press rank #104 · ~$1,007/mo

Can you live unwatched in Morocco?

Mixed civil liberties, ranked #104 for press freedom. Not individually assessed beyond public indices.

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The privacy scorecard

State surveillance3/5
Facial recognition3/5
No national ID2/5
Data-protection law2/5
Encryption3/5
VPN freedom4/5
Democracy3/5
Free expression3/5
Cash still works4/5
Financial privacy3/5
Crypto freedom3/5
Easy to stay3/5
Off-grid living4/5
8 cameras / 1,000 people press rank #104 ~$1,007/mo national average

Childhood vaccines: recommended, never required

The national programme is free and covers eleven diseases. The health ministry has argued publicly that compulsion would backfire, and coverage sits around 95 per cent without it.

If you skip them: Nothing. No school asks, and no fine exists.

Exemptions: Not needed.

Source: Moroccan national immunisation programme, plus Georgetown AMP EID, survey of national legislation, 2024

Legal & financial exposure

Facts about the law, not a privacy score: whether each one helps or hurts depends on what you are trying to do.

Reports your account balances abroad (CRS)

No extradition treaty with the US

Crypto mining is banned

Cryptocurrency mining is explicitly banned here.

4 of 7 signals are unverified for this country: not shown, rather than guessed.

21 real place in Morocco

Facial recognition, Bitcoin friendliness and cost vary by city even inside the same country.

Casablanca

~$1,000/mo facial recognition unlikely₿ crypto 1/5

Fes

~$1,100/mo facial recognition unlikely₿ crypto 1/5

Fez

~$900/mo facial recognition unlikely₿ crypto 1/5

Marrakesh

~$1,100/mo facial recognition unlikely₿ crypto 1/5

Tangier

~$1,100/mo facial recognition unlikely₿ crypto 1/5

Marrakech

~$950/mo facial recognition unlikely₿ crypto 1/5

Meknes

~$900/mo facial recognition unlikely₿ crypto 1/5

Rabat

~$950/mo facial recognition unlikely₿ crypto 1/5

Oujda

~$850/mo facial recognition unlikely₿ crypto 1/5

Agadir

~$1,100/mo facial recognition unlikely₿ crypto 1/5

El Jadida

~$1,000/mo facial recognition unlikely₿ crypto 1/5

Essaouira

~$1,100/mo facial recognition unlikely₿ crypto 1/5

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Country-level estimates for orientation, not legal advice. Surveillance law changes fast: verify anything you would act on.