Morocco is ranked 8th among 20 Arab countries in the Safest Arab Peoples ranking according to a new study released by the Gulf Center for Studies and Research.
This index ranks countries according to their economy, lifestyle, well-being, and recently added a new category: safety, which includes a country’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic, including death tolls, and vaccination rates.
These factors were added in an effort to measure the quality of life in Arab countries.
Morocco ranked 8th due to the stability and security provided in the past year, in addition to the success of the national vaccination campaign as well as the management of the COVID-19 pandemic.
In terms of vaccination, Morocco has administered the anti-COVID-19 vaccine to 62.1% of the population, behind Saudi Arabia (66%), Bahrain (68.8%), Kuwait (75%), Qatar (77%), and the UAE (91.2%), according to this study’s vaccination rate index.
In the overall classification, Qatar ranked first, followed by the UAE placing second, Kuwait placing 3rd, Bahrain coming in 4th, Oman 5th, Saudi Arabia 6th, and Jordan 7th ahead of Morocco.
As for the labor market, Morocco has a low unemployment rate of 11.8%. Qatar ranked first in this index with a rate of 0.1%, followed by the UAE and Kuwait, both ranked second with a rate of 2.2%, and Bahrain placed third with a rate of 4.9%.
The Global Peace Index (GPI) ranked the North African country in 79th place in the MENA region, behind Oman (73), Jordan (63), the UAE (52), Kuwait (36), and Qatar (29).
As for travel, Morocco is ranked as one of the top Arab countries to choose as a tourism destination because of safety, according to the same source.
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