Morocco has scored 83 points in the 2017 Global Law and Order index conducted by Gallup research-based company. Based on four main questions about security and safety, the report interviewed 136.000 citizens from 135 countries in 2016. The Gallup, an American research-based, global performance-management consulting company has released the 2017 Global Law and Order, an index that investigates people's sense of personal experiences with crime and law enforcement. The report issued recently has interviewed 139.000 adults from 135 countries in 2016, asking only four questions : «In the city or area where you live, do you have confidence in the local police force ?, Do you feel safe walking along at night in the city or area where you live ?, Within the last 12 months have you had money or property stolen from you or another household member ?, Within the past 12 months, have you been assaulted or mugged ?» Morocco has scored 83 points in the global ranking, being the 43rd country on the 2016 list. Based on the answers collected from the interviews, the Kingdom is the third Arab country on the ranking preceded by Algeria 1st which scored has 90 points and Jordan (89 points). The global ranking was topped by Singapore which scored 97 points while Venezuela has the lowest score on this year's report. The MENA region When it comes to regions, the Middle East and North Africa was ranked 5th among 10 areas namely, US and Canada, Southeast Asia, East Asia, Western Europe, Eastern Europe, South Asia, Commonwealth of independent states, Sub-Saharan Africa, and Latin America and the Caribbean. MENA scored 82 in 2016 moving by three points compared to the previous year (only 79). The report indicates people have mostly reported assault in the Sub-Saharan region. Meanwhile, 7% of the people questioned in the MENA region claimed that they were assaulted or mugged in the past year. Authors of the survey stress that the majority of the world have trust in the police and feel generally secure. As for numbers, six people out of ten have said that they feel safe walking alone at night where they live (64%) while one individual out of seven said that they had property stolen from them in the past year. 6% on the other hand of these people declared that they were assaulted or mugged. According to Gallup this survey is a way of monitoring sustainable development. The research company believes that there is a «strong relationships between people's answers to these questions and external measures related to economic and social development, reinforcing how high crime rates can suppress social cohesion and negatively affect economic performance».
