Morocco fell two places this year in the Elite Quality Index (EQx), a global political-economic indicator that assesses a country’s long-term sustainability.
The country is now ranked 91st with 46.7 points. EQx is published annually by the Foundation for Value Creation (FVC), an independent organization that researches whether a country’s elites create or destroy value for society. Elites are defined as the top 1 percent of a country’s political, economic, or knowledge base.
The decline in Morocco’s ranking was mainly due to the country’s poor performance in the field of environment and natural capital, where the country was ranked 106th. Morocco faces serious environmental problems, such as water scarcity, desertification, and carbon emissions.
Morocco also scores low on equality of opportunity (92nd), which impacts the productivity and well-being of its citizens. Education and human resources were ranked 63rd.
Morocco has made progress in innovation and technology (46th) and health and well-being (47th), thanks to accelerated digital transformation following the coronavirus pandemic.
The first EQx ranking is occupied by Singapore, which was followed by Switzerland last year. These two countries have very different political systems, but have high levels of sustainable value creation through their elite business models. The next top five is formed by the Netherlands, Japan, New Zealand and Germany.
England have dropped out of the top ten and are now ranked 11th. The United States rose to 16th place and China to 21st.
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