Morocco has 1.734 million people with disabilities.
Updated data: A call for tenders has been launched for the third national survey on disability. It will provide Morocco with up-to-date and reliable data in order to better guide public policies in this area. The investigation will take place in 4 phases over a period of 13 weeks. The details.
The Ministry of Solidarity, Social Inclusion and Family has launched a call for tenders for the 2026 national disability survey. This third survey will provide up-to-date and reliable data. It thus aims to update data relating to the prevalence of disability in Morocco; to analyze the living conditions of people with disabilities. It will identify obstacles to their social and economic inclusion and measure their access to social services, education, employment, social protection and citizen participation. This survey will produce indicators allowing the monitoring of public policies relating to disability. The estimated cost of the services has been set at 7.8 million DH and the opening of bids is scheduled for July 21. The overall sample size is set at 20,000 households. The distribution of the sample according to region is as follows: Tangier-Tétouan-Al Hoceima (2,140 households), Oriental (1,760), Fès-Meknes (2,400), Rabat-Salé-Kénitra (2,280), Béni-Mellal-Khénifra (1,740), Casablanca-Settat (2,640), Marrakech-Safi (2,320), Drâa-Tafilalet (1,360), Souss-Massa (1,760), Guelmim-Oued Noun (660), Laâyoune–Sakia El Hamra (540) and Dakhla-Oued-Ed Dahab (400).
Please note that the service will take place over 13 weeks in 4 phases. The first phase, which involves training and the pilot survey, will take place in one week. During this phase, the service provider is required to study the survey questionnaire. He will have to develop a computer application for collecting data on tablets. The service provider will also be responsible for training survey staff. He will have to carry out a restricted pilot survey in a few areas outside of the main sample for the testing of the tools by the team leader controllers. The second phase, which concerns data collection, will take place over 4 weeks. As part of this phase, the service provider is required to provide a data collection monitoring plan and the measures to be taken to remedy cases of difficulties in the field. At the end of this phase, he will have to prepare a report on the progress of the investigation based on the monitoring of field work, presenting the difficulties encountered and the solutions adopted to overcome them.
The third phase, which will last 2 weeks, will be devoted to producing the preliminary note. The service provider is required to carry out data quality control and the survey file clearance operation. Once the cleaned databases are available, the service provider is called upon to produce a summary note on the use of the data resulting from the preliminary results of the survey. As for the fourth phase, which will last 6 weeks, it will be devoted to writing the report on the results of the investigation. Note that the supervisory ministry and the National Observatory for Human Development (ONDH) will carry out the mission of monitoring and controlling the work carried out. As a reminder, in a study published in March 2026, the High Commission for Planning examined the prevalence and main socio-demographic characteristics of people with disabilities while exploring the demographic prospects for 2050. According to the HCP document, Morocco has 1.734 million people with disabilities in 2024 compared to 1,703 in 2014, an increase of almost 31,300 people. Projections made for 2050 show that the number of PWDs will remain significant.
Thus, assuming that the prevalence observed in 2024 remains unchanged until 2050, the number of PWD would gradually increase to reach 1.80 million in 2030 then 1.89 million in 2040 and 1.96 million in 2050. In its analysis, the HCP specifies that disabilities linked to vision are the most widespread with 11.1%, followed by those affecting mobility (6.7%) and hearing (5.7%). Cognitive disorders (3.8%), difficulties with personal maintenance (3.7%) and communication problems (2.7%) show lower prevalence, but nevertheless remain significant. More than half of people with disabilities are aged 60 or over (53.7%). This proportion is significantly higher among women (58.6%) than among men (48.6%), reflecting the combined effect of female longevity and the progressive deterioration of functional capacities with age.
