Human Development & Quality of Life in Morocco
Human Development
Morocco enters the 2025 UNDP report with a 2023 HDI of 0.710 and rank 120, within the high human development group. More revealing for this profile, the inequality adjustment is one of the most consequential parts of this profile: IHDI falls to 0.517, a 27.2% loss. At the same time, the health component is anchored by life expectancy of 75.3 years.
What sits inside Morocco's HDI
The 2023 HDI profile for Morocco rests on life expectancy of 75.3, schooling measures of 15.1 expected years and 6.2 mean years, plus GNI per capita of $8,653 in 2021 PPP dollars. The page keeps those components visible so the composite index is not read in isolation. For a like-for-like reading, treat the value as the published measure before comparing it with a quality-of-life observation.
Inequality changes the headline
The inequality-adjusted measure for Morocco applies a distribution penalty to the same three HDI dimensions. It should therefore be read alongside HDI, not as a separate life-satisfaction score. When using this figure elsewhere, treat the value as the published measure because the evidence is strongest when each metric keeps its own scope.
Gender and planetary-pressure adjustments
Alongside the headline HDI, the published data for Morocco include GDI 0.859, GII 0.438, PHDI 0.679. Each measure has a different definition, so they are not combined. For the profile as a whole, treat the value as the published measure because the surrounding measures answer different questions.
Quality-of-life coverage is conditional
The OECD comparison used here does not provide a life-satisfaction observation that this Morocco page can reproduce. The absence of a published observation is preserved explicitly. For a like-for-like reading, preserve the distinction between level and distribution before comparing it with a quality-of-life observation.
What Morocco's numbers say together
Taken alongside HDI, Morocco's profile includes IHDI 0.517 with a 27.2% loss; PHDI 0.679 after a 4.4% adjustment; GDI 0.859. They are related indicators, but they should not be combined into one country score.
Morocco's HDI is 0.710 for 2023, placing it at UNDP rank 120. The index summarizes health, education and income rather than every dimension of day-to-day well-being.
The IHDI is 0.517, and UNDP reports an overall loss of 27.2% relative to the headline index.
The GDI value is 0.859 in group 5; it should be read alongside, not merged into, HDI.
The PHDI is 0.679, with a 4.4% adjustment from the HDI value in UNDP's 2023 table.
Frequently asked questions
What is Morocco's HDI?
The UNDP table records Morocco at 0.710 on HDI in 2023, with global rank 120.
How does inequality affect Morocco's HDI?
Morocco's Inequality-adjusted HDI is 0.517. The published overall loss is 27.2% relative to HDI.
Why is there no life satisfaction score on this page?
Morocco's page adds a quality-of-life measure only when a comparable dated observation can be sourced.
Is HDI the same as quality of life?
No. HDI combines health, education and income. Life satisfaction adds a different perspective and is therefore not folded into HDI. When the indicator is reused, retain the original indicator definition so the limitation remains visible to the reader.
Sources & methodology
Sources for the development indicators and definitions shown above.
View sources used for this page
Primary source for 2023 HDI and its components, plus IHDI, GDI, GII and PHDI where reported.
Report edition underlying the 2023 human-development indices and ranking.
Data note: Reference years are shown with each indicator; unavailable observations remain unfilled.