4 555

13.1
0.7

48.3
2.4

46.5
3.8

47.2
4.4

23 620
2 005

25 313
1 737

26 820
1 718

26 232
1 822

4.0
0.4

12.1
0.8

12.6
0.8

15.2
1.1

32 604
297

33 001
302

31 554
286

32 911
297

55.8
0.2

71.3
0.7

66.3
0.6

75.5
0.7

217 608
30 708

231 483
31 150

236 812
33 079

244 279
34 608

16.4
0.9

29.6
4.4

29.9
4.6

31.7
5.0

654 329
176 611

686 551
201 566

712 495
227 023

740 436
249 376

13.6
5.2

28.2
9.1

28.3
10.0

32.1
12.1

7 207 807
3 965 290

7 657 342
4 413 431

8 172 034
5 015 372

8 374 428
5 296 346

13.0
5.2

26.4
15.5

26.9
16.8

28.5
18.3

22 639 110
22 701 815

24 532 733
24 664 815

25 112 800
24 809 704

24 983 214
25 044 916

11.2
12.9

31.9
32.3

31.8
31.7

33.6
34.0

Cross-border merger and acquisition overview, 20052007 average, 20132015

(Millions of dollars)
Region/economy

20052007

Sales (net)
2013
2014

2015

(Pre-crisis
annual average)

Morocco
Memorandum
Algeria
Tunisia
North Africa
Africa
Developing economies *
World *

20052007

Purchases (net)
2013
2014

2015

(Pre-crisis
annual average)

613

1 092

11

76

147

81

6
786
4 186
8 306
82 005
729 177

10
31
2 969
3 818
87 239
262 517

- 180
30
- 82
5 152
127 184
432 480

- 2 643
9
- 2 116
20 414
81 181
721 455

- 16
6 642
13 495
105 810
729 177

312
459
3 212
127 824
262 517

38
228
5 449
155 979
432 480

1 753
3 358
119 057
721 455

Announced greenfield investment project overview, 20052007 average, 20132015

(Millions of dollars)

Region/economy

20052007

As destination
2013
2014

2015

(Pre-crisis
annual average)

Morocco
Memorandum
Algeria
Tunisia
North Africa
Africa
Developing economies *
World *

20052007

As source
2013
2014

2015

(Pre-crisis
annual average)

4 380

2 939

5 182

4 513

100

1 247

1 102

3 505

7 953
2 311
35 375
63 023
420 634
751 551

4 285
446
11 443
68 725
534 183
830 771

536
2 178
26 478
89 134
447 951
706 049

749
411
21 866
71 348
468 614
765 729

25
401
2 882
6 174
172 962
751 551

15
229
2 645
19 604
251 906
830 771

56
2 904
13 517
212 814
706 049

274
58
5 541
12 548
264 823
765 729

Source: UNCTAD, World Investment Report 2016 ; http://unctad.org/wir or http://unctad.org/fdistatistics.

* Excluding Caribbean offshore financial centres.

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