Morocco ranked 41st out of 154 countries in the Responsible Nations Index 2026, placing first among Middle East and North African states in a new assessment of how governments treat citizens, the environment and the international community.
The kingdom received an overall score of 0.52741, placing it immediately behind Namibia and ahead of Bangladesh, Israel and Vietnam, according to the abridged report published by the World Intellectual Foundation.
Tunisia ranked 52nd, Libya 65th, the United Arab Emirates 75th, Jordan 80th and Algeria 116th. Egypt placed 119th, while Saudi Arabia ranked 128th.
Singapore topped the index with a score of 0.61945, followed by Switzerland and Denmark. Syria, South Sudan and the Central African Republic were among the lowest-ranked countries.
The index was developed by the World Intellectual Foundation through academic engagement with Jawaharlal Nehru University and analytical validation involving the Indian Institute of Management Mumbai.
It assesses countries across three broad pillars: internal responsibility, including governance, justice and social inclusion; environmental responsibility; and external responsibility, covering peaceful international conduct and participation in global institutions.
The report argues that economic power and national wealth do not automatically translate into responsible government behaviour. Several developing states ranked above wealthier economies, reflecting stronger scores in areas such as social justice, environmental conduct or institutional accountability.
Morocco placed ahead of Canada, Australia, the United States and China in the overall table, though the report does not provide a detailed country scorecard explaining which specific indicators drove its position.
The index should therefore be read as a composite assessment rather than a definitive measure of governance performance. Its publishers said the framework draws on standardised international data, but the abridged version does not publish all underlying country-level calculations.
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