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Overview

The state is the primary healthcare provider in Morocco, with 83 percent of care provided by public hospitals and 17 percent by private centers. However, spending remains unbalanced.  In 2022, the public system accounted for only 42 percent of health care spending, while the private sector accounted for 58 percent.  There are six university hospitals located in  Rabat, Casablanca, Fez, Oujda, Marrakech, and Tangier. Morocco also has 164 public hospitals and 15,200+ physicians in the public sector and a separate military healthcare system with six hospitals and a medical center.

The private sector healthcare market includes more than 400 private clinics, heavily concentrated in the Casablanca-Settat and Rabat-Salé-Kénitra regions, with 15,800+ physicians and a capacity of 15,500+ beds. The Moroccan government has several multi-year plans to reform and strengthen the current healthcare system through modernizing hospital infrastructure and operations, empowering healthcare workers, capitalizing on AI and digital technologies, and opening the market to private investment. To accelerate reform, the government allocated $3.2 billion to the healthcare sector in 2024.
  
COVID-19’s long-term impact on the healthcare system in Morocco is difficult to predict, but the budget for recovery efforts and investment in human resources are expected to increase.  Upgrading public hospitals is a national priority, as well as creating public-private partnerships to support healthcare infrastructure and scientific research. Morocco is vigorously seeking to develop self-sufficiency/local manufacturing of drugs, vaccines, and PPE such as masks, gloves, gowns, overshoes, and head coverings. 

Universal health coverage system is one of the main reforms introduced in the health sector.  It aims to offer subsidized healthcare to all Moroccans regardless of their income and itis now compulsory for all citizens. 

The Ministry of Health has introduced a number of new laws as a part of these reforms:

  • Law 07-22 on the creation of a High Authority of Health
  • Law 08-22 on the creation of territorial health groups
  • Law 09-22 on human resources in the health sector
  • Law 10-22 on the creation of the Moroccan Agency for Drugs and Health Products
  • Law 11-22 on the creation of the Moroccan Agency of Blood and Derivatives
     

Leading Sub-Sectors

In May 2018, the Ministry of Health introduced the National Healthcare Plan 2025 with a budget of about $2.5 billion in investments including $1.5 billion for the improvement of hospital capacity and $1 billion for the reinforcement of various national health and disease-control programs.

Leading sub-sectors include: 

  • Ventilators and respirators
  • ICU equipment
  • Magnetic resonance imaging and ultra-sonic scanning equipment
  • X-Ray equipment
  • Cancer treatment
  • Hospital infrastructure
  • Hospital management
  • Specialty hospitals (wellbeing, oncology, pediatric, nephrology)
  • Emergency aid (equipment and services)
  • Monitoring and electro-diagnostic equipment
  • Computerized tomography equipment
  • ICT (E-medicine, equipment, and related software).

Opportunities

Hospital Infrastructure

To bolster the country’s healthcare system, Morocco plans to build eight new regional teaching hospitals, 29 urgent-care hospitals, and four university hospitals over the next decade.  Within the Al Hoceima, Rabat, and Agadir regions the government plans to add 3,354 hospital beds with a total spend of $1.1 billion. In addition, the government plans to rehabilitate and remodel 21 regional (CHR) and provincial (CHP) hospital centers to add a further 3,254 beds with a total budget of $440 million. 

Medical Equipment

The Moroccan medical device market is estimated at $245 million, with $200 million in imports in 2022. China, Germany, and the United States supply the majority of the equipment, with increasing competition from Italy, Turkey, and South Korea. The Moroccan government plans to develop emergency and mobile hospital units, for which the Ministry of Health will issue multiple tenders over the next five years.  Notably, the government has prohibited the import or sale of second-hand or refurbished medical devices and equipment to improve equipment quality.

Cancer Treatment 

The Lalla Salma Foundation for the Prevention and Treatment of Cancer was founded in 2005.  This non-governmental organization has improved the quality of cancer management and access to cancer care for Moroccan patients.  Currently, Morocco has 26 cancer centers – 13 public and 13 private – that treat over 64,000 new cases annually.  Within the Ministry of Health’s plans, cancer treatment equipment has been identified as a priority investment area.

Digitalization of Operations and Care

Morocco is focused on digitalizing its healthcare system, committing around $210 million to develop a centralized medical record system aimed at improving patient care tracking. In 2025 the Ministry of Health announced several new initiatives and partnerships to digitalize health data and records and develop models for secure patient data management. The government is also investing resources in developing digital health solutions, integrating AI and cutting-edge technologies to improve access to and quality of care.

Resources

Lalla Salma Foundation the Prevention and Treatment of Cancer