Moroccan civil servants: increasingly unsustainable salary costs?

In Morocco, the approximately 570,917 public civil servants are expected to cost the state 180.27 billion dirhams in terms of salaries in 2025, which represents 10.96% of GDP and nearly 53% of planned investment. Expenditures that weigh heavily on public finances.

The average salary of civil servants has continued to increase for a decade. According to The Economistit increased by 30.14% between 2014 and 2024, reaching 9,500 dirhams currently. The minimum wage increased from 3,000 dirhams in 2014 to 4,000 dirhams in 2024 and should reach 4,500 dirhams next year. But this continued increase in expenditure linked to state personnel “weighs heavily on public finances, raising questions about its long-term sustainability”, observes the specialized daily, stressing that the majority of public civil servants (around 70% ) earns between 6,000 and 14,000 dirhams, and an insignificant number (3.57%), more than 20,000 dirhams.