Morocco’s ranking in the global prosperity index has not improved over the past five years, remaining roughly the same since 2017, according to the most recent ranking.
Issued by the British Legatom institute, Morocco ranked 96th globally, while it ranked 97th in the 2017 index.
Morocco came in a better position compared to the countries of the Maghreb region, ahead of Tunisia, which ranked 99th, Algeria who ranked 109th, and Libya ranking 146th.
Morocco ranked 10th among countries in the Middle East and North Africa region (MENA), behind Israel, the UAE, Qatar, Kuwait, Bahrain, Oman, Saudi Arabia, Jordan and Turkey.
Data in the index, which covers 149 countries on various continents, shows that Israel is the most prosperous country in the MENA region, ranking 33 in the world, followed by the United Arab Emirates, which is expected to rank 44th in the world, then Qatar, which is ranked 46th.
The British Legatom index relies on assessing the prosperity of countries on a set of criteria related to democracy and the well-being of citizens, such as governance, safety, business climate, environment, and economy…
The report recorded a number of weaknesses for MENA countries, mainly represented in the deterioration in security, governance, personal freedoms, and the status of human capital, which made them occupy the last ranks in these criteria.
In addition, the index stated that the region witnessed an escalation of the threat of terrorism, conflicts and conflicts, and “more suppression of freedom of expression and association,” which made the countries of the region achieve a rank lower than the global average.
Conflicts taking place in a number of countries in the region, especially Syria, Yemen and Libya, affected their ranking, as the index indicated an increase in the number of terrorist incidents, with the average number of victims moving from 9.2 to 52 deaths per million people.
On the economic level, the prosperity index recorded the weakness of the economies of the countries in the region, as they recorded the highest unemployment rate at 24.6 percent, and the lowest integration of women into the labor market at 24 percent.
On the other hand, the “Legatom” index highlighted that the countries of the Middle East and North Africa region witnessed some improvement in the level of education, by paying more attention to primary education, improving the skills of adults, in addition to improving the infrastructure and living conditions of citizens.
The index monitored an increase in the completion rate of secondary school students in the “Mena” region from 71 percent to 77 percent, and a decrease in the maternal mortality rate from 127 deaths to 104 deaths per thousand.
Israel topped the list of countries in the Middle East and North Africa in the prosperity index, and ranked 33 in the world, as it benefited from the strength of its investment environment.
Overall, the global prosperity index has been stable over the past three years, as a result of the weakness that characterized the work of institutions and the economies of countries.
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