Morocco ranked in the 98th position out of 141 countries, according to the 2024 Global Knowledge Index, a collaborative effort between the Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Knowledge Foundation and the United Nations Development Programme.
Morocco scored 42.8 points, falling below the global average of 47.8, indicating a modest performance in terms of knowledge infrastructure.
The index assesses countries based on seven sub-indices that measure performance in six key knowledge-related sectors.
These sectors are pre-university education, technical and vocational education and training, higher education, information and communication technology, research and development, and the economy.
Another sub-index on the enabling environment examines the socio-economic, health, and environmental context of these sectors.
Morocco ranked in the bottom half of the rankings for higher education with a score of 37.7 and was placed 100th out of 141 countries in technical and vocational education and training.
The country also ranked 95th in the enabling environment sub-index and secured the 96th and 93rd positions in the research and development and pre-university education sub-indices, respectively.
The 2024 Global Knowledge Index report noted several challenges facing Morocco, including high unemployment rates among graduates and a low proportion of research papers that are internationally cited.
The index used different secondary indicators to rank countries, placing Morocco in the 122nd position globally for the proportion of the workforce with advanced education levels and 138th for the unemployment rate among this group.
Morocco also ranked 99th in a sub-index measuring university-industry research collaboration and 103rd in the number of documents per researcher.
However, the country secured the 26th position in the net enrollment rate in primary education and the 55th in the enrollment rate in the first stages of secondary education.
The report noted Morocco’s strong performance in government spending on primary and secondary education as a positive aspect.
Globally, Sweden topped the rankings with a score of 68.3 points, followed by Finland and Switzerland.
The United Arab Emirates led the Arab world, ranking 26th globally with a score of 60.9 points, followed by Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and Oman.
Chad, Niger, and the Democratic Republic of Congo occupied the bottom three positions.
Canada led the pre-university education sub-index with a score of 90.2 points, followed by Belarus and Portugal.
China topped the technical and vocational education and training sub-index, while Luxembourg secured the first position in the higher education sub-index with a score of 67.9 points, followed by Switzerland and the United States.
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