Foreign banks among total banks in Morocco
Morocco: Foreign banks among total banks was 36.0% in 2013. ▲ Rising
Foreign banks among total banks in Morocco, 1995–2013
Source: Stijn Claessens and Neeltje van Horen, 2012. "Foreign Banks: Trends, Impact and Financial Stability" IMF Working Paper, WP/12/10. Measured in %.
Analysis
Morocco recorded 36.0% for foreign banks among total banks in 2013.
The figure is unchanged over ten years.
Over the whole period, foreign banks among total banks in Morocco peaked at 40.0% in 2004 and was at its lowest, 29.0%, in 1997.
Morocco ranks 79th of 137 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 19 years of available data.
Foreign banks among total banks in Morocco, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1995 | 33.0% | — |
| 1996 | 33.0% | +0.0% |
| 1997 | 29.0% | -12.1% |
| 1998 | 36.0% | +24.1% |
| 1999 | 36.0% | +0.0% |
| 2000 | 36.0% | +0.0% |
| 2001 | 36.0% | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 31.0% | -13.9% |
| 2003 | 36.0% | +16.1% |
| 2004 | 40.0% | +11.1% |
| 2005 | 36.0% | -10.0% |
| 2006 | 40.0% | +11.1% |
| 2007 | 40.0% | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 40.0% | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 40.0% | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 36.0% | -10.0% |
| 2011 | 36.0% | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 36.0% | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 36.0% | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 33.4% | 29.0% | 36.0% | 5 |
| 2000s | 37.5% | 31.0% | 40.0% | 10 |
| 2010s | 36.0% | 36.0% | 36.0% | 4 |
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More financial sector data for Morocco
- Total reserves in months of imports, annual growth rate 12.64 % change on previous year (2025)
- Total reserves in months of imports, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Total reserves in months of imports, per capita 0 units per person (2025)
- Reserves excluding gold, foreign exchange (SDR), annual growth rate 24.12 % change on previous year (2025)
- Reserves excluding gold, foreign exchange (SDR), per unit of GDP 0.1725 SDR per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Reserves excluding gold, foreign exchange (SDR), per capita 818.79 SDR per person (2025)
- Reserves excluding gold (SDR), annual growth rate 22.41 % change on previous year (2025)
- Reserves excluding gold (SDR), per capita 861.62 SDR per person (2025)
- Total reserves (gold at market value) (SDR), annual growth rate 24.26 % change on previous year (2025)
- Total reserves (gold at market value) (SDR), per capita 920.63 SDR per person (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is foreign banks among total banks in Morocco?
- Foreign banks among total banks in Morocco was 36.0% in 2013, according to Stijn Claessens and Neeltje van Horen, 2012. "Foreign Banks: Trends, Impact and Financial Stability" IMF Working Paper, WP/12/10.
- What is the highest foreign banks among total banks recorded in Morocco?
- The highest recorded value was 40.0% in 2004.
- What is the lowest foreign banks among total banks recorded in Morocco?
- The lowest recorded value was 29.0% in 1997.
- How does Morocco rank for foreign banks among total banks?
- Morocco ranks 79th out of 137 countries with data for 2013.
- Is foreign banks among total banks rising or falling in Morocco?
- Over the last ten years it is unchanged. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Morocco data come from?
- The figures come from Stijn Claessens and Neeltje van Horen, 2012. "Foreign Banks: Trends, Impact and Financial Stability" IMF Working Paper, WP/12/10, published as part of Foreign banks among total banks (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Percentage of the number of foreign owned banks to the number of the total banks in an Economy. A foreign bank is a bank where 50 percent or more of its shares are owned by foreigners.