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Nizar Baraka

Nizar Baraka

🇲🇦Morocco

Rank #220
Score: 53
About Nizar Baraka

Nizar Baraka (b.1964) is a politician and economist. He has held important ministerial roles (Finance, Economy) and leads the Istiqlal Party. Baraka is known for his technocratic approach, economic planning, and social-welfare advocacy in the context of Morocco’s political economy.

Scoring Breakdown
Detailed analysis of the politician's score.

HDI
Morocco HDI ~0.7106/10
Source: UNDP — Morocco HDI 2025 (2025 )
GDP per capita
GNI per capita ~ US$8,6536/10
Source: Morocco World News — HDI report (2025 )
Gini coefficient
Inequality context (proxy)3/10
Source: TheGlobalEconomy — Morocco Gini index (2021 )
Employment rate
Labour / employment-population ratio3/5
Source: World Bank / ILO — Morocco employment data (2023 )
Freedom index
Freedom House — political environment / civil liberties4/10
Source: Freedom House — Morocco country report (2024 )
Corruption index
CPI = 37/100 (2024)3/5
Source: Morocco World News — corruption ranking (2024 )

Derived Criminal Score
No documented criminal convictions20/20
Source: Public record / media (2025 )