Arab AI Governance Lab

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Morocco MAR

Regulatory maturity stage: Emerging   Index: 61.0 (rank 8/19)   North Africa

Morocco is placed at the Emerging stage in the 2025 release. National AI strategy: 1st generation; dedicated governance bodies: 2; AI-relevant regulations: 5; data protection law: 2009.

National AI strategy
1st generation
Dedicated AI governance bodies
2
AI-relevant regulations
5
Data protection law
2009
International frameworks referenced
3
OECD.AI registered initiatives
3

Index pillars

Regulation50.0
Readiness43.1
Digital government68.4
Cybersecurity82.4

Indicators

Position among Arab League states with data

Oxford Insights AI readiness, 202543.06
UN E-Government Development Index, 2024rank 900.6841
Human Capital Index, 20240.6078
ITU Global Cybersecurity Index82.41
National Cyber Security Index70.13
Internet users, 2023 (% of population)91.00
AI publications, 2023234

Trends

AI readiness score

2020: 36.422023: 43.342025: 43.0636.4243.0620202025

Human Capital Index

2018: 0.5282020: 0.6152022: 0.6352024: 0.6080.5280.60820182024

AI publications per year

2020: 1622021: 1842022: 2022023: 23416223420202023

Typology coding

Governance type
Multi-stakeholder
Regulatory approach
Horizontal framework law
Enforcement model
Graduated sanctions
Sovereignty posture
Moderate
International alignment
EU and UNESCO
Cluster label (M3)
North Africa Digital Hub

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Cite this profile

Arab AI Governance Lab (2025). Morocco: country profile. https://arablab.ai/countries/morocco/ Data: https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/MOVIFA

 

Sources: Oxford Insights; UN DESA; World Bank WDI; ITU; e-Governance Academy; OECD.AI; Lab coding (F1, M3).