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Strong Surge in Foreign Investments Strengthens Morocco’s Position as a Regional Industrial Hub
Foreign direct investment in Morocco witnessed a remarkable recovery in 2025, enhancing the Kingdom’s standing on the global industrial map and solidifying its position as a strategic regional hub and a preferred destination for productive capital.
Data from the Office of Foreign Exchange (Office des Changes) revealed that net foreign direct investment inflows reached approximately 28.4 billion dirhams in 2025, marking a 74.3% increase compared to the previous year. This surge occurred in a global context characterized by the reshaping of value chains and intensifying competition among countries to attract investments.
This performance is part of the ongoing reforms launched by the Kingdom in recent years, aimed at improving the business climate, modernizing the investment legal framework, and enhancing the overall competitiveness of the national economy. These efforts have redirected investments towards high-value-added sectors, including automotive, aviation, energy, mining, transportation, tourism, real estate, and commerce.
As global industrial groups seek stable and competitive production platforms connected to major markets, Morocco is benefiting from its structural advantages. In this context, university professor Mohamed Ben Chakroun noted that this development reflects profound transformations occurring in the global economy in light of geopolitical changes.
Ben Chakroun explained in a statement to the Moroccan News Agency that industrial activities, particularly those with high productivity, are being redirected to countries that offer institutional stability, effective infrastructure, and preferential access to markets. He emphasized that Morocco is attracting a portion of these investments as part of a strategy to secure value chains for European and Asian groups at the regional level.
The academic also highlighted the royal vision for green industry as a key lever for enhancing international competitiveness, noting that this approach positions the Kingdom at the heart of global changes in the energy sector and boosts its attractiveness to investors committed to reducing carbon emissions.
He pointed out that surpassing a 40% share of renewable energy in the national electricity mix, with a target of reaching 52% by 2030, provides Morocco with a reliable, low-carbon, and competitive energy supply, further supporting its status as a sustainable industrial hub.
On the logistics front, Ben Chakroun emphasized the importance of port infrastructure, particularly the Tangier-Med Port and the Nador West Med Port and Industrial Complex, in addition to the geographical proximity to the European market, which is Morocco’s main trading partner.
In the industrial sector, he underscored the structural transformation occurring in several industries, noting that the local integration rate in the automotive sector exceeds 65%, with aspirations for higher levels, while the integration rate in the aviation sector approaches 60%.
Regarding future prospects, the speaker considered the southern regions as emerging investment destinations, particularly in green hydrogen and future industries, given their abundant real estate and energy resources and opportunities in logistics, fishing, services, and marine infrastructure.
He concluded that the key challenge lies in consolidating this dynamism by attracting integrated industrial systems that combine research, production, and export, ensuring higher local added value, creating qualified job opportunities, and sustainably enhancing the Kingdom’s industrial sovereignty.
