Morocco is one of the few countries that made significant strides in improving citizen access to basic necessities, according to a recent poll conducted by the pan-African network Afrobarometer poll, with an 11 percentage point increase in reported full access between the 2019/2021 and 2021/2023 surveys.
Titled, “Decade of Destitution? Severe Lived Poverty is Surging in Many African Countries,” the study revealed that Morocco topped the list for improvement in full access to basic necessities.
In contrast, Mauritius and Tunisia each experienced a 12-point decline—far below the African average of zero-point change across 34 countries, while Mali recorded a 5-percentage-point increase, with Sudan and Gambia seeing a 3-point rise in reported full access to basic necessities.
The findings also showed that 26% of people experienced severe poverty in 2021/2023, with Morocco standing out at just 3%, one of the lowest rates, which has experienced continual declines over time, down from 7% in 2015.
Nearly 36% of Moroccan respondents reported low lived poverty, 14% moderate poverty, and only 3% high poverty.
Severe poverty is nearly nonexistent in Mauritius (1%) and relatively low in Seychelles (6%), but about half the population faces frequent shortages in Mauritania (50%) and Congo-Brazzaville (48%).
It also added that severe lived poverty decreased by 4 percentage points in Morocco between 2014/2015 and 2021/2023, while Nigeria saw the highest increase (26 points), followed by Namibia and Mali, 17 points each.
The survey noted a 3-percentage-point decrease in the payment of bribes to access public services in Morocco between 2014/2015 and 2021/2023, making it one of only three countries to experience a decrease.
In contrast, the remaining 30 surveyed countries saw increases, with rises ranging from 2 to 32 percentage points in some cases.
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