President: Dr Nicholas Liverpool Prime minister: Roosevelt Skerrit
Population
32,309,239
73,126
Life Expectancy
76.110 years
76.180 years
Capital City
Rabat
Largest city
Casablanca (population: 3,144,910)
Roseau (population: 16,571)
Human Development Index
0.646
0.797
GDP per capita
$5,100 US
Literacy Rate
52.3%
94%
Corruption Perception Index
3.5
6
Percentage of Women in Parliament
6.2%
19.4%
Wealthiest Citizens
Unemployment Rate
8.900%
Death Penalty
Abolished in practice
Legal
Political System
constitutional monarchy
parliamentary democracy
Independence date
2 March 1956 (from France)
Religions
Muslim 98.7%, Christian 1.1%, Jewish 0.2%
Roman Catholic 61.4%, Seventh Day Adventist 6%, Pentecostal 5.6%, Baptist 4.1%, Methodist 3.7%, Church of God 1.2%, Jehovah's Witnesses 1.2%, other Christian 7.7%, Rastafarian 1.3%, other or unspecified 1.6%, none 6.1% (2001 census)
Languages
Arabic (official), Berber dialects, French often the language of business, government, and diplomacy
English (official), French patois
Exports
clothing and textiles, electric components, inorganic chemicals, transistors, crude minerals, fertilizers (including phosphates), petroleum products, citrus fruits, vegetables, fish
External Debt
$28,080,000,000 $
Exchange Rate
Moroccan dirhams (MAD) per US dollar - 7.526 (2008 est.), 8.3563 (2007), 8.7722 (2006), 8.865 (2005), 8.868 (2004)
Military Budget as percentage of GDP
5.000%
Beijing Olympics Medal Count
2
0
Location
Northern Africa, bordering the North Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea, between Algeria and Western Sahara
Caribbean, island between the Caribbean Sea and the North Atlantic Ocean, about half way between Puerto Rico and Trinidad and Tobago
Area
446,550 km sq
751 km sq
Coastline
1,835 km
148 km
Climate
Mediterranean, becoming more extreme in the interior
tropical; moderated by northeast trade winds; heavy rainfall
