Morocco has dropped to 99th place in the recently released 2024 Corruption Perceptions Index, falling one spot from its 2023 ranking out of 180 countries and territories. The North African kingdom scored 37 points out of 100. The CPI ranks countries worldwide by their perceived levels of public sector corruption. The score is on a scale from 0, considered highly corrupt, to 100, very clean. In the MENA region, the ranking is topped by the United Arab Emirates, which ranks as high as 23rd globally. It is followed by Oman in 50th place, with Morocco third on the list. In North Africa, Morocco tops the ranking, followed by Mauritania at 130th—the only other country in the region included in the index. Each country's score is based on at least three data sources drawn from 13 different corruption surveys and assessments. These data sources are collected by a variety of reputable institutions, including the World Bank and the World Economic Forum. The overall ranking is led by Denmark, Luxembourg, Germany, and the United Kingdom. According to the report, Morocco has the same score it had in 2013. The country's best score in the past 10 years was recorded in 2018, at 43 points. This year's edition concludes that while 32 countries have managed to reduce their corruption levels since 2012, «there's still a huge amount of work to be done—148 countries have remained stagnant or worsened over the same period». The global average score of 43 has also remained unchanged for years, while over two-thirds of countries score below 50. Billions of people live in countries where corruption destroys lives and undermines human rights, the report's authors argued.
