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๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฆ Morocco: Politics & Democracy

By V-Dem's measure, no โ€” Morocco scores 0.247 on the 0โ€“1 liberal democracy index, which places it firmly in the autocratic range.

Liberal democracy rank (2024)

#109 of 179

Score (0โ€“1)

0.247

10-year change

+0.016

Full rankings โ†’

Current leaders

Mohammed VI of Morocco

Head of State

since 1999-07-23

Aziz Akhannouch

Head of Government

since 2021-10-07

Democracy trend

0.00.51.019122024
Morocco โ€” V-Dem liberal democracy index, 1912โ€“2024 (0โ€“1 scale). Latest: 0.247 in 2024.

Voting alignment

Morocco's closest UN General Assembly voting partners since 1946:

Frequently asked questions

Is Morocco a democracy?

By V-Dem's measure, no โ€” Morocco scores 0.247 on the 0โ€“1 liberal democracy index, which places it firmly in the autocratic range. It ranks #109 of 179 countries in 2024.

Is democracy in Morocco improving or declining?

Morocco's V-Dem liberal democracy score has improved by 0.016 points over the past decade, standing at 0.247 in 2024 (1-year change: -0.001).

Who leads Morocco?

Mohammed VI of Morocco is Morocco's head of state; Aziz Akhannouch serves as head of government.

More on Morocco

Data source: Coppedge, Michael et al. 'V-Dem Country-Year Dataset v15', Varieties of Democracy (V-Dem) Project, https://www.v-dem.net, CC BY 4.0.