According to Stanford University’s recently published AI Index 2025 report, Morocco appears strikingly missing from the worldwide artificial intelligence boom, sparking concerns about the nation’s preparedness for the upcoming digital era.
The yearly report, which spans 400 pages and provides an extensive analysis of AI’s global influence on employment, regulations, skills, and research, indicates that Morocco is lagging in most key areas related to artificial intelligence, such as job generation, policy-making, and skill cultivation.
In 2024, as much as 3.2% of job listings in Singapore, Luxembourg, and Hong Kong called for AI skills, whereas Morocco did not appear at all within the dataset. The U.S. also witnessed an uptick with AI-related positions rising from 1.4% in 2023 to 1.8%, highlighting significant changes in employment trends.
In terms of AI expertise, Morocco continues to lag behind. According to LinkedIn statistics cited in the report, substantial numbers of skilled AI professionals were primarily coming from nations with robust AI environments such as Israel (2.0%), Singapore (1.6%), and Luxembourg (1.4%). In contrast, India, Costa Rica, and Portugal have seen dramatic expansions in their AI workforces since 2016, each experiencing more than double the number of qualified individuals.
Morocco was also missing from the global legislative map. Since 2016, 116 countries have enacted some form of AI law or policy, with leaders like France, Canada, Brazil, the UAE, and South Korea putting in place comprehensive regulatory frameworks. Morocco has yet to pass any formal AI legislation, a move experts say could slow innovation and leave the country vulnerable to external digital pressures.
The Stanford report cautions that nations failing to invest in AI infrastructure today may face potential long-term economic and technological exclusion.
The report emphasizes that “AI is more than just a technology; it serves as a driving force for worldwide competitiveness. Nations that delay may struggle to close this gap.”
This information coincides with other countries across Africa, including South Africa, Egypt, and Nigeria, starting to increase their commitments to artificial intelligence through governmental programs, technology centers, and educational changes.
Although Morocco has initiated some developing efforts like the Evosport program which aims at advancing AI in sports and sporadic trial projects in public management and farming, these endeavors still lack coordination and sufficient funding.
As AI prepares to transform industries ranging from healthcare and education to security and governance, the 2025 report from Stanford’s AI Index serves as an urgent alert for Moroccan decision-makers, scholars, and financiers.
The message is clear: to avoid digital dependency and economic lag, Morocco must build an AI strategy now—complete with legislation, education, and infrastructure—or risk being left behind in a rapidly evolving global order.
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