Telecommunication in Morocco

Compared to the European Union, Morocco is massively lagging behind in the development of telecommunications. Under the country code +212, there were a total of 46.94 million connections in 2018. Among them were 44.74 million million mobile phones, which corresponds to an average of 1.2 per person. In the EU, this figure is 1.2 mobile phones per person.

In the expansion of broadband Internet connections, Morocco is back. Around 65% of all residents have access to the Internet. Approximately 4% have their own fast Internet connection, which is at least faster than the previous ISDN (more than 2048 kbit/s).

With about 277,338 webhosts, Morocco is below the world's average by population.

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Development of telephone and internet connections

The following diagrams show the development of the different telephone and Internet connections as a percentage of the country's population. Values above 100% mean that on average every inhabitant has more than one subscription.

Spread of internet connections in Morocco 1990 - 2018

Broadband internet in Morocco 2002 - 2018

Landlines in the years 1990 - 2018

Mobile phones in Morocco 1990 - 2018

Spreading in 2018	Morocco Total	Morocco percent	EU Total	EU percent
Internet users	23.35 m	64.80 %	431.35 m	84.05 %
Broadband users	1.55 m	4.31 %	179.09 m	34.90 %
Landlines	2.20 m	6.10 %	203.06 m	39.57 %
Mobile cellulars	44.74 m	124.17 %	624.64 m	121.71 %