Morocco fell seven places in the international Corruption Perceptions Index ranking for 2022, compared to the previous year, according to Transparency International.
Made public on January 31, the report also shows that corruption remains a major challenge in the country.
Morocco has experienced a sharp decline in the world ranking in terms of corruption, carried out annually by Transparency International. The kingdom fell seven places in 2022 compared to the year before, according to the Index (CPI) of the NGO.
The country ranked 94th out of 180, with a total score of 38 points out of 100.
The organization reported that 31% of recipients of public services had to pay a bribe in the last twelve months. 51% of respondents in the country believed that corruption had increased over the past twelve months.
In 2019, Morocco was rated 41/100 and ranked 80th in the world. In 2020, he was 86th, with a score of 40/100. He was 87th in 2021, with 39/100.
In the CPI, countries are scored from 0 to 100. The higher the country score, the lower the degree of corruption observed. A score of 100 indicates that the country is free from corruption. Morocco ranked second in North Africa, behind Tunisia, ranked 85th in the world. Algeria ranks third regionally and 116th worldwide.
It is followed by Mauritania 130th in the global ranking, then Libya, 171st in the world.
In the Arab region, the United Arab Emirates ranked first (27th globally), followed by Qatar (40th), Saudi Arabia (54th), then Jordan (61st), Bahrain and the Sultanate of Oman (69th), Kuwait (77th), Tunisia (85th) and Morocco (94th). Transparency International indicates that the average score for the MENA region this year is 38.
In addition, 80% of the countries in the region obtained a score lower than 50. In this sense, the IPC analyzes that “the region continues to struggle against authoritarianism. It also recognizes the failure of political uprisings in the region since 2011.
”These changes have ultimately failed to overcome the power structures that allow those at the top to retain their dominance and hinder political integrity,” said the NGO. “Instabilities and the grip on power in turn fuel corruption, as well as a vicious circle of authoritarianism and conflict across the Arab world,” adds the same source.
Globally, Denmark tops the list, followed by Finland and New Zealand in second place, followed by Norway, Singapore and Sweden in fifth. The end of the ranking is completed by Libya, Yemen, Venezuela, South Sudan, Syria and Somalia. Transparency International bases its classification of countries on data relating to corruption, embezzlement of public funds and abuses by public officials to achieve personal enrichment goals with impunity.
This report also took into account the capacity of the governments of each country to contain corruption in the public sphere, excessive bureaucracy in the public sector and its repercussions on the use of corruption, the use of intermediaries in public appointments, the protection of persons who report cases of corruption and access to information on public life and governmental activities.
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