Morocco ranked 123rd in the 2021 Human Development Index out of 191 listed countries, gaining only one rank from the previous year.
The Human Development Index, issued by the United Nations Development Program, takes to account the average life span, education, and living quality.
Morocco has achieved a balance of 0.683 out of 1 as the best point, with an average life expectancy of 74 years (76.4 years for women and 71.9 years for men), an average of 14.2 years spent in education, while the GDP per capita share is set at USD 7,303 (USD 11,356 for men and USD 3,194 for women).
Between 1990 and 2021, the average age of giving birth in Morocco increased by 11.6 years, and the average year of study changed by 3.8 years, while the GDP per capita grew by approximately 96.9% in the same period.
Morocco came behind a number of Arab countries, namely Iraq, Lebanon, Palestine, Libya, Jordan, Egypt, Algeria, Ukraine, Iran and Qatar.
Switzerland ranked first in the index this year, with an average life expectancy of 84 years and an average of 16.5 years spent in education, and an average salary of USD 66,000.
Norway came in second, followed by Iceland, Hong Kong, Australia, Denmark, and Sweden.
In the Arab world, the UAE ranked first and 26th in globally, followed by Bahrain, Saudi Arabia, and Qatar.
The last rank was granted to South Sudan, with an average life expectancy of 55 years, with only 5.5 years in education on average and an annual USD 768 GDP share per capita.
The report indicated that the world overall has declined for five years in terms of the human development index, “in the face of an unprecedented coincidence of crises,”, especially the COVID-19 epidemic.
The indicator was on a continuous rise for decades. But in 2021, the index declined to levels last witnessed in 2016, erasing years of development and progress across the world.
The main reason for this decline is COVID-19, along with increasing climatic disasters and crises that accumulate without enough recovery room.
The Human Development Index resulted largely from the decline in the average life expectancy by more than a year and a half between 2019 and 2021 (71.4 years in 2021 compared to 73 years in 2019).
The report’s recommendations include the necessity of focusing efforts on three axes, namely investments, especially in renewable energies, preparing for upcoming regulations, and insurance, including social welfare for counter-shock measures and mechanisms, in addition to a necessary interest in innovation, to enhance the ability to face upcoming crises.
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