Morocco ranks 67th in First Edition of the Good Country Index

Casablanca- Morocco ranked 67th in the very first edition of the Good Country Index, conceptualized by policy adviser Simon Anholt.

The Good Country Index was created, according to Anholt, “to measure what each country on Earth contributes to the common good of humanity, and what it takes away.”

The Kingdom of Morocco ranked 67th out of 125 countries, ranking ahead of Egypt (68th), Turkey (79th), India (81st), Saudi Arabia (92nd), China (107th) and Algeria (111th).

However, the kingdom secured different ranks in several areas constituting the focus of the Index: Science and Technology (68th), Culture (90th), Int'l Peace and Security (76th), World Order (50th),

Planet and Climate (85th), Prosperity and Equality (57th), and Health and Wellbeing (40th). Each of these realms also comprises subcategories on which each country is assessed.

Three European countries secured to the top ranks: Ireland (1st), Finland (2nd), and Switzerland (3rd). Each of these countries clearly secured high ranks in each of the aforementioned facets covered by the Index. For instance, Ireland ranked 1st in Prosperity and Equality.

The data used to rank countries was retrieved from the U.N. and other international organizations. According to the GCI’s official website, “each country [was given] a balance-sheet to show at a glance whether it’s a net creditor to mankind, a burden on the planet, or something in between.”

The GCI makes it clear that the featured countries are assessed not in terms of what they “do at home,” but the countries’ “responsibility to the wider world."

Edited by Timothy Filla