Infrastructure — Morocco
Transport, communications, and energy.
Profile updated 2026-06-02
⚡ Infrastructure at a glance
Transport, communications, and energy. Key figure for Morocco: 55
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Transportation
- Airports - total
55
- Airports with Paved Runways
31
- Heliports
1
- Railways
1,284 Miles 2,067 Kilometers
- Roadways- total
36,285 Miles 58,395 Kilometers
- Roadways- paved
25,548 Miles 41,116 Kilometers
- Ports and Terminals
Agadir, El Jadida, Casablanca, El Jorf Lasfar, Kenitra, Mohammedia, Nador, Rabat, Safi, Tangier; also Spanish-controlled Ceuta and Melilla
- Transportation Note
Few Moroccans own cars. Bus lines serve nearly all parts of the country. Highways and government-owned railroad link the major cities as well as important mining and farming areas.
Communications
- Telephones
3,516,000
- Cell Phones
20,029,000
- Internet Users
7,300,000
- Internet Country Code
.ma
- Internet Hosts
277,793
- Broadcast Media
- 2 TV broadcast networks with state-run Radio-Television Marocaine (RTM) operating one network and the state partially owning the other
- foreign TV broadcasts are available via satellite dish
- 3 radio broadcast networks with RTM operating one
- the government-owned network includes 10 regional radio channels in addition to its national service
- Telephone System
- general assessment: good system composed of open-wire lines, cables, and microwave radio relay links; principal switching centers are Casablanca and Rabat; national network nearly 100% digital using fiber-optic links; improved rural service employs microwave radio relay;
- Internet available but expensive domestic: fixed-line teledensity is roughly 10 per 100 persons; mobile-cell
- ular subscribership exceeds 100 per 100 persons international: country code - 212; landing point for the Atlas Offshore, Estepona-Tetouan, Euroafrica, Spain-Morocco, and SEA-ME-WE-3 fiber-optic telecommunications undersea cables that provide connectivity to Asia, the Middle East, and Europe; satellite earth stations - 2 Intelsat (Atlantic Ocean) and 1 Arabsat; microwave radio relay to Gibraltar, Spain, and Western Sahara; coaxial cable and microwave radio relay to Algeria; participant in Medarabtel; fiber-optic cable link from Agadir to Algeria and Tunisia
Energy
- Electricity Consumption- Kilowatt Hours (kWh)
20,780,000,000
- Electricity Imports- Kilowatt Hours (kWh)
3,429,000,000
- Electricity Production- Kilowatt Hours (kWh)
19,780,000,000
- Natural Gas Consumption - Kilowatt Hours (kWh)
560,000,000
- Natural Gas Imports- Cubic Meters (cu m)
150,000,000
- Natural Gas Production- Cubic Meters (cu m)
60,000,000
- Natural Gas Reserves- Cubic Meters (cu m)
1,444,000,000
- Oil Consumption- Barrels Per Day (bbl/day)
203,600
- Oil Imports- Barrels Per Day (bbl/day)
122,900
- Oil Production- Barrels Per Day (bbl/day)
300
- Oil Reserves- Barrels Per Day (bbl/day)
680,000