Morocco drops below the 5% mark. Going from 15.3% in 2001 to 4.8% in 2014, the Kingdom continues to reduce its poverty rate. In a study published last November entitled “Poverty and shared prosperity in Morocco in the 3rd millennium (from 2001 to 2014), the High Commission for Planning (HCP) and the World Bank stressed that in urban areas the incidence of poverty fell considerably, to 1.6% in 2014 compared with 7.6 in 2001, and in rural areas to 9.5% compared with 25.1%. An average annual decrease of 7.7% between 2001 and 2007, and of 7.8% between 2007 and 2014, is also noted in terms of population numbers. Positive data, compared with those of countries at the same level of development as Morocco.
