Morocco’s health spending remains low, constituting just 5.2% of GDP in 2017—below the average for upper-middle income countries. Household out-of-pocket payments make up a disproportionately high share of health financing, leading to inequity and regressivity. To achieve SDG health targets and handle aid graduation, the report emphasizes the need for increased public health spending funded by tax reforms. Specific recommendations include enhancing health social security contributions and targeting greater tax revenues from health-harming products. The report also suggests greater reliance on environmentally related taxes to simultaneously improve population health and environmental outcomes.
