Morocco: Increase in the employment rate in 2021

In its note on the main characteristics of the employed population in 2021, the HCP indicated that the employment rate of young people aged 15-29 years is maintained at 25.4% between 2020 and 2021, it is 2.8 points below its pre-crisis level, or 28.2% in 2019. The employment rate of 30-44 year-olds has risen slightly by 0.4 percentage points to 54.8%, compared with 56.8% one year before the health crisis.

 

The distribution of employed persons by sector of activity shows that the service sector is in first place with 4 935 000 persons, followed by agriculture, forestry and fishing with 3 364 000 persons, industry with 1 261 000 persons and, finally, construction with 1 210 000 persons.

 

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