Morocco ranks among emerging economies to cope with the pandemic

Morocco ranks 26th in the world among markets in most financial peril and their capacity to cope with the coronavirus impacts. The ranking compiled by the Economist includes 66 economies.

Released on Saturday, the list includes the most vulnerable emerging markets, ranked according to four criteria, namely public debt, external debt, cost of borrowing and potential external payments for this year.

According to the ranking, Morocco has a low level of public debt, a medium external debt, a high cost of borrowing and an average potential for external payments for this year.

Morocco ranks fourth in the Arab world behind Saudi Arabia, which ranks eighth in the world, the United Arab Emirates (17th) and Kuwait in (22nd).

In Africa, Morocco also ranks fourth behind Botswana, ranked first in the world, Nigeria and Côte d'Ivoire.

Globally, Botswana ranked first, ahead of Taiwan, South Korea, Peru and Russia, while the Philippines is positioned sixth. Angola, Bahrain, Zambia, Lebanon and Venezuela are at the bottom of the ranking.