Morocco improved its business climate indicators, according to the World Bank’s second “Business Ready” report edition published Monday, December 29, 2025, in Washington, achieving an aggregate score of 63.44 points out of 100 and ranking second in both Africa and the Arab world.
The kingdom’s score represents progress from the first report edition where it recorded 62.41 points. Morocco’s performance exceeds the global average of 60.11 points, Africa’s average of 50.87, and Arab countries’ average of 58.31, demonstrating competitive positioning across multiple benchmarks.
This Business Ready edition, dedicated to business climate evaluation, covers an expanded sample of 101 economies compared to 50 in the inaugural version. Among participating economies, 60% belong to higher per capita income categories than Morocco. The Republic of Korea achieved the best global performance with 78.24 points.
The assessment covers ten major themes linked to business lifecycle based on approximately 1,200 indicators. For each theme, Business Ready relies on three complementary pillars: regulatory framework, public service quality, and operational efficiency. The first two pillars draw on data collected from experts and professionals, while the third uses results from the triennial Enterprise Survey.
Overall, Morocco recorded performance improvements on regulatory framework (70.06 points) and public service quality (64.55 points) pillars, achieving high scores across five themes: utility services (80.05), international trade (74.5), business creation (73.95), business location (73.82), and financial services (68.24).
Underperformance occurred in the operational efficiency pillar (55.7 points versus 59.66) due to higher country numbers in this second edition (101 instead of 50) and using identical triennial Enterprise Survey results from Morocco’s 2023 assessment employed in the first edition.
This Business Ready edition demonstrates Morocco’s globally favorable positioning with performances exceeding world averages across multiple themes, particularly business creation and location, utility services, and international trade. Progress appears in competition and dispute resolution, strengthening economic operators’ legal security. Analysis reveals improvement margins in domains with strong private investment leverage effects, particularly labor markets and business difficulty resolution.
