Starting a business - Score in Morocco
Morocco: Starting a business - Score was 93.01 in 2019. ▲ Rising
Starting a business - Score in Morocco, 2003–2019
Source: World Bank.
Analysis
In 2019, starting a business - score in Morocco stood at 93.01. That is the highest value across all 17 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 7.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, starting a business - score in Morocco peaked at 93.01 in 2019 and was at its lowest, 46.83, in 2003.
That places Morocco 43rd out of 191 countries with data for 2019, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 17 years of available data.
Starting a business - Score in Morocco, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 46.83 | — |
| 2004 | 61.57 | +31.5% |
| 2005 | 82.24 | +33.6% |
| 2006 | 82.52 | +0.3% |
| 2007 | 85.65 | +3.8% |
| 2008 | 85.97 | +0.4% |
| 2009 | 86.2 | +0.3% |
| 2010 | 86.3 | +0.1% |
| 2011 | 86.37 | +0.1% |
| 2012 | 87.08 | +0.8% |
| 2013 | 88.69 | +1.8% |
| 2014 | 88.73 | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 90.47 | +2.0% |
| 2016 | 90.75 | +0.3% |
| 2017 | 92.46 | +1.9% |
| 2018 | 92.99 | +0.6% |
| 2019 | 93.01 | +0.0% |
Morocco compared with similar countries
- Morocco's 93.01 is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 82.73, 1.1× the median. (47 countries reporting)
- Morocco's 93.01 is above the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 87.84, 1.1× the median. (23 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Starting a business - Score in Morocco changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | +33.6% | 61.57 | 82.24 |
| 2004 | +31.5% | 46.83 | 61.57 |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 75.85 | 46.83 | 86.2 | 7 |
| 2010s | 89.68 | 86.3 | 93.01 | 10 |
Countries ranked near Morocco
More private sector data for Morocco
- Merchandise trade 75.2% (2025)
- Food imports 11.2% (2024)
- Manufactures imports 68.7% (2024)
- Merchandise imports 87.39 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 12.5% (2024)
- Manufactures exports 82.9% (2024)
- Merchandise exports 49.78 billion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 1,295 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.2729 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate 10.06 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is starting a business - score in Morocco?
- Starting a business - score in Morocco was 93.01 in 2019, according to the World Bank.
- What is the highest starting a business - score recorded in Morocco?
- The highest recorded value was 93.01 in 2019.
- What is the lowest starting a business - score recorded in Morocco?
- The lowest recorded value was 46.83 in 2003.
- How does Morocco rank for starting a business - score?
- Morocco ranks 43rd out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
- Is starting a business - score rising or falling in Morocco?
- Over the last ten years it is up 7.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Morocco data come from?
- The figures come from the World Bank, published as part of Starting a business - Score. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The score for starting a business is the simple average of the scores for each of the component indicators: the procedures, time and cost for an entrepreneur to start and formally operate a business, as well as the paid-in minimum capital requirement.