Self-employed — all countries

Self-employed — Morocco

Self-employed in Morocco in 2025 — 40.1%. Ranked 78 in the world out of 182. Since 1991, the indicator has fallen by 9.8 pp.

2025 40.1% −0.3 pp vs 2024
World rank 78of 182
Period maximum 49.9%1991
Period minimum 40.1%2025

Trend over time

1991–2025 · % of employment

Self-employed — Morocco, 1991–20254042.54547.55019911995199920032007201120152019202320251991: 49.9%1992: 49.8%1993: 49.9%1994: 49.4%1995: 49.8%1996: 49.5%1997: 49.6%1998: 49.5%1999: 49.6%2000: 49.7%2001: 49.6%2002: 49.5%2003: 49.3%2004: 49.2%2005: 48.7%2006: 47.9%2007: 47.4%2008: 46.5%2009: 45.9%2010: 45.3%2011: 44.7%2012: 44.1%2013: 43.5%2014: 42.8%2015: 42.5%2016: 42.3%2017: 42%2018: 41.7%2019: 41.3%2020: 41.4%2021: 41%2022: 40.9%2023: 40.7%2024: 40.4%2025: 40.1%
Change over the period: −9.8 pp Annual average: -0.29 pp

Comparison, 2025

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Morocco

Morocco 40.1%
World 46.4%
Northern Africa computed 29.8%
Self-employed — Morocco, by year Morocco All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 40.1 −0.3 pp
2024 40.4 −0.3 pp
2023 40.7 −0.2 pp
2022 40.9 −0.1 pp
2021 41 −0.4 pp
2020 41.4 +0.1 pp
2019 41.3 −0.4 pp
2018 41.7 −0.3 pp
2017 42 −0.3 pp
2016 42.3 −0.1 pp
2015 42.5 −0.4 pp
2014 42.8 −0.6 pp
2013 43.5 −0.6 pp
2012 44.1 −0.6 pp
2011 44.7 −0.6 pp
2010 45.3 −0.6 pp
2009 45.9 −0.6 pp
2008 46.5 −0.8 pp
2007 47.4 −0.6 pp
2006 47.9 −0.8 pp
2005 48.7 −0.5 pp
2004 49.2 −0.1 pp
2003 49.3 −0.2 pp
2002 49.5 −0.1 pp
2001 49.6 −0.1 pp
2000 49.7 +0.1 pp
1999 49.6 +0.1 pp
1998 49.5 −0.1 pp
1997 49.6 +0.2 pp
1996 49.5 −0.4 pp
1995 49.8 +0.4 pp
1994 49.4 −0.5 pp
1993 49.9 +0 pp
1992 49.8 −0.1 pp
1991 49.9

Northern Africa, 2025

The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages

About the indicator

The share of total employment that is self-employed: employers, own-account workers, members of producers cooperatives and contributing family workers. High values in low-income countries reflect not developed entrepreneurship but the absence of wage jobs and informal work in agriculture and small-scale trade.

Source: ILOSTAT (ILO), license CC BY 4.0.