Morocco passes Washington’s test, Algeria fails

The finding appears in the U.S. Department of State’s Fiscal Transparency Report 2026, published on August 11. Washington examined 139 governments as well as the Palestinian Authority based on their practices observed in 2025. Of the 140 entities assessed, 73 meet the American minimum requirements and 67 fail. Morocco belongs to the first group.

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The assessment covers, in particular, the publication of budgets, public revenues and expenditures, debt, audits, public procurement and, where applicable, the transparency of state-owned enterprises and natural resources. Washington specifies that this is not a ranking of corruption: passing the test does not mean that a country is not very corrupt, nor does failing prove significant corruption.

Algeria still fails

Algeria, for its part, is among the countries that do not meet the minimum requirements and that Washington does not consider to have made sufficient significant progress to leave this category.

In its report specifically devoted to Algeria, the Department of State acknowledges that the government publishes, in particular, its proposed budget, its enacted budget and information on its debt. But it criticizes Algeria, among other things, for not making its year-end report available within a reasonable timeframe and for providing insufficiently detailed information on certain state-owned enterprises.

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The result thus highlights a clear difference between the two Maghreb neighbors according to the criteria set by Washington: for 2026, Morocco clears the minimum budget transparency threshold required by the United States, while Algeria does not.