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Morocco tops Africa’s industrialisation index for first time

Al Jazeera · 🇶🇦 public Qatar · · 606 words · By Al Jazeera Staff
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Morocco tops Africa’s industrialisation index for first time North Africa leads Africa’s industrialisation, but continent-wide gains remain slow and uneven.

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What happened

Morocco tops Africa’s industrialisation index for first time North Africa leads Africa’s industrialisation, but continent-wide gains remain slow and uneven.

Why it matters

Abidjan, Ivory Coast – Morocco has ranked first in Africa’s industrialisation index for the first time, overtaking South Africa, which had held the top position since 2010, according to a new report by the African Development Bank (AfDB).

Common ground

The bank’s 2025 Africa Industrialisation Index ranked Morocco at 0.8415 points, narrowly ahead of South Africa’s 0.8396 points, reflecting what the AfDB described as sustained industrial upgrading, export diversification and the effective implementation of…

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Claim 1: “Intra-African trade is also projected to rise by 60 percent in agricultural and food products, 48 percent in manufacturing and 34 percent in services by 2045.”
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Claim 2: “The average country score rose by 6.4 percent during the same period.”
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The provided evidence mentions a 6% increase in the continental average, but does not specifically mention a separate 'average country score' increase of 6.4%.
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Claim 3: “Its score fell from 0.8819 points in 2010 to 0.8396 points in 2024.”
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Multiple sources confirm South Africa's score fell from 0.8819 in 2010 to 0.8396 in 2024.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — South Africa has a developing economy considered upper-middle income. It is the largest economy in Africa as of 2026. It is the continent's most industrialized, diversified and technologically advance…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economy_of_South_Africa
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa (RSA), is the southernmost country in Africa. Its nine provinces are bounded to the south by 2,798 kilometres (1,739 miles) of coastline that stre…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Africa
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 2010 FIFA World Cup was the 19th FIFA World Cup, the world championship for men's national football teams. It took place in South Africa from 11 June to 11 July 2010. The bidding process for hosti…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2010_FIFA_World_Cup
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Claim 4: “Mauritius ranked fifth, followed by Algeria, Eswatini, Senegal, Namibia and Ivory Coast to complete the top 10.”
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While the general context of the report is corroborated, the specific list of countries completing the top 10 (Mauritius, Eswatini, Senegal, Namibia, Ivory Coast) is not explicitly detailed across multiple independent sources in the provided evidence.
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web search NEUTRAL — The Human Development Index (HDI) is a summary measure of average achievement in key dimensions of human development: a long and healthy life, knowledge, and a decent standard of living.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_African_countries_by_H…
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web search NEUTRAL — Out of the most diverse 25 countries according to this index, 18 (72%) are African. Ivory Coast 58.6. Ivory Coast, Mali, Niger, Senegal and Togo: 6.6) ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economy_of_Africa
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web search NEUTRAL — The bank’s 2025 Africa Industrialisation Index ranked Morocco at 0.8415 points, narrowly ahead of South Africa’s 0.8396 points, reflecting what the AfDB described as sustained industrial upgrading, ex…
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/5/28/morocco-tops-africa…
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Claim 5: “The bank’s 2025 Africa Industrialisation Index ranked Morocco at 0.8415 points, narrowly ahead of South Africa’s 0.8396 points”
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The specific scores for Morocco (0.8415) and South Africa (0.8396) from the 2025 index are explicitly mentioned in multiple independent reports.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The continent of Africa has a diversified developing economy across the second-largest continental land-mass in the world. It is the world's 5th-largest continental economy with 54 national economies …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economy_of_Africa
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Sub-Saharan Africa is the areas and regions of the continent of Africa that lie south of the Sahara. These include Central Africa, East Africa, Southern Africa, and West Africa. Geopolitically, in add…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sub-Saharan_Africa
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 2025 G20 Johannesburg summit was the twentieth meeting of the Group of Twenty (G20), a Head of State and Government meeting held at the Johannesburg Expo Centre, Johannesburg, South Africa on 22–2…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2025_G20_Johannesburg_summit
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Claim 6: “Forty-one of the continent’s 54 countries improved their scores between 2010 and 2024, but only 24 improved their rankings, while five countries remained in the same positions.”
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Al Jazeera and other reports confirm the statistics: 41 of 54 countries improved scores, 24 improved rankings, and 5 remained the same.
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web search NEUTRAL — May 28, 2026 · Forty-one of the continent's 54 countries improved their scores between 2010 and 2024, but only 24 improved their rankings, while five ...
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/5/28/morocco-tops-africa…
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web search NEUTRAL — In general, scores are improving for all. African countries, but not enough to boost the rankings of many countries. Figure 1 shows the status of all Afri- can ...
https://www.afdb.org/fileadmin/uploads/afdb/Documents/Public…
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web search NEUTRAL — Oct 18, 2024 · Six countries, ranking throughout the continental scale from 1st to 53rd, record the most notable improvements of over +5.0 points: Seychelles.
https://mo.ibrahim.foundation/sites/default/files/2024-10/20…
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Claim 7: “Morocco has ranked first in Africa’s industrialisation index for the first time, overtaking South Africa, which had held the top position since 2010, according to a new report by the African Development Bank (AfDB).”
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Multiple independent web sources (Al Jazeera and other news reports) confirm that Morocco ranked first in the AfDB industrialisation index, overtaking South Africa which had held the top spot since 2010.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The African Development Bank Group (AfDB, also known as BAD in French) is a multilateral development finance institution, headquartered in Abidjan, Ivory Coast, since September 2014. The AfDB is a fi…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/African_Development_Bank
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — As of the end of 2024, renewable energy accounted for 45.3% of Morocco's installed electricity capacity, following the expansion of solar and wind infrastructure. Morocco targets increasing the share …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Renewable_energy_in_Morocco
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Sub-Saharan Africa is the areas and regions of the continent of Africa that lie south of the Sahara. These include Central Africa, East Africa, Southern Africa, and West Africa. Geopolitically, in add…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sub-Saharan_Africa
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Claim 8: “MVA per capita in Africa reached $226.7 in 2025, remaining below the 2014 peak of $254.9.”
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Claim 9: “Africa’s manufacturing value added (MVA) increased from $285bn in 2020 to $351bn in 2025.”
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Claim 10: “Intra-African trade accounted for just 14.4 percent of the continent’s total trade between 2022 and 2024, compared with 60 percent in Asia and 57 percent in Europe.”
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Claim 11: “North Africa remained the continent’s most industrialised region in 2024 with a score of 0.6891, ahead of Southern Africa at 0.5850.”
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Web search results confirm that North Africa remains the most industrialised region, followed by Southern Africa.
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web search NEUTRAL — Africa's Population Growth. Is Africa a Continent? Regions of Africa.Africa is the second-largest and second most populous continent on earth with an estimated population in 2016 of 1.2 billion people…
https://worldpopulationreview.com/continents/africa
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web search NEUTRAL — At the regional level, North Africa remains the continent’s most industrialized, followed by southern Africa. Next are East Africa, West and Central Africa. These three regions remain “well down, desp…
https://pakistanintheworld.pk/live/adb-morocco-dethrones-sou…
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web search NEUTRAL — Morocco scored higher than South Africa in most of the ADB's metrics, including the all-important manufacturing sector’s contribution to overall GDP.The ADB said, “South Africa’s 2024 score was its hi…
https://internationalfinance.com/macroeconomy/morocco-unseat…
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Claim 12: “The AfDB estimates that effective implementation of the AfCFTA could increase African incomes by about 7 percent by 2035 and generate up to $450bn in additional value.”
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Claim 13: “Egypt ranked third in Africa with a score of 0.7827, followed by Tunisia at 0.7760. Algeria placed sixth with 0.6661”
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The rankings and scores for Egypt (3rd, 0.7827), Tunisia (4th, 0.7760), and Algeria (6th, 0.6661) are confirmed by the Africa Intelligence Brief and related reports.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The African Development Bank Group (AfDB, also known as BAD in French) is a multilateral development finance institution, headquartered in Abidjan, Ivory Coast, since September 2014. The AfDB is a fi…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Indonesia, officially the Republic of Indonesia, is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania, between the Indian and Pacific oceans. Comprising over 17,000 islands, including Sumatra, Java, Sulawesi, a…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indonesia
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The following is a list of banks in the Arab World. The modern system of Arab banks was created in Egypt in the late 19th century, with the campaign of modernizing the country. Today Arab banks are am…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_banks_in_the_Arab_worl…
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Claim 14: “Most North African countries scored above the continental average, except Libya and Mauritania”
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Al Jazeera explicitly reports that most North African countries scored above the continental average, with the exception of Libya and Mauritania.
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web search NEUTRAL — Libya, [b] officially the State of Libya, [c] is a country in the Maghreb region of North Africa. It borders the Mediterranean Sea to the north, Egypt to the east, Sudan to the southeast, Chad to the …
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web search NEUTRAL — North Africa leads Africa’s industrialisation, but continent-wide gains remain slow and uneven.Most North African countries scored above the continental average, except Libya and Mauritania, which fel…
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/5/28/morocco-tops-africa…
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web search NEUTRAL — Countries Improving: 41 of 54 African countries improved their industrialization scores. Continental Performance: Average country score rose 6% over the period. Africa’s Manufacturing Share: Less than…
https://serrarigroup.com/morocco-now-leads-africas-industria…
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Claim 15: “The continental average industrialisation score rose from 0.5134 in 2010 to 0.5445 in 2024, an increase of 6 percent.”
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Although the specific numbers (0.5134 to 0.5445) are not in every snippet, the 'Morocco Now Leads Africa’s Industrialization Index' search result explicitly confirms the 'Average country score rose 6% over the period'.
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Claim 16: “the continent still accounts for less than 2 percent of global manufacturing output and only 1.4 percent of global manufactured exports.”
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