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Rabat – Morocco’s National Agency for Social Support (ANSS) closed 2025 with continued progress in rolling out the national social protection reform, particularly through the Direct Social Support Program.
Since its launch, the ANSS has turned Morocco’s social priorities into concrete measures, tackling poverty and social gaps while strengthening the country’s position in social coverage across the MENA region.
Over the past year, the direct aid scheme underwent several adjustments affecting the structure of beneficiary groups, the scale of monthly financial assistance, and the inclusion of new social categories.
The program remains a central pillar of the broader effort to generalize social protection, aiming to strengthen household resilience and improve living conditions for vulnerable populations across the country.
Social support by the numbers
By the end of 2025, direct social support reached approximately 12.5 million beneficiaries, distributed across 3.9 million households nationwide.
Families with children accounted for the majority of beneficiaries. Around 62%, or 2.4 million households, included children, while 38%, representing 1.5 million households, consisted of families without children.
Children as a core beneficiary group
Children continued to form a significant share of those receiving assistance. A total of 5.5 million children benefited from the program in 2025.
Of these, 4.4 million, or 80%, were aged between 6 and 20 years, reflecting the program’s role in supporting schooling and youth-related expenses. The remaining 1.1 million children, aged between 0 and 5 years, represented 20% of child beneficiaries.
Support for widows and older adults
The program also provided targeted assistance to widows, reaching 390,000 beneficiaries in total. Widows without children represented the largest segment, with 303,000 beneficiaries, or 78% of the total. Widows with children accounted for 87,000 beneficiaries, making up the remaining 22%.
Older adults were another key group covered by the scheme. In 2025, approximately 1.3 million people aged 60 and above benefited from direct social support.
A program still taking shape
Throughout 2025, the Direct Social Support Program continued to evolve, with adjustments designed to better reflect household composition and social needs.
Authorities have positioned the scheme as a dynamic mechanism, subject to ongoing evaluation and improvement as part of Morocco’s wider social protection reform.
ANSS encourages citizens to stay informed through official channels for future updates and verified information related to the program and its developments.
