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Morocco — Unemployment
Unemployment Rate for Morocco, 1991–2025.
Latest value · 2025
9.00%
Unemployment Rate · % of total labor force · -33.3% since 1991
Unemployment for Morocco was 9.00% in 2025, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 35 years, from 1991 to 2025. The highest recorded value was 14.05% in 1995. The lowest was 8.90% in 2023 (about 1.0× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to -1.19% per year.
Morocco ranks 45 of 187 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 24%. The median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan is 9.00%, so Morocco sits level with it. It peaked in 1995 and has fallen 36% since. Over the last decade (2015–2025) the figure moved down 5%.
Key figures
Latest (2025)
9.00%
First (1991)
13.50%
Change
-33.3%
Highest
14.05%
in 1995
Lowest
8.90%
in 2023
Average
10.96%
Annual growth (CAGR)
-1.19%
Years of data
35
Recent years
| Year | % of total labor force |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 9% |
| 2024 | 9.1% |
| 2023 | 8.9% |
| 2022 | 9.41% |
| 2021 | 10.55% |
| 2020 | 11.19% |
| 2019 | 9.19% |
| 2018 | 9.27% |
| 2017 | 9.22% |
| 2016 | 9.3% |
| 2015 | 9.46% |
| 2014 | 9.7% |
Reading this correctly. Share of the labor force without work but available for and seeking employment. National definitions differ, so cross-country comparison needs care. Figures are in % of total labor force. Comparing this series with a different measure of the same concept (for example a nominal figure against a purchasing-power-parity figure) will give misleading results.
Related data
Source. World Bank Open Data, indicator
SL.UEM.TOTL.ZS — Unemployment Rate. Data licensed under CC BY 4.0. Values are reproduced as published; this page computes the summary statistics (change, CAGR, extremes) from the underlying annual series. View the original dataset on data.worldbank.org.