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According to the Human Freedom Index 2024, Morocco scored 5.49 points out of 10, advancing five positions compared to 2022.
The Human Freedom Index, developed by the American Cato Institute and Canadian Fraser Institute, presents the state of human freedom worldwide based on a comprehensive scale that includes personal, civil, and economic freedoms. Human freedom is a social concept that recognizes individual dignity, and the report defines freedom as the absence of coercive constraints.
The Human Freedom Index provides a broad measure of human freedom, understood as the absence of coercive constraints. This tenth annual index uses 86 distinct indicators of personal and economic freedom.
The index covers 165 countries worldwide, representing 98% of the world's population. It covers the year 2022, which is the most recent year for which sufficient data is available.
Regarding sub-indicators, Morocco ranked 148th in personal freedom with a score of 4.81 out of 10, and 90th in economic freedom with 6.46 out of 10.
Morocco ranked ninth in the Middle East and North Africa region, behind Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Tunisia, Lebanon, the United Arab Emirates, Oman, and Bahrain.
In the Maghreb region, Libya ranked 151st, and Algeria 156th. Globally, Switzerland ranked first, followed by New Zealand, Denmark, Luxembourg, and Ireland. Finland came sixth, followed by Sweden and Iceland.
According to the report, human freedom globally deteriorated sharply in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. Most areas of freedom declined, including significant decreases through 2022 in freedom of movement, expression, association, and assembly.
After 2022, freedom recovered somewhat but remained significantly below pre-pandemic levels. 87.4% of the world's population experienced a decline in human freedom from 2019 to 2022.
The report discussed a strong relationship between freedom and average and per capita income. Countries with high freedom enjoy notably higher average per capita income ($56,366) than those with less freedom.
The Human Freedom Index also found a strong positive correlation between human freedom and democracy, as well as between human freedom and a range of human well-being indicators, including tolerance, charitable giving, life expectancy, and environmental health.
