L’Agence Nationale du Soutien Social has published its first annual activity report, covering the year 2025 and drawing on cumulative data since the program’s launch in December 2023. Since its inception, the scheme has supported 3.9 million households, encompassing 5.5 million children and 1.7 million elderly people. Total disbursements to beneficiary families from launch through the end of 2025 reached 51 billion dirhams. The annual financial envelope represents approximately 2 percent of GDP, placing Morocco above the 0.5 to 1.5 percent range typically observed in developing countries and positioning the kingdom as a regional and continental reference in social investment.
The geographic distribution of beneficiaries reveals a near-perfect alignment with the national multi-dimensional poverty map, with 60 percent of recipients residing in rural areas. The report presents this concordance as validation of the targeting methodology applied through the Registre Social Unifié, which directs transfers according to territorial vulnerability indicators. Beneficiary households have been classified into five profiles: Emerging Households, Households in Transition, Life Partnerships, Empty Nests, and Isolated Individuals, reflecting the diversity of family structures reached by the program.
A field study conducted eighteen months after launch provides evidence of impact at household level. Social aid represents, on average, 18 percent of beneficiary household income. Eighty-seven percent of respondents reported a reduction in financial anxiety, a measurable shift in subjective wellbeing. Looking ahead, 40 percent of recipients expressed a wish to receive support towards professional integration, while 77 percent indicated ambitions for their children to attain higher levels of education.
The ANSS launched its first territorial pilot office in the province of El Jadida in 2025, with the objective of evolving social assistance from a purely financial transfer mechanism into an instrument of productive inclusion. The model, based on individualized accompaniment by social referents within a network of institutional partners, is intended for gradual national roll-out. In parallel, coverage was extended during 2025 to include orphaned and abandoned children in care institutions.
The report acknowledges two foundational lessons from the program’s first year. The first is that inter-institutional coordination is an indispensable condition for the success of any social policy spanning multiple administrations. The second is that digital infrastructure, however powerful, must be coupled with accessible human support to ensure effective rights access for all citizens — including those with limited digital literacy. These observations are expected to guide the agency’s strategic choices as it moves into its second year of full operation.
