A new report from the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD), titled “Technology and Innovation Report 2025,” highlights Morocco’s impressive growth in developers, ranking it 7th globally for the economies with the fastest growth in number of developers from 2022 to 2023 with an increase of 35%.
This places Morocco ahead of countries like Vietnam, Argentina, Indonesia, and Brazil, and on par with Hong Kong.
This rapid development reflects a growing momentum in the country’s tech and programming sector, driven by an increasing number of young people entering the field through both formal education and self-driven learning.
It’s a promising sign of increasing digital talent in the country, which could boost Morocco’s position in the global digital economy in the coming years.
However, the report also reveals that Morocco faces challenges in other areas of technology and innovation readiness.
The country maintained its position of 67th globally in the “Frontier Technology Readiness Index,” a status it held in 2022.
With an overall score of 0.56, Morocco is categorized in the upper-middle-income bracket, indicating a moderate level of readiness in adopting and developing advanced technologies.
While Morocco ranks 42nd in research and development and 33rd in the financial sector—reflecting a robust financial system that supports innovation—the country lags in other areas.
The Kingdom ranks 111th in skills, pointing to a significant gap in training talent for high-tech fields, and 88th in ICT infrastructure. It also ranks 58th in industrial development, suggesting room for improvement in tech-driven industries.
These indicators point to a clear need for Morocco to invest more in digital skills and tech infrastructure if it wants to stay competitive and fully tap into the opportunities of the Fourth Industrial Revolution—especially as the pace of digital transformation accelerates both regionally and globally.
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