The Kingdom of Morocco is an important political, cultural and economic link between North and South and a key partner for the European Union and Germany in North Africa. In August 2022, Germany and Morocco agreed in a joint declaration to establish an enhanced partnership focused on the future.

The country plays an important role in stability and sustainable development in the region, for example in the Sahel, with its commitment in Gaza and with the normalisation of its relations with Israel since 2020. With its Personal Envoy of the UN Secretary-General Staffan de Mistura, who was appointed in 2021, the United Nations is endeavouring to find a solution to the Western Sahara issue. Germany is supporting the Personal Envoy in his efforts to achieve a just, lasting and mutually acceptable political solution based on the relevant UN Security Council resolutions, most recently Resolution 2797 of October 2025.

Economic and trade links between Germany and Morocco are developing dynamically. Morocco is now Germany’s second most important investment location and the third most important trading partner in Africa. Imports from Morocco amounted to over 3.4 billion euro, and exports to Morocco totalled just under 3.9 billion euro in 2025. Around 300 German companies are doing business in Morocco, 30 of which have production facilities or service branches; they have created approximately 35,000 jobs in the country. Morocco is a popular tourist destination. In 2024, approximately four percent of foreign tourists were from Germany (361,000 German tourists out of a total of 8.8 million).

Germany is supporting Morocco in its modernisation efforts and is one of its biggest bilateral development partners. At the intergovernmental negotiations in Berlin in November 2025, 634 million euro were pledged, mostly in the form of repayable loans from the KfW Entwicklungsbank (KfW development bank). German-Moroccan development cooperation focuses on two core areas, namely sustainable economic development, vocational training and employment, as well as climate and energy and a just transition. Moreover, migration (including the recruitment of skilled workers) and good governance are being addressed. Morocco is part of the G20 Compact with Africa initiative, which supports private investment in reform-oriented countries in Africa.

In addition to the German Chamber of Commerce Abroad, the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ), Germany Trade and Invest, the Kreditanstalt für Wiederaufbau (KfW) and the Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt (PTB), the Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung, the Friedrich Naumann Foundation, the Hanns Seidel Foundation, the Heinrich Böll Foundation and the Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung also have offices in Morocco. The Goethe-Institut has two branches in Casablanca and Rabat. There are a large number of partner schools, as well as more than 80 cooperation projects in the area of higher education. A German Academic Exchange Service lector teaches in Rabat. The Federal Foreign Office also promotes cultural preservation in Morocco via the German Archaeological Institute.