The Human Development Index (HDI) for Morocco published by the United Nations is a composite measure including life expectancy, educational attainment, and income level.
It aims to measure not only incomes but life quality as well.
The HDI is the most widely used indicator of human development and has changed how people view the concept.
Global HDI levels.
Understanding the Human Development Index
Definition: The Human Development Index measures three basic dimensions of human development: long and healthy life, knowledge, and a decent standard of living.
The index incorporates three dimensions of human development: a long and healthy life, knowledge, and decent living standards.
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Various indicators are used to quantify how countries perform on each dimension.
The indicators used in the 2022 report were life expectancy at birth; expected years of schooling for children; mean years of schooling for adults; and gross national income per capita.
The indicators are used to create a health index, an education index and an income index, each with a value between 0 and 1.
The geometric mean of the three indices-that is, the cube root of the product of the indices-is the human development index.
The data used to calculate HDI comes mostly from United Nations agencies and international institutions, such as United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, the World Bank, International Monetary Fund and Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD).
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Rarely, when one of the indicators is missing, cross-country regression models are used.
The Human Development Report includes data for all 193 member states of the United Nations, as well as Hong Kong SAR and Palestine.
However, the Human Development Index is not calculated for two UN member states: Monaco and North Korea, only some components of the index are calculated for these two countries.
The Human Development Report also reports the HDI for various groups of countries.
Morocco's HDI Performance
The latest value from 2023 is 0.71 points, an increase from 0.698 points in 2022. Historically, the average for Morocco from 1980 to 2023 is 0.581 points.
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In comparison, the world average is 0.744 points, based on data from 185 countries.
The 2025 Human Development Index (HDI), published by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), ranks Morocco 120th out of 193 countries, classifying it as a nation with «high human development».
In the previous edition of the report, Morocco also ranked 120th but with a lower score of 0.698, placing it in the «medium human development» category at the time.
Regional and Global Context
Regionally, Morocco ranks 13th among Arab countries.
Globally, Iceland tops the list, followed by Norway, Switzerland, Denmark, Germany, Sweden, and Austria.
The report warns of a widening gap between wealthy and poorer nations.
UNDP Administrator Achim Steiner noted: «For decades, we were on a path to achieve very high human development by 2030. But this slowdown now threatens global progress».
The report also highlights that disparities between countries with low and very high HDI scores have worsened for the fourth year in a row, undermining a long-standing trend toward narrowing global inequality.
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This year’s report explores how artificial intelligence can reinvigorate human development but also warns of weak global progress.
The report points to persistent digital literacy gaps and limited access to digital devices and internet connectivity, even in high-income countries.
It also highlights inequalities in AI-driven healthcare research, which is heavily concentrated in a few wealthy nations.
Within Africa, Egypt, Morocco, and South Africa are leading contributors to AI research on cardiovascular diseases, diabetes, and cancer.
Morocco's Economic and Demographic Overview
Morocco is a country located at Northern Africa, it has an area of 446,550 Km2.
Morocco, with a population of 37,370,000 people, it is ranked at 40º position by population of 196 countries and it has a moderate population density, 84 people per km2.
Its capital is Rabat and its currency is Moroccan dirhams.
Morocco is holding the 60 position by nominal GDP.
Its national debt in 2024 was 100,536 millions of euros (108,785 millions of dollars), ( 67.73% debt-to-GDP ratio) and its public debt per capita is €2,690 euros per inhabitant$2,911 dollars per inhabitant.
The last annual rate of CPI published in Morocco was on September of 2025 and it was 0.4%.
In terms of the human development index (HDI) of Morocco, which is the index used by the United Nations to measure the progress of a country, was 0.698 points in 2022, leaving it in 121th place in the table of 193 countries published.
If the reason to visit Morocco are business, you must know it's in the 53th of the Doing Business ranking , which provides objective measures of business regulations for local firms.
Morocco Belongs to: AMU, Arab League, IMF, UN.
Key Economic Indicators of Morocco (2024)
| Indicator | Value |
|---|---|
| GDP Growth (%) | 3.8% |
| Annual GDP (Millions €) | €148,427M |
| GDP per capita (€) | €3,972 |
| Debt (%GDP) | 67.73% |
| Unemployment rate (2016 Q3) | 9.6% |
Political Map of Morocco.
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