Morocco ranked 66th globally in the 2024 Global Innovation Index, performing notably well in creativity and exceeding expectations for lower-middle-income countries. The report also highlighted Morocco's rapid rise in the rankings over the past decade and its inclusion among Africa's top scientific clusters, though challenges remain in business development and patenting.
Freedom House's annual World Freedom report places Morocco in the category of «partly free» countries, ranking it sixth in the Arab world with a score of 37 out of 100 points.
According to the latest edition of the Economic Freedom Index, the Moroccan economy remains the freest in North Africa, although the Kingdom has lost six places in the ranking compared to last year.
The economic and financial hub of the biggest city in the Kingdom maintains its first place in Africa, as the government adopted last week a decree-law reorganizing Casablanca Finance City (CFC).
While children's rights are «seriously affected» by the global health crisis, Morocco has gained three places in the KidsRights Index compiled by the international organization KidsRights Foundation. The kingdom ranks 3rd in the Maghreb, 6th in Africa and is among the Top10 of the MENA region.
Morocco is one of the best performing country at the Africa Regional Integration Index. The Kingdom ranks fourth as the most economically integrated country in the continent.
Published annually by the Harvard Business School, the «Social Progress Index» ranks 149 countries according to the progress they have made in terms of social security and access to basic human needs. Morocco falls behind in the ranking, mainly because of the low quality of its higher education.
Morocco is ranked as the most attractive country in Africa and in the MENA region by the EY’s Renewable Energy Country Attractiveness Index.