Morocco ranked 66th out of 153 countries in the Competitive Industrial Performance Index issued by the United Nations Industrial Development Organization, losing two places compared to the previous version.
The index evaluates the national industrial performance in the global economy through a benchmark comparison of countries’ ability to produce and export competitively.
It also measures and compares the national industrial competitiveness of countries based on several criteria, including technological and innovative capabilities, productivity and commercial performance of the industrial sector.
Morocco got the point 0.035 against a global average of 0.061, while the gross domestic product was nearly $93.7 billion, which represents $2,526 per capita.
The report estimated Morocco’s manufacturing added value at about $13.4 billion, representing $361 per capita, while manufactured exports amounted to $29.5 billion, with an individual output of about $794.
In the Arab world, the UAE ranked first in this index, after it rose two ranks compared to the year 2021, leading the performance of countries at the regional level for the second year in a row.
Globally, Germany ranked first, followed by China, Ireland and South Korea, while the United States of America ranked fifth.
Taiwan ranked sixth, followed by Switzerland and Japan, in addition to Singapore and the Netherlands, which are the most industrialised economies at the global level.
Saudi Arabia ranked second in the Arab world after the UAE, followed by Qatar and Bahrain, then Oman and Kuwait, and then Morocco and Egypt.
At the bottom of the ranking were Yemen, Tonga, Iraq, Gambia, Eritrea, Afghanistan, Burundi and the Maldives, as the worst countries in terms of industrialization.
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