Morocco ranked 137th out of 148 countries in the 2025 Global Gender Gap Report, published by the World Economic Forum, placing it among the lowest-ranked countries worldwide for gender equality. Morocco ranked 137th out of 148 countries in the 2025 Global Gender Gap Report, recently published by the World Economic Forum. This position remains almost unchanged from last year, when Morocco was ranked 136th in the 2023 report. The annual report, published since 2006, assesses countries based on four key indicators: economic participation and opportunity (including access to high-skill jobs), educational attainment (performance in basic and higher education), political empowerment (representation in decision-making roles), and health and survival (life expectancy outcomes). Morocco placed 143rd in economic participation and opportunity, 114th in educational attainment, 91st in political empowerment, and 136th in health and survival. Within the Maghreb region, Morocco ranked second, behind Tunisia at 123rd globally. Algeria came in 141st, while Mauritania and Libya were not included in the report. In the Arab world, Morocco ranked 10th, following the UAE (69th), Bahrain (104th), Jordan (122nd), Tunisia (123rd), Kuwait (128th), Comoros (115th), Saudi Arabia (132nd), Oman (143rd), and Lebanon (136th). On the African continent, Morocco was 27th, with Namibia leading at 7th place, followed by Cape Verde (30th) and South Africa (33rd). Globally, Iceland once again topped the rankings as the country with the highest level of gender equality, followed by its neighbors Finland and Norway in second and third places. The United Kingdom ranked fourth, followed by New Zealand and Sweden in sixth place. At the bottom of the list were Iran (145th), Chad (146th), Sudan (147th), and Pakistan (148th). The report emphasized that progress toward gender equality is uneven worldwide. According to the 2025 Global Gender Gap Report, three regional tiers of progress have emerged. North America, Europe, Latin America, and the Caribbean lead the way, having closed roughly three-quarters of their gender gaps — at 75.8%, 75.1%, and 74.5%, respectively. Central Asia (69.8%), East Asia and the Pacific (69.4%), and Sub-Saharan Africa (68.0%) form the middle tier, gradually approaching the 70% mark. At the bottom are South Asia (64.6%) and the Middle East and North Africa (61.7%), where only about two-thirds of the gender gap has been closed.
