Morocco MA: Population in Largest City: as % of Urban Population data was reported at 16.511 % in 2017. This records a decrease from the previous number of 16.738 % for 2016. Morocco MA: Population in Largest City: as % of Urban Population data is updated yearly, averaging 22.689 % from Dec 1960 (Median) to 2017, with 58 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 27.486 % in 1971 and a record low of 16.511 % in 2017. Morocco MA: Population in Largest City: as % of Urban Population data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Morocco – Table MA.World Bank.WDI: Population and Urbanization Statistics. Population in largest city is the percentage of a country's urban population living in that country's largest metropolitan area.; ; United Nations, World Urbanization Prospects.; Weighted average;

As of 2023, the total population of Casablanca in Morocco amounted to **** million individuals. The number of people living in Casablanca has increased gradually since 2000. In that year, in comparison, the city's population totaled **** million. Casablanca is the most populous city in Morocco, followed by Fes and Tangier.

Worldwide urbanization drives rural-urban transformation (RUT) which has major consequences in many countries of the Global South where there is an urgent need to better understand and manage the underlying processes and consequences for ecosystem services. To fill existing knowledge gaps on the extent and time course of RUT in Morocco, this study focused on (i) analyzing the spatial patterns of rural-urban transformation in the Rabat-Sale-Kenitra (RSK) region from 1972 to 2020, (ii) identifying key mechanisms of change, and (iii) defining the main driving forces behind the spatial transformation patterns. To this end, we processed data of the Landsat free archive, historical grayscale Corona images, and nighttime lights datasets on Google Earth Engine (GEE) using machine learning classifiers and LandTrendr spectral-temporal segmentation algorithms. With an overall accuracy (OA) ranging from 88–95%, the results revealed that during the study period the RSK region experienced a 473% growth of horizontal built-up reflected in an area increase from 63.4 km2 to 299.9 km2. The main changes occurred along the Kenitra-Rabat-Temara axis and in central cities connected to the main road network. The horizontal expansion of large and medium-sized cities led to the formation of a Rural-Urban Interface (RUI) on the outskirts. The urban sprawl of some cities has affected the surrounding rural lands within the RUI. Environmental, social, economic, and political forces have interacted in shaping the changes in rural-urban landscapes.

Geographic coverage

National

Analysis unit

• Households
• Individuals
• Community

Kind of data

Sample survey data [ssd]

Sampling procedure

The total number of households initially planned to be interviewed in the survey sample was 3,360. This number was selected based on the resources available, the length of the questionnaire, and the desire to complete the interview process within one calendar year. Due to non response, however, the number of households actually interviewed was 3,323. The sample is representative of the national population distribution between urban and rural areas, but is geographically stratified at the regional level rather than self-weighted, meaning that an equal number of households were chosen from each of seven economic regions (South, Tensift, Center, Center-South, Center-North, East and North-West). Thus the sample itself does not reflect the actual population distribution in Morocco nationwide. However, a system of weights assigned at the household level (calculated by the Moroccan Direction de la Statistique) yields results which are representative at the regional and national levels.

Sample Design: The sample for the 1990-91 MLSS was based on a master sample frame drawn in 1984 by the National Household Survey Unit of the Moroccan Direction de la Statistique (Dispositif National d'Enquêtes auprès des Ménages, Direction de la Statistique). The sample frame was in turn based on the 1982 Moroccan Population Census (Recensement Général de la Population et de l'Habitat de 1982). This master sample frame contains a total of 968 primary sampling units (Unités Primaires, UP). After stratification into 7 economic regions, 140 of the 968 primary sampling units (Ups) were selected at random for the survey, 20 from each economic region.

At this stage the maps for each selected UP were updated, and three secondary sampling units (Unité Secondaire, US) were then selected from each UP according to a 'simple, random, equal probabilities' method of sampling.

Each selected US was enumerated, providing a listing of all households located within its boundaries. Eight households (24 per UP) were then chosen from each US according to random, equal probabilities. The end result is a stratified sample with 20 UPs in each of 7 economic regions. The total number of households in the sample frame is 3,360 (7 regions x 20 UPs x 3 USs x 8 households = 3,360 households). The total number of UPs is 140 (7 x 20), and the total number of USs is 420 (7 x 20 x 3).

Rural vs. Urban Classification: Of the total 420 USs in the sample, about half were rural. Within each secondary sampling units, there are usually several douars (villages). Douars are classified as either 'grouped' or 'dispersed' (see question 2 in section I of douar questionnaire). Households within the same grouped douar are very close to each other, but households within the same dispersed douar may be very far (as much as 3-5 kilometers) apart. Urban secondary sampling units, and even primary sampling units, are classified as belonging to either a "centre" (town) or a "quartier" (a section of a large city).

The definition of urban and rural areas is drawn from the official Moroccan classification system (according to the 1982 census). The largest cities are 'municipalities', after which come 'centres autonomes' and finally the smallest urban entities, 'centres délimités'. The quartier questionnaire was administered only in municipalities, while the centre questionnaire was administered in both the centres autonomes and centres délimités. Finally, areas which fall outside of all three of these official urban classifications were reclassified as urban if there was a centralized electricity or piped water system. Such reclassified areas are known as 'petite centres', and the centre questionnaire (as opposed to the douar questionnaire) was administered to them.

Mode of data collection

Face-to-face [f2f]

Research instrument

Household Questionnaire: The household questionnaire contains two parts divided into a total of 24 sections. Parts I and II were administered to each household in two separate visits, with approximately two weeks in between the first and second visit. The survey covers all household members, defined to include all those individuals for whom the household is their primary residence, and who are economically dependent on the household. Household members also include: individuals who are not physically present but whose absence has been for less than one month (or in the case of those hospitalized, less than six months), lodgers who share at least one meal with the household, and servants who reside at and share meals with the household. The head of household is defined as that individual recognized as the head by the other household members, and is usually the individual with the greatest responsibility for income generation and the management of household expenditures. The household head was asked to respond to questions on general household information, or to indicate which household member should most appropriately respond to a particular question. If the household head was not available, another member able to provide information on household affairs was asked to answer the questions. In most sections of the questionnaire each individual was asked to respond for himself or herself except that parents were allowed to respond for young children.

Household Literacy Module The literacy module was administered to two-thirds of all households surveyed (i.e. in every 2 of the 3 secondary sampling units within each primary sampling unit), and thus covered about 2,240 households. The survey was administered to all persons in the household aged 9 to 69, with the exception of those who had passed the baccalauréat (French high school equivalency test) or with higher education. In the questionnaire, individuals are first asked to rate themselves according to their writing skills in Arabic and French.

Community Questionnaires: Community questionnaires were administered in all 140 primary sampling units (Unités Primaires, UPs). These questionnaires are designed to capture information on the characteristics of the community which influence the living standards of all households in the area. These surveys were conducted by the supervisors (contrôleurs). Depending on whether or not the community was located within a large urban area (quartier), a small urban area (centre), or a rural area (douar), three slightly different community questionnaires were administered. These questionnaires provide information on general housing characteristics, transportation, health, sanitation and education services as well as other general services which might be available such as police, red cross, sports facilities, library, etc. A list of informants from whom the information was obtained is also provided.

Price Questionnaire: The price questionnaire was administered by the supervisor (contrôleur) in each of the secondary sampling units covered by the survey. This module provides information on regional price levels so that nominal price values collected in the household survey can be appropriately deflated according to actual prices prevailing in the area. Prices were collected for each of 74 consumption items (57 food and 17 non - food items).

Dispensary (Health) Questionnaire: In theory this questionnaire was supposed to be administered to all dispensaries (health centers) located in each primary sampling unit. But in practice, only the dispensaries closest to the households surveyed were chosen to be interviewed. The dispensary data are not representative at a regional or national level, and thus the overall characteristics of health care facilities cannot be assessed. Again, this survey was administered by the supervisors (contrôleurs).

The questionnaire provides information on the health services offered by each dispensary and associated costs; type of trained personnel, equipment and medicines which are on-hand; and, the types of vaccinations offered.

The overall accuracy of the binary RF classifications of the RSK region, Morocco from 1985 to 2020.

Abstract

Household consumption and expenditure surveys represent a valuable source of information which makes it possible to obtain data on household consumption and expenditure. The data acquired through such operations is becoming increasingly important, in economic and nutritional studies as well as in planning.

The last survey about households' consumption and expenditures, made in 1984/85, provided exceedingly pertinent statistical information. However, considering the different socioeconomic changes in the country since that date, available data no longer reflect the current reality. Hence carrying out a new survey, in order to bring up to date available data and update some socioeconomic indicators.

Survey objects
The diversity of their objects, their comlexity and the fact that they are carried out less frequently made that moroccan surveys on the subject have looked for a compromise that can meet the needs for a survey about budget (or expenditures) as well the needs for a survey about food consumption.

The survey's main aim is to collect information, which provides a detailed description of living standards, as well as an essential data basis to help define and assess the social development national strategy.

Analyses and studies, which we can make from information provided by the survey, are plenty. In this respect, the main objects of this nationally recognized operation are as follows: - Determining the various commodities' ownership expenses pursuant to ownership modes (purchase, home-consumed production, received grants, …) and according to the main socioeconomic determinants.
- Providing data necessary to update living cost index (ICV) balancing factor and some National Accounts aggregates - Appraising the quantity of food consumed per capita and per household, according to the nature of food products.
- Analyzing food consumption according to the origin of each product (purchase, home-consumed production, received grants, …) and the principal features, demographic and socioeconomic, of consumer households.
- Knowing the Moroccan households' food behavior.
- Assessing the population's nutritional situation.

The survey shall provide basic data that allow for making analyses and studies about some particular aspects of the population's living conditions, namely those related to:
- Market survey and goods and services demand analysis.
- Sharing consumption expenditures among the various socioeconomic groups.
- The analysis of disparities in view of consumption expenditures.
- The study of poverty pattern at the national and regional level.

Geographic coverage

National

Analysis unit

• Households
• Individuals

Universe

Ths survey covered all private households residing in the Kingdom of Morocco.

Kind of data

Sample survey data [ssd]

Sampling procedure

Sampling
The ENCDM 2000/01 sampling plan comes within the framework of the master-sample, put in 1983 and updated in 1994, to meet sampling needs of post-poll tax surveys.

The main features of this drilling plan are summed up as follows:

Master-sample: The 'master-sample' expression refers to a set of geographic zones or « primary units » (UP), within which samples to carry out the various surveys with households are chosen.

To elaborate the master-sample, a set of 2 or 3 adjacent survey districts (DR) has been considered as a primary unit (UP); in other words, a primary unit is then defined as an average-sized geographic area with 300 households, characterized by clear limits that allow for field-localizing it, without any ambiguity.

The 1994 population survey districts allowed thus to set up a survey basis made up of 14 948 stratified primary units (8 533 in the city and 6 415 in the countryside).

Master-sample survey basis units have been stratified. Stratification is so desirable that it enables the various users making survey plans that meet efficiently their surveys' objects by ensuring:
- Optimum sample size;
- A significant cost cut ;
- A substantial improvement of estimators' accuracy.

To free oneself from drawdown contingencies, a first dichotomous stratification, which we introduce generally in survey plans in Morocco, is the distinction between the urban and the rural, insofar as socioeconomic phenomena are not the same in both of them. On the other hand, it should also be noted that survey unit's stratification criteria vary according to the residence environment. Used criteria are: i) Administrative tranching of the national territory into regions and provinces
ii) Predominant « housing standard » for urban zones. These criteria allowed for distinguishing the following five strata: "luxurious", "modern", "old medina", "new medina" and "underground" (including precarious housing).

Survey plan follows one degree stratified sampling principles with remission unequal probabilities. Primary units of the survey basis within each residence environment have been proportionally divided according to the various strata in each environment.

The scheme allowed therefore for making up a 1 575 primary units (911 in the city and 664 in the countryside) master-sample.

Main features of the ENCDM 2000/01 survey plan :
The sample of the concerned survey has been taken from the master-sample and follows two degrees stratified sampling principles. This kind of survey shows more than one advantage. It reduces the survey cost and allows also for improving coverage, works field supervision and the quantity of collected data. Sample selection work can also be reduced.

However, the main drawback is that this survey relatively reduces the sample's efficiency.

The main characteristics of the ENCDM 2000/01 survey are the following:
i) Survey unit : the l'ENCDM 2000/01 survey plan involved a sample selection in two stages : - first degree : it is about the above-defined sample primary units. For ENCDM needs, a 1250 primary units sample has been selected among the 1575 of the master-sample, i.e. 710 urban units and 540 rural ones - second degree : the « household » has constituted the secondary unit of the applied survey. Within the framework of the elaboration of the master-sample, lists of households from the various primary units have been established. At the level of each primary unit, a systematic drawdown allowed for selecting 12 households.
ii) Sample size : considering budgetary constraints and the issues linked with the available human and financial means, the sample size is set at 15 000 households. This size was considered sufficient to have reliable estimates according to the residence environment (urban/rural), different socioeconomic categories of the country and the most important regions and provinces (in terms of population).

Mode of data collection

Face-to-face [f2f]

Research instrument

Five questionnaires or forms had been used to collect the survey data. 1) Form A: Demographic and Social Characteristics 2) Form B: Consumption and Current Food and Non-food Costs 3) Form C: Non-food Costs 4) Form 4: Section 4 of Form "A" 5) Community Questionnaire/ Form

Response rate

In a 15000 households initial sample, 14243 complete forms have been operated, i.e. a 5% non-response rate (7,7% in the city and 1,6% in the countryside).

As of 2022, the total population in the city of Marrakech in Morocco reached around *********** inhabitants, rising by more than ** percent compared to 2000. By the year 2027, the population in that city is estimated to grow further and reach over ************.