The unemployment rate in Morocco decreased to 13.1% in Q3 2025, down from 13.6% in the same period a year earlier. The number of unemployed fell by 54,000 to 1.63 million, while employment increased by 167,000 to 10.83 million. Meanwhile, the labor force grew by 112,000 to 12.46 million. The unemployment rate among young people declined to 38.4% from 39.5%, while it fell to 19.0% from 19.8% among graduates and to 10.6% from 13.0% among men. Among the employed, the construction sector added 90,000 new jobs, the services sector created 94,000, and the industrial sector contributed 29,000. In contrast, agriculture, forestry, and fishing saw a decline of 47,000 jobs. source: Haut Commissariat au Plan

Unemployment Rate in Morocco increased to 13.10 percent in the third quarter of 2025 from 12.80 percent in the second quarter of 2025. Unemployment Rate in Morocco averaged 10.83 percent from 1999 until 2025, reaching an all time high of 15.10 percent in the third quarter of 1999 and a record low of 7.80 percent in the second quarter of 2006. This page provides - Morocco Unemployment Rate - actual values, historical data, forecast, chart, statistics, economic calendar and news. Morocco Unemployment Rate - data, historical chart, forecasts and calendar of releases - was last updated on February of 2026.

Unemployment Rate in Morocco increased to 13.10 percent in the third quarter of 2025 from 12.80 percent in the second quarter of 2025. Unemployment Rate in Morocco is expected to be 13.30 percent by the end of this quarter, according to Trading Economics global macro models and analysts expectations. In the long-term, the Morocco Unemployment Rate is projected to trend around 12.80 percent in 2027, according to our econometric models.



Calendar GMT Reference Actual Previous Consensus TEForecast
2025-08-04 02:45 AM
Unemployment Rate
Q2 12.8% 13.3% 13.1%
2025-11-04 02:00 AM
Unemployment Rate
Q3 13.1% 12.8% 13.50%
2026-02-03 02:00 AM
Unemployment Rate
Q4 13.1% 12.9%


Related Last Previous Unit Reference
Employed Persons 10833.00 10863.00 Thousand Sep 2025
Employment Rate 37.60 37.90 percent Sep 2025
Population 37.71 37.37 Million Dec 2025
Unemployed Persons 1629.00 1595.00 Thousand Sep 2025
Unemployment Rate 13.10 12.80 percent Sep 2025


Morocco Unemployment Rate
In Morocco, the unemployment rate measures the number of people actively looking for a job as a percentage of the labour force.
Actual Previous Highest Lowest Dates Unit Frequency
13.10 12.80 15.10 7.80 1999 - 2025 percent Quarterly

News Stream
Morocco Jobless Rate Falls to 13.1% in Q3
The unemployment rate in Morocco decreased to 13.1% in Q3 2025, down from 13.6% in the same period a year earlier. The number of unemployed fell by 54,000 to 1.63 million, while employment increased by 167,000 to 10.83 million. Meanwhile, the labor force grew by 112,000 to 12.46 million. The unemployment rate among young people declined to 38.4% from 39.5%, while it fell to 19.0% from 19.8% among graduates and to 10.6% from 13.0% among men. Among the employed, the construction sector added 90,000 new jobs, the services sector created 94,000, and the industrial sector contributed 29,000. In contrast, agriculture, forestry, and fishing saw a decline of 47,000 jobs.
2025-11-04
Morocco Jobless Rate Falls to 2-Year Low
The unemployment rate in Morocco decreased to 12.8% in Q2 of 2025, down from 13.1% in the same period of the previous year. It marked the lowest jobless rate since Q2 of 2023, as the number of unemployed dropped by 38 thousand to a six-quarter low of 1.595 million, while the number of employed increased by 5 thousand to a two-year high of 10.863 million. Meanwhile, the workforce declined by 32 thousand to 12.458 million. The unemployment rate among young people declined to 35.8% from 36.1%, while it dropped to 19.0% from 19.4% among graduates and declined to 10.8% from 11.7% among men. Among the employed, the construction sector added 74 thousand new jobs, the services sector created 35 thousand, and the industry sector contributed 2 thousand jobs. Meanwhile, the agriculture, forestry, and fishing sectors saw a decline of 108 thousand jobs.
2025-08-04
Morocco Jobless Rate Falls to 13.3% in Q1
The unemployment rate in Morocco declined to 13.3% in Q1 of 2025, down from 13.7% in the same period of the previous year, as the number of unemployed decreased by 15 thousand to 1.630 million and the number of employed increased by 282 thousand to 10.619 million. Meanwhile, the workforce climbed by 266 thousand to 12.249 million. The unemployment rate among young people rose to 37.7% from 35.9%, while it dropped to 19.4% from 20.3% among graduates and edged up to 18.5% from 18.3% among women. Among the employed, the service sector created 216,000 new jobs, the industrial sector added 83,000, and the construction sector contributed 52,000 jobs. Meanwhile, the agriculture, forestry, and fishing sectors saw a decline of 72,000 jobs.
2025-05-05