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Morocco’s unemployment rate stood at 13% in 2025, down 0.3 percentage points from 2024, according to the High Commission for Planning (HCP).
The decline was observed in both rural and urban areas, with unemployment falling from 6.8% to 6.6% in rural zones (-0.2 points) and from 16.9% to 16.4% in urban areas (-0.5 points). As a result, the number of unemployed people decreased by 17,000, bringing the total to 1.621 million.
However, unemployment among women increased by 1.1 points, reaching 20.5%, while it declined among men by 0.8 points to 10.8%.
With the exception of young people aged 15 to 24, whose unemployment rate rose by 0.5 points to 37.2%, all other age groups recorded slight declines. The rate edged down from 21% to 20.9% among those aged 25–34, from 7.6% to 7.2% among the 35–44 age group, and from 4% to 3.6% among those aged 45 and over.
By level of education, unemployment declined by 0.5 points to 19.1% among diploma holders and by the same margin to 4.7% among individuals without any qualifications. The sharpest decreases were recorded among holders of technician and mid-level management diplomas (-2.3 points, to 24%), followed by those with professional qualifications (-1.9 points, to 22%).
At the same time, the structure of unemployment continued to deteriorate. The share of first-time job seekers rose from 49.3% to 52.9%, while the proportion of long-term unemployed (one year or more) increased from 62.4% to 64.8%. The average duration of unemployment lengthened from 31 to 33 months.
According to the HCP, 36.6% of unemployed individuals entered unemployment after completing or interrupting their studies or training, while 25.4% lost their jobs due to dismissal or business closures.
Nearly 47.1% of the unemployed have previous work experience. Among them, 81.3% live in urban areas, 75.4% are men, 58.1% are aged between 15 and 34, and 75% hold a diploma.
Underemployment, meanwhile, increased from 1.082 million to 1.19 million people between 2024 and 2025. It rose from 585,000 to 652,000 in urban areas and from 496,000 to 538,000 in rural areas. The national underemployment rate climbed from 10.1% to 10.9%, increasing from 8.9% to 9.6% in cities and from 12.2% to 13.2% in rural zones.
The number of people underemployed due to insufficient working hours reached 617,000, up from 595,000 a year earlier.
