How common are forced/arranged marriages in Morocco?

Non-existent. While it's common for Relatives to set you up (that's what happened with my parents), it's not an obligation and most people don't use relatives. E.g. read more

And forced or arranged marriages there are close to zero, just to be safe not saying zero. Blad As-Siba on the other hand, which btw nowadays means land of chaos in Moroccan dialect, evolved to be places not so modern, where law doesn’t apply that much even today (I have heard some crazy stories), and I wouldn’t be surprised to know that there are some forced marriages going on there due to poverty and ignorance. read more

Arranged marriages are "common" in Morocco (Manchester Guardian Weekly 22 Mar. 2000). One survey showed that 22 per cent of women in Morocco are married without their consent while 7.9 per cent of women are married by force ((Famafrique 23 June 2000). read more

Arranged marriages might be a bit of a foreign concept in the United States and much of the Western world, but it is a fairly common practice in other parts of the world. India, Africa, and portions of the Middle East all see having family members arranging a marriage as more of an organic process than having two people meet through random chance. read more