Income inequality: Atkinson index in Morocco
Morocco: Income inequality: Atkinson index was 0.2592 in 2023. ▬ Flat
Income inequality: Atkinson index in Morocco, 2010–2023
Source: UNDP, Human Development Report (2025) – with minor processing by Our World in Data.
Analysis
The most recent figure for income inequality: atkinson index in Morocco is 0.2592, measured in 2023. That is the lowest value across all 14 years on record.
That represents a change of down 3.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, income inequality: atkinson index in Morocco peaked at 0.2679 in 2010 and was at its lowest, 0.2592, in 2014.
That places Morocco 83rd out of 174 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the middle of the range.
Income inequality: Atkinson index in Morocco, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 0.2679 | — |
| 2011 | 0.2679 | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 0.2679 | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 0.2679 | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 0.2592 | -3.2% |
| 2015 | 0.2592 | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 0.2592 | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 0.2592 | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 0.2592 | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 0.2592 | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 0.2592 | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 0.2592 | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 0.2592 | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 0.2592 | +0.0% |
Morocco compared with similar countries
- Morocco's 0.2592 is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 0.3514, 74% of the median. (46 countries reporting)
- Morocco's 0.2592 is above the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 0.2385, 1.1× the median. (18 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 0.2627 | 0.2592 | 0.2679 | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.2592 | 0.2592 | 0.2592 | 4 |
Countries ranked near Morocco
More poverty & inequality data for Morocco
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via the World Bank 0 surveys (2025)
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per person (2025)
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Fertility rate vs. share living in extreme poverty 2.23 live births per woman (2023)
- Cereal yield vs. share in extreme poverty 1,240 kg per hectare (2024)
- Cereal yield vs extreme poverty, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Cereal yield vs extreme poverty, annual growth rate -16.33 % change on previous year (2024)
- Tax revenues vs income inequality, gaps filled 20.98 (2023)
- Tax revenue as share of GDP vs. income inequality 21.0% (2023)
- Tax revenues vs income inequality, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is income inequality: atkinson index in Morocco?
- Income inequality: atkinson index in Morocco was 0.2592 in 2023, according to UNDP, Human Development Report (2025) – with minor processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest income inequality: atkinson index recorded in Morocco?
- The highest recorded value was 0.2679 in 2010.
- What is the lowest income inequality: atkinson index recorded in Morocco?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.2592 in 2014.
- How does Morocco rank for income inequality: atkinson index?
- Morocco ranks 83rd out of 174 countries with data for 2023.
- Is income inequality: atkinson index rising or falling in Morocco?
- Over the last ten years it is down 3.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Morocco data come from?
- The figures come from UNDP, Human Development Report (2025) – with minor processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Income inequality: Atkinson index. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The Atkinson index measures inequality on a scale from 0 to 1. Higher values indicate higher inequality. Depending on the country and year, the data relates to income measured after taxes and benefits, or to consumption, per capita.