Morocco

Territory in northwest Africa, ruled since 1956 by the al Mamlakah al Maghribiyah

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Morocco (Arabic: المَغرِب‎, translit. al-maġrib, lit. 'place the sun sets; the west'; Berber languages: ⵍⵎⵖⵔⵉⴱ, translit. Lmeɣrib), officially the Kingdom of Morocco (Arabic: المملكة المغربية‎, translit. al-Mamlakah al-Maghribiyah, lit. 'The Western Kingdom'; Berber languages: ⵜⴰⴳⵍⴷⵉⵜ ⵏ ⵍⵎⵖⵔⵉⴱ, translit. Tageldit n Lmaɣrib), is a country located in Northwest Africa. It is one of the native homelands of the indigenous Berbers. Geographically, Morocco is characterized by a rugged mountainous interior, large tracts of desert and a lengthy coastline along the Atlantic Ocean and Mediterranean Sea.

Geographical type: Territory

Latitude: 32° N — Longitude: 6° W

Area: 446,550 km²

ISO 3166-2 code: MA

Measures of Freedom

Economic Freedom Summary Index, Economic Freedom of the World, 25 Sep 2025
2023 overall score: 6.38, rank: 94

Human Freedom Index [PDF], The Human Freedom Index 2023: A Global Measurement of Personal, Civil, and Economic Freedom
2021: 5.48, Rank: 133, Personal freedom: 4.80, Economic freedom: 6.42

Morocco: Country Profile, Freedom in the World, 2025
Status: Partly Free, Aggregate Score: 37/100, Political Rights: 13/40, Civil Liberties: 24/60

Morocco holds regular multiparty elections for Parliament and local bodies. Reforms in 2011 shifted some authority over government from the monarchy to the national legislature. Nevertheless, King Mohammed VI and his palace maintain full dominance through a combination of substantial formal powers, informal lines of influence in state and society, and ownership of crucial economic resources. Many civil liberties are constrained in practice.

Videos

Casablanca - Original Theatrical Trailer, 26 Nov 1942