Oil reserves in Morocco
Morocco: Oil reserves was 108,747 cubic meters in 2021. ◆ Volatile
Latest (2021)
108,747 cubic meters
Change on year
unchanged
World rank
98th
of 216 countries
All-time high
429,266 cubic meters
in 1988
All-time low
11,924 cubic meters
in 1981
Years of data
42
1980–2021
Oil reserves in Morocco, 1980–2021
Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration (2022) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in cubic meters.
Analysis
In 2021, oil reserves in Morocco stood at 108,747 cubic meters.
That represents a change of unchanged over ten years.
Over the whole period, oil reserves in Morocco peaked at 429,266 cubic meters in 1988 and was at its lowest, 11,924 cubic meters, in 1981.
That places Morocco 98th out of 216 countries with data for 2021, putting it in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Oil reserves in Morocco, year by year
| Year | cubic meters | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1980 | 15,899 cubic meters | — |
| 1981 | 11,924 cubic meters | -25.0% |
| 1982 | 50,876 cubic meters | +326.7% |
| 1983 | 46,106 cubic meters | -9.4% |
| 1984 | 34,977 cubic meters | -24.1% |
| 1985 | 39,747 cubic meters | +13.6% |
| 1986 | 39,747 cubic meters | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 47,696 cubic meters | +20.0% |
| 1988 | 429,266 cubic meters | +800.0% |
| 1989 | 413,367 cubic meters | -3.7% |
| 1990 | 397,468 cubic meters | -3.8% |
| 1991 | 317,975 cubic meters | -20.0% |
| 1992 | 340,074 cubic meters | +6.9% |
| 1993 | 255,016 cubic meters | -25.0% |
| 1994 | 169,003 cubic meters | -33.7% |
| 1995 | 276,002 cubic meters | +63.3% |
| 1996 | 189,195 cubic meters | -31.5% |
| 1997 | 189,195 cubic meters | +0.0% |
| 1998 | 312,569 cubic meters | +65.2% |
| 1999 | 312,569 cubic meters | +0.0% |
| 2000 | 302,712 cubic meters | -3.2% |
| 2001 | 286,177 cubic meters | -5.5% |
| 2002 | 286,177 cubic meters | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 254,380 cubic meters | -11.1% |
| 2004 | 254,380 cubic meters | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 254,380 cubic meters | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 169,957 cubic meters | -33.2% |
| 2007 | 157,079 cubic meters | -7.6% |
| 2008 | 132,913 cubic meters | -15.4% |
| 2009 | 119,558 cubic meters | -10.0% |
| 2010 | 119,558 cubic meters | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 108,747 cubic meters | -9.0% |
| 2012 | 108,747 cubic meters | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 108,747 cubic meters | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 108,747 cubic meters | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 108,747 cubic meters | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 108,747 cubic meters | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 108,747 cubic meters | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 108,747 cubic meters | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 108,747 cubic meters | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 108,747 cubic meters | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 108,747 cubic meters | +0.0% |
Morocco compared with similar countries
- Morocco's 108,747 cubic meters is below the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 397.47 million cubic meters, 0% of the median. (23 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Oil reserves in Morocco changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1988 | +800.0% | 47,696 cubic meters | 429,266 cubic meters |
| 1982 | +326.7% | 11,924 cubic meters | 50,876 cubic meters |
| 1998 | +65.2% | 189,195 cubic meters | 312,569 cubic meters |
| 1995 | +63.3% | 169,003 cubic meters | 276,002 cubic meters |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 112,960 cubic meters | 11,924 cubic meters | 429,266 cubic meters | 10 |
| 1990s | 275,907 cubic meters | 169,003 cubic meters | 397,468 cubic meters | 10 |
| 2000s | 221,771 cubic meters | 119,558 cubic meters | 302,712 cubic meters | 10 |
| 2010s | 109,828 cubic meters | 108,747 cubic meters | 119,558 cubic meters | 10 |
| 2020s | 108,747 cubic meters | 108,747 cubic meters | 108,747 cubic meters | 2 |
Countries ranked near Morocco
- 95 Taiwan 378,390 cubic meters compare
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- 99 Ethiopia 68,047 cubic meters compare
- 100 Afghanistan 0 cubic meters
- 100 American Samoa 0 cubic meters
- 100 Antarctica 0 cubic meters
- 100 Antigua and Barbuda 0 cubic meters
- 100 Armenia 0 cubic meters
- 100 Aruba 0 cubic meters
- 100 Bahamas 0 cubic meters
- 100 Belgium 0 cubic meters
- 100 Bermuda 0 cubic meters
- 100 Bhutan 0 cubic meters
- 100 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0 cubic meters
- 100 Botswana 0 cubic meters
- 100 British Virgin Islands 0 cubic meters
- 100 Burkina Faso 0 cubic meters
- 100 Burundi 0 cubic meters
- 100 Cambodia 0 cubic meters
- 100 Cape Verde 0 cubic meters
- 100 Cayman Islands 0 cubic meters
- 100 Central African Republic 0 cubic meters
- 100 Comoros 0 cubic meters
- 100 Cook Islands 0 cubic meters
- 100 Costa Rica 0 cubic meters
- 100 Cyprus 0 cubic meters
- 100 Djibouti 0 cubic meters
- 100 Dominica 0 cubic meters
- 100 Dominican Republic 0 cubic meters
- 100 East Timor 0 cubic meters
- 100 El Salvador 0 cubic meters
- 100 Eritrea 0 cubic meters
- 100 Estonia 0 cubic meters
- 100 Eswatini 0 cubic meters
- 100 Falkland Islands 0 cubic meters
- 100 Faroe Islands 0 cubic meters
- 100 Fiji 0 cubic meters
- 100 Finland 0 cubic meters
- 100 French Guiana 0 cubic meters
- 100 French Polynesia 0 cubic meters
- 100 Gambia 0 cubic meters
- 100 Gibraltar 0 cubic meters
- 100 Greenland 0 cubic meters
- 100 Grenada 0 cubic meters
- 100 Guadeloupe 0 cubic meters
- 100 Guam 0 cubic meters
- 100 Guinea 0 cubic meters
- 100 Guinea-Bissau 0 cubic meters
- 100 Guyana 0 cubic meters
- 100 Haiti 0 cubic meters
- 100 Honduras 0 cubic meters
- 100 Hong Kong 0 cubic meters
- 100 Iceland 0 cubic meters
- 100 Ireland 0 cubic meters
- 100 Jamaica 0 cubic meters
- 100 Kenya 0 cubic meters
- 100 Kiribati 0 cubic meters
- 100 Laos 0 cubic meters
- 100 Latvia 0 cubic meters
- 100 Lebanon 0 cubic meters
- 100 Lesotho 0 cubic meters
- 100 Liberia 0 cubic meters
- 100 Luxembourg 0 cubic meters
- 100 Macao 0 cubic meters
- 100 Madagascar 0 cubic meters
- 100 Malawi 0 cubic meters
- 100 Maldives 0 cubic meters
- 100 Mali 0 cubic meters
- 100 Malta 0 cubic meters
- 100 Martinique 0 cubic meters
- 100 Mauritius 0 cubic meters
- 100 Moldova 0 cubic meters
- 100 Mongolia 0 cubic meters
- 100 Montenegro 0 cubic meters
- 100 Montserrat 0 cubic meters
- 100 Mozambique 0 cubic meters
- 100 Namibia 0 cubic meters
- 100 Nauru 0 cubic meters
- 100 Nepal 0 cubic meters
- 100 Netherlands Antilles 0 cubic meters
- 100 New Caledonia 0 cubic meters
- 100 Nicaragua 0 cubic meters
- 100 Niue 0 cubic meters
- 100 North Korea 0 cubic meters
- 100 North Macedonia 0 cubic meters
- 100 Palestine 0 cubic meters
- 100 Panama 0 cubic meters
- 100 Paraguay 0 cubic meters
- 100 Portugal 0 cubic meters
- 100 Puerto Rico 0 cubic meters
- 100 Reunion 0 cubic meters
- 100 Rwanda 0 cubic meters
- 100 Saint Helena 0 cubic meters
- 100 Saint Kitts and Nevis 0 cubic meters
- 100 Saint Lucia 0 cubic meters
- 100 Saint Pierre and Miquelon 0 cubic meters
- 100 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0 cubic meters
- 100 Samoa 0 cubic meters
- 100 Sao Tome and Principe 0 cubic meters
- 100 Senegal 0 cubic meters
- 100 Seychelles 0 cubic meters
- 100 Sierra Leone 0 cubic meters
- 100 Singapore 0 cubic meters
- 100 Slovenia 0 cubic meters
- 100 Solomon Islands 0 cubic meters
- 100 Somalia 0 cubic meters
- 100 South Korea 0 cubic meters
- 100 Sri Lanka 0 cubic meters
- 100 Sweden 0 cubic meters
- 100 Switzerland 0 cubic meters
- 100 Tanzania 0 cubic meters
- 100 Togo 0 cubic meters
- 100 Tonga 0 cubic meters
- 100 Turks and Caicos Islands 0 cubic meters
- 100 United States Virgin Islands 0 cubic meters
- 100 Uruguay 0 cubic meters
- 100 Vanuatu 0 cubic meters
- 100 Western Sahara 0 cubic meters
- 100 Zambia 0 cubic meters
- 100 Zimbabwe 0 cubic meters
More energy & mining data for Morocco
- Fossil fuel consumption by fuel, per unit of GDP 0 terawatt-hours per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Primary energy use, annual growth rate 4.9 % change on previous year (2025)
- Coal consumption, per capita 0 terawatt-hours per person (2025)
- Coal consumption, per unit of GDP 0 terawatt-hours per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Primary energy use, per unit of GDP 0 terawatt-hours per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Primary energy use, per capita 0 terawatt-hours per person (2025)
- Coal production, per capita 0 terawatt-hours per person (2024)
- Coal production, per unit of GDP 0 terawatt-hours per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Fossil fuel consumption by fuel, per capita 0 terawatt-hours per person (2025)
- Fuel imports 11.8% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is oil reserves in Morocco?
- Oil reserves in Morocco was 108,747 cubic meters in 2021, according to U.S. Energy Information Administration (2022) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest oil reserves recorded in Morocco?
- The highest recorded value was 429,266 cubic meters in 1988.
- What is the lowest oil reserves recorded in Morocco?
- The lowest recorded value was 11,924 cubic meters in 1981.
- How does Morocco rank for oil reserves?
- Morocco ranks 98th out of 216 countries with data for 2021.
- Is oil reserves rising or falling in Morocco?
- Over the last ten years it is unchanged. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Morocco data come from?
- The figures come from U.S. Energy Information Administration (2022) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Oil reserves. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Proved reserves, measured in cubic meters, are generally those quantities that can be recovered in the future from known reservoirs under existing economic and operating conditions, according to geological and engineering information. Includes crude oil and lease condensate.