Morocco vs Upper middle income: Claims on central government, etc. (% GDP)
Claims on central government, etc. (% GDP) over time
- Morocco
- Upper middle income
How they compare
Morocco currently reports 47.6% against 37.8% in Upper middle income, a difference of 9.8%.
That makes Morocco's figure about 1.3 times Upper middle income's.
The two have swapped places 4 times across 60 shared years of data; in 1965 it was Morocco ahead.
Morocco ranks 10th and Upper middle income ranks 12th of 187 countries.
Morocco has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Morocco | Upper middle income | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 12.4% | 6.7% | 5.8% | Morocco |
| 1970s | 18.2% | 5.4% | 12.9% | Morocco |
| 1980s | 24.2% | 12.1% | 12.1% | Morocco |
| 1990s | 19.8% | 8.3% | 11.6% | Morocco |
| 2000s | 14.5% | 13.7% | 0.7% | Morocco |
| 2010s | 31.6% | 15.7% | 15.9% | Morocco |
| 2020s | 47.7% | 32.7% | 15.0% | Morocco |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher claims on central government, etc., Morocco or Upper middle income?
- Morocco, at 47.6% against 37.8% in Upper middle income as of 2025.
- What is the difference in claims on central government, etc. between Morocco and Upper middle income?
- 9.8%, with Morocco ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Morocco and Upper middle income?
- 60 years are reported by both, from 1965 to 2024.
- How do Morocco and Upper middle income rank globally for claims on central government, etc.?
- Morocco ranks 10th and Upper middle income ranks 12th of 187 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- International Financial Statistics database, International Monetary Fund (IMF), published as Claims on central government, etc. (% GDP). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Claims on central government include loans to central government institutions net of deposits. This indicator is expressed as a percentage of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) which is the total income earned through the production of goods and services in an economic territory during an accounting period.