Unemployment rate,Percent in Morocco
Morocco: Unemployment rate,Percent was 13.0% in 2025. ▲ Rising
Unemployment rate,Percent in Morocco, 2006–2025
Source: World Bank.
Analysis
In 2025, unemployment rate,percent in Morocco stood at 13.0%.
That represents a change of down 2.2% on the previous year and up 37.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, unemployment rate,percent in Morocco peaked at 13.3% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 8.9%, in 2011.
Morocco ranks 4th of 71 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 20 years of available data.
Unemployment rate,Percent in Morocco, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2006 | 9.6% | — |
| 2007 | 9.8% | +2.0% |
| 2008 | 9.6% | -2.2% |
| 2009 | 9.1% | -4.7% |
| 2010 | 9.1% | +0.1% |
| 2011 | 8.9% | -2.7% |
| 2012 | 9.0% | +1.7% |
| 2013 | 9.2% | +2.1% |
| 2014 | 9.7% | +5.4% |
| 2015 | 9.5% | -2.5% |
| 2016 | 9.3% | -1.8% |
| 2017 | 10.3% | +10.8% |
| 2018 | 9.6% | -6.5% |
| 2019 | 9.2% | -4.5% |
| 2020 | 11.9% | +29.9% |
| 2021 | 12.3% | +2.7% |
| 2022 | 11.9% | -2.9% |
| 2023 | 13.0% | +9.4% |
| 2024 | 13.3% | +2.3% |
| 2025 | 13.0% | -2.2% |
Morocco compared with similar countries
- Morocco's 13.0% is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 6.9%, 1.9× the median. (6 countries reporting)
- Morocco's 13.0% is above the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 6.6%, 2.0× the median. (10 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Unemployment rate,Percent in Morocco changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | +29.9% | 9.2% | 11.9% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 9.5% | 9.1% | 9.8% | 4 |
| 2010s | 9.4% | 8.9% | 10.3% | 10 |
| 2020s | 12.6% | 11.9% | 13.3% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Morocco
More reference data data for Morocco
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 0.34 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 4.89 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 8.9 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 0.4441 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Agricultural Soils 8.9 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 1.14 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure Management 0.4159 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 21.09 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 38.3 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 2.42 (2050)
Frequently asked questions
- What is unemployment rate,percent in Morocco?
- Unemployment rate,percent in Morocco was 13.0% in 2025, according to the World Bank.
- What is the highest unemployment rate,percent recorded in Morocco?
- The highest recorded value was 13.3% in 2024.
- What is the lowest unemployment rate,percent recorded in Morocco?
- The lowest recorded value was 8.9% in 2011.
- How does Morocco rank for unemployment rate,percent?
- Morocco ranks 4th out of 71 countries with data for 2025.
- Is unemployment rate,percent rising or falling in Morocco?
- Over the last ten years it is up 37.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Morocco data come from?
- The figures come from the World Bank, published as part of Unemployment rate,Percent,,,. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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