Arabian Gulf Business Insight
Nadim Kawach
22 October 2025
Morocco has approved MAD380 billion ($41 billion) for airports and other infrastructure projects as it steps up preparations to co-host the 2030 FIFA World Cup.
The allocations are part of the country’s 2026 budget that envisages total spending of MAD761 billion, nearly 5.5 percent above the 2025 budget of MAD721 billion.
Revenues were projected at MAD712 billion, compared with MAD657.8 billion in 2025.
Transport minister Abdul Samad Qayuh said in April that Morocco planned to borrow to fund pre-World Cup infrastructure projects.
The projects comprise a fast-train network linking largest city Casablanca on the Atlantic with the central city of Marrakesh and other areas besides a new civilian airport in Casablanca at a cost of MD28 billion and an expansion of airports in the capital Rabat, Fez in the north and other cities....
Morocco approves $41bn in World Cup infrastructure spending | AGBI | 22 Oct 2025
