Mineral Commodities

Morocco

Every USGS world production table for 2025 that names Morocco: its share of each world total, its rank and its reserves.

AfricaTop three in 3

Morocco’s share of each world total, 2025

Morocco’s largest world share was in phosphate rock: 14% in 2025. It ranked second of 24 listed producers of phosphate rock, third of 10 listed producers of barite, and third of 5 listed producers of arsenic. It holds the largest reserves listed for phosphate rock. It supplied 19% of U.S. imports of barite in 2021–24.

Production listings

ranks among countries with published figures

Morocco in the USGS world tables, 2025 (estimates). Units differ by commodity and are never compared across rows.
CommodityMeasure2025UnitRankChange on 2024
ArsenicProduction (arsenic trioxide, gross weight)5,000metric tons, gross weight3rd of 5−17%
BariteMine production1,000thousand metric tons3rd of 10+7.5%
Feldspar and nepheline syeniteMine production720thousand metric tons8th of 130%
MercuryMine production2metric tons, mercury content4th of 50%
Phosphate rockMine production36,000thousand metric tons, marketable phosphate rock2nd of 24+2%

Reserves

1 reserve figure published for Morocco

CommodityMeasureReservesUnitRankWorld share
Phosphate rockReserves50,000,000thousand metric tons1st of 2468%

Supplier to the United States

share of U.S. imports, 2021–24

Similar producer profiles

most shared commodities, relative to both lists

  • China5 commodities in common
  • Russia4 commodities in common
  • Turkey3 commodities in common
  • India3 commodities in common

Source: USGS Mineral Commodity Summaries 2026, world production and reserves tables. How ranks and shares are worked out.