According to the global ranking “The Global Competitiveness Report 2019”, published by the World Economic Forum (WEF) in early October 2019, Morocco’s competitiveness remains at the same level as the previous year. Despite a score of 60 out of 100 and an improvement of 1.5 points compared with 2018, the Kingdom remains in 75th place out of a total of 141 countries. In Africa, it ranks 3rd behind South Africa (60th worldwide) and Mauritius (52nd). It records its best scores in the areas of macroeconomic stability (43rd), the quality of its institutions (45th), the financial system (49th), market size (52nd) and infrastructure (53rd). Furthermore, the World Economic Forum points out that Morocco is lagging behind in the areas of innovation (81st), health (91st), human resources skills (111th) and the labour market (119th).
