Unemployment rate falls to 10 percent in Morocco, says planning agency

Unemployment rate in Morocco was decreased to 10 percent by the end of September, after it reached 10.6 percent last year, said Reuters quoting the planning agency.

64,000 people are unemployed in the Kingdom, said the same source, adding that the country created 122,000 jobs in 2017 as compared to the year before when it only provided 89,000 job opportunities.

«Services created 98,000 jobs followed by industry and handicrafts with 19,000», says the British news agency, indicating that the fisheries and agriculture fields created 9,000 jobs.

Meanwhile, 4,000 jobs were lost in the field of construction.