The High Commission for Planning announced that 97.6% of Moroccan households reported, during the first quarter of 2025, that food prices had increased over the past 12 months, reflecting ongoing inflationary pressures on citizens’ purchasing power.
The Commission clarified, in a news brief regarding the results of the household survey, that the balance of this indicator remained at a negative level of minus 97.4 points, compared to minus 97.2 points in the previous quarter and minus 96.5 points recorded in the same period last year, indicating a growing pessimism among households regarding the evolution of food prices.
Regarding expectations for price trends over the next twelve months, 81.6% of households expressed concern about the continued rise in food prices, while only 1.6% expected a decrease in prices. Consequently, the balance of these expectations stabilized at a negative level of minus 80.0 points, compared to minus 81.8 points in the fourth quarter of 2024 and minus 70.1 points in the first quarter of last year.
These figures point to ongoing anxiety among Moroccan households regarding living costs, especially in light of the absence of strong indicators suggesting a reduction in inflationary pressures in the near term, which may necessitate additional interventions to regulate prices and protect the purchasing power of the most vulnerable groups.
