Unemployment in Morocco climbed to 10.5% in the third quarter of 2026, up 0.9 percentage points from the previous quarter, according to the High Commission for Planning (HCP).<\/p>\n
Young people felt the strain most. Joblessness among those aged 15 to 24 reached about 30.5%, while the rate for women stood at 16.7%.<\/p>\n
The labour force numbered 11.7 million people over the period, against 10.5 million in employment. The HCP recorded a net decline of 173,000 people, or 1.6%, compared with the previous quarter.<\/p>\n
These figures cover unemployment in the narrow sense. The HCP defines the unemployed as people aged 15 and over who held no income-generating work during the week before the survey and who, in the preceding four weeks, had looked for a job or taken steps to set up a business.<\/p>\n
In its 2027 budget bill<\/a>, the government has announced a plan to bring young people into education, training and the labour market<\/a>. The programme runs from 2027 to 2031, with an estimated budget of about 6 billion dirhams (around USD 610 million), aimed at bringing down the unemployment rate.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Morocco’s unemployment rate rose to 10.5% in Q3 2026, up 0.9 points, with youth joblessness at 30.5%, according to the High Commission for Planning.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":9549,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[6317,6214,6614],"class_list":["post-9550","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-economie","tag-abraz-al-anawin","tag-haute-commission-plan","tag-finance-bill-2027-3"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t