Citizen support for democracy in Morocco
Morocco: Citizen support for democracy was -0.6191 in 2020. ▼ Falling
Citizen support for democracy in Morocco, 2001–2020
Source: Claassen (2022) – processed by Our World in Data.
Analysis
In 2020, citizen support for democracy in Morocco stood at -0.6191.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.4% on the previous year and down 24.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, citizen support for democracy in Morocco peaked at -0.1156 in 2006 and was at its lowest, -0.8798, in 2013.
Morocco ranks 90th of 144 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 20 years of available data.
Citizen support for democracy in Morocco, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | -0.7454 | — |
| 2002 | -0.618 | -17.1% |
| 2003 | -0.493 | -20.2% |
| 2004 | -0.3765 | -23.6% |
| 2005 | -0.2445 | -35.0% |
| 2006 | -0.1156 | -52.7% |
| 2007 | -0.2767 | +139.3% |
| 2008 | -0.3508 | +26.8% |
| 2009 | -0.4229 | +20.6% |
| 2010 | -0.4988 | +17.9% |
| 2011 | -0.5709 | +14.5% |
| 2012 | -0.7261 | +27.2% |
| 2013 | -0.8798 | +21.2% |
| 2014 | -0.6118 | -30.5% |
| 2015 | -0.3829 | -37.4% |
| 2016 | -0.4529 | +18.3% |
| 2017 | -0.5339 | +17.9% |
| 2018 | -0.619 | +15.9% |
| 2019 | -0.6166 | -0.4% |
| 2020 | -0.6191 | +0.4% |
Morocco compared with similar countries
- Morocco's -0.6191 is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is -0.6191, 1.0× the median. (35 countries reporting)
- Morocco's -0.6191 is above the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is -0.8121, 76% of the median. (17 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | -0.4048 | -0.7454 | -0.1156 | 9 |
| 2010s | -0.5893 | -0.8798 | -0.3829 | 10 |
| 2020s | -0.6191 | -0.6191 | -0.6191 | 1 |
Countries ranked near Morocco
More social development data for Morocco
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 7,304 (2025)
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 10,400 (2025)
- Political Rights Rating 5 (2025)
- Electoral democracy 0 (2025)
- Political rights rating fh, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Political rights rating fh, gaps filled 5 (2025)
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 0.0003 units per person (2025)
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 10,400 (2025)
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 0.0002 units per person (2025)
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is citizen support for democracy in Morocco?
- Citizen support for democracy in Morocco was -0.6191 in 2020, according to Claassen (2022) – processed by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest citizen support for democracy recorded in Morocco?
- The highest recorded value was -0.1156 in 2006.
- What is the lowest citizen support for democracy recorded in Morocco?
- The lowest recorded value was -0.8798 in 2013.
- How does Morocco rank for citizen support for democracy?
- Morocco ranks 90th out of 144 countries with data for 2020.
- Is citizen support for democracy rising or falling in Morocco?
- Over the last ten years it is down 24.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Morocco data come from?
- The figures come from Claassen (2022) – processed by Our World in Data, published as part of Citizen support for democracy. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Central estimate of the average extent to which citizens support a democratic political system and reject autocratic alternatives. It combines responses across more than one thousand nationally-representative surveys on how desirable citizens find democracy, how they evaluate undemocratic alternatives (such as a strong unelected leader, the army, or religious authorities), and how they assess democratic and autocratic political systems relative to another.