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The unemployment rate in Morocco saw a slight decline of 0.4 percentage points between the first quarters of 2024 and 2025, dropping from 13.7% to 13.3%, according to the recent information note from the High Commission for Planning (HCP) regarding the labor market situation.
This rate was recorded at 16.6% in urban areas (a decrease of 1 percentage point), 7.3% in rural areas (an increase of 0.5 percentage points), 11.5% among men (a decrease of 0.5 percentage points), and 19.9% among women (a decrease of 0.2 percentage points), according to the HCP. The total number of unemployed individuals fell by 1%, to 1,630,000 people, with a decrease of 40,000 unemployed in urban areas and an increase of 25,000 in rural areas.
Among young people aged 15 to 24, the unemployment rate increased by 1.8 percentage points to 37.7%, while it decreased by 0.8 percentage points to 21.2% among those aged 25 to 34, by 0.5 percentage points to 7.5% for those aged 35 to 44, and by 0.6 percentage points to 3.9% for those aged 45 and over.
The unemployment rate among graduates fell by 0.9 percentage points to 19.4%. This decline was more pronounced among holders of technician and mid-level management diplomas (down 3.9 percentage points to 24%) and professional qualification diplomas (down 3.6 percentage points to 21.9%).
Furthermore, the HCP reports that the number of underemployed individuals increased from 1,069,000 to 1,254,000 nationwide between the first quarter of 2024 and the first quarter of 2025, from 571,000 to 662,000 in urban areas, and from 499,000 to 592,000 in rural areas.
As a result, the underemployment rate rose by 1.5 percentage points nationwide, from 10.3% to 11.8%. It increased by 2.3 percentage points to 14.8% in rural areas and by 1 percentage point to 10% in urban areas.
Regarding the volume of the active workforce in a situation of underemployment in terms of hours worked, it increased from 576,000 to 664,000 nationwide. The corresponding rate rose from 5.6% to 6.3%.
The active workforce in a situation of underemployment in terms of insufficient income or a mismatch between training and job held increased from 493,000 to 590,000 nationwide. The corresponding rate rose from 4.8% to 5.6%.
All sectors recorded an increase in the underemployment rate. The construction and public works sector, the most affected by underemployment, experienced the largest increase with 3.6 percentage points (from 19% to 22.6%), followed by agriculture, forestry, and fishing with 2.3 percentage points (from 12.1% to 14.4%), industry with 1 percentage point (from 6.3% to 7.3%), and services with 0.7 percentage points (from 8.3% to 9%).
