National Power · October 2026 vintage

Morocco

63.03

Rank 33 of 195 countries

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Absolute64.7Strategic49.3Strategic57.9Power51.6Resilience55.9Reach21.2Sovereignty38.8Institutional55.4Trajectory67.2

Why this ranking

Strengths

  • the OCP phosphate monopoly — ~70% of the world's reserves: whoever feeds the planet's fields holds a leash on the future of food
  • co-host of the 2030 World Cup with Spain and Portugal — stadiums, rails, and airports arriving on schedule, a decade of proof before a ball is kicked
  • Tanger Med — Africa's largest port and a top Mediterranean container hub: the Strait of Gibraltar now works for Morocco

Drags

  • water stress — the drought years are getting longer: dam levels decide the harvest before the farmers do
  • youth unemployment — a young population is an asset only when it has jobs; too many graduates are still waiting
  • phosphate-price exposure — the monopoly is a leash in both directions: when fertilizer prices fall, the treasury feels it first
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All strengths

  • the OCP phosphate monopoly — ~70% of the world's reserves: whoever feeds the planet's fields holds a leash on the future of food
  • co-host of the 2030 World Cup with Spain and Portugal — stadiums, rails, and airports arriving on schedule, a decade of proof before a ball is kicked
  • Tanger Med — Africa's largest port and a top Mediterranean container hub: the Strait of Gibraltar now works for Morocco
  • an automotive and aerospace export hub — Renault and Stellantis build here for the world, not for the neighborhood
  • two decades of unbroken stability and growth — the country that reformed instead of burning
  • at peace — the rarest strategic luxury: full attention for building instead of bleeding

All drags

  • water stress — the drought years are getting longer: dam levels decide the harvest before the farmers do
  • youth unemployment — a young population is an asset only when it has jobs; too many graduates are still waiting
  • phosphate-price exposure — the monopoly is a leash in both directions: when fertilizer prices fall, the treasury feels it first
  • the Moroccan Sahara dossier — the dispute that never closes: it is priced into every diplomatic room Morocco enters
  • no seat at the Security Council table — it lobbies a council it can never command
  • no nuclear weapons — when the final argument is made, this capital negotiates without the only card that ends all negotiation

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