Morocco is ranked 60th among 190 countries by the World Bank’s annual report Doing Business. The Kingdom is positioned 1st in North Africa and 2nd in the Arab World.
Morocco is ranked 15th in Africa by the 2018 Ibrahim Index of African Governance and 2nd in North Africa. Despite its improving performance, the Kingdom is lagging in the Human Rights and Participation subindex.
According to the recent report of the World Economic Forum on Global Competitiveness, Morocco is 1st in North Africa and 4th in the continent.
The Kingdom is ranked behind several Arab and North African countries in the World Bank Human Capital Index.
In his latest report on Western Sahara, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres referred to Morocco’s lagging efforts in creating a «National Preventive Mechanism against Torture».
Although Morocco managed to make progress in the United Nations Food and Security report, the number of people suffering from undernourishment in the country remains high.