Morocco reports decreased unemployment rate 10/08/2006The unemployment rate in Morocco has decreased considerably in the past year, the government announced on Wednesday (9 August). The number of registered unemployed stood at 879,000 at the end of June, falling below one million for the first time in 13 years. The unemployment rate of 7.7 per cent of the population was down from 11.1 per cent in the year-earlier period. The labour force reached 11.4 million in the second quarter. From the year-earlier figures, the rate was 3.5 per cent higher in rural areas and 0.9 per cent higher in urban areas. (MAP, AFP) http://www.magharebia.com/cocoon/awi/xhtml1/en_GB/news/awi/newsbriefs/general/2006/08/10/newsbrief-01//en.yabiladi.com/topics/morocco-reports-decreased-unemployment-rate-44-1293848-1293848.html#msg-1293848 Fri, 05 Jun 2026 05:09:52 +0200 Phorum 5.2.15