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Morocco ranked 91st out of 182 countries in the 2025 International Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI) with a score of 39 out of 100, according to the report by Transparency International, released Tuesday, February 10.
The index measures perceived corruption in areas such as bribery, abuse of public office for private gain, diversion of public funds, excessive bureaucracy, and nepotism. Higher scores indicate stronger perceptions of integrity, while lower scores point to more pervasive public-sector corruption.
Countries are scored through various calculations on this data, resulting in a final score ranging from 0 to 100. The higher a country’s score, the less corruption is perceived to exist. A score of 100 indicates a country perceived as very clean and free of corruption.
The report highlights that restrictions on civil society space, including limits on journalists, NGOs, and whistleblowers in exposing abuses of power, have created an environment in which corrupt practices can flourish. In Morocco, this trend has hindered investigations into embezzlement by elected officials and civil servants and was cited as one factor behind widespread Generation Z-led protests against the government last year, the report said.
Continuous Decline
Morocco’s best score in the index over the past decade was in 2018, when it received 43 points, followed by 41 points in 2019. The decline continued with 40 points in 2020, 39 in 2021, then 38 points in 2022 and 2023, and 37 points in 2024, before improving slightly in this year’s edition.
The report explains that corruption continues to spread significantly in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region, with most governments yet to effectively address public sector corruption. Since 2012, only three out of 18 countries in the region have seen a sharp decline in their performance, while no country has achieved significant progress, highlighting the failure of many governments to tackle corruption effectively due to leadership’s failure to fulfill commitments and the fragility of accountability institutions.
In the Arab world, Morocco ranked eighth, behind the United Arab Emirates (21st), Qatar (41st), Saudi Arabia (45th), Oman (54th), Bahrain and Jordan (56th), and Kuwait (65th).
In the Maghreb region, Morocco tied for first place with Tunisia, while Algeria ranked 109th, Mauritania 130th, and Libya 177th globally.
Globally, Denmark topped the list, followed by Finland, Singapore, New Zealand, Norway, Sweden, Switzerland, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, and Germany in tenth place. Countries at the bottom of the ranking included Yemen, Venezuela, Somalia, and South Sudan.
The 2025 report indicates that corruption remains a serious threat worldwide, despite limited signs of progress. It stresses that leaders must act to address abuses of power and the broader factors driving this decline, such as the erosion of democratic checks and balances and attacks on independent civil society.
