Youth unemployment — all countries

Youth unemployment — Morocco

Youth unemployment in Morocco in 2025 — 21.88%. Ranked 145 in the world out of 182. Since 1991, the indicator has risen by 2.15 pp.

2025 21.88% −0.49 pp vs 2024
World rank 145of 182
Period maximum 26.8%2020
Period minimum 15.44%2004

Trend over time

1991–2025 · % of labor force aged 15–24

Youth unemployment — Morocco, 1991–20251520253019911995199920032007201120152019202320251991: 19.74%1992: 20.07%1993: 20.38%1994: 20.28%1995: 20.52%1996: 19.89%1997: 20.61%1998: 20%1999: 20.64%2000: 20.39%2001: 18.87%2002: 17.6%2003: 17.04%2004: 15.44%2005: 15.71%2006: 16.47%2007: 15.6%2008: 18.2%2009: 16.65%2010: 17.62%2011: 17.93%2012: 18.64%2013: 19.16%2014: 19.97%2015: 20.83%2016: 22.27%2017: 22.17%2018: 22.43%2019: 22.48%2020: 26.8%2021: 25.05%2022: 22.71%2023: 21.97%2024: 22.37%2025: 21.88%
Change over the period: +2.15 pp Annual average: 0.06 pp

Comparison, 2025

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

Morocco 21.88%
World 13.41%
Northern Africa computed 23.56%
Youth unemployment — Morocco, by year Morocco All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 21.88 −0.49 pp
2024 22.37 +0.4 pp
2023 21.97 −0.74 pp
2022 22.71 −2.34 pp
2021 25.05 −1.74 pp
2020 26.8 +4.32 pp
2019 22.48 +0.04 pp
2018 22.43 +0.26 pp
2017 22.17 −0.1 pp
2016 22.27 +1.44 pp
2015 20.83 +0.86 pp
2014 19.97 +0.81 pp
2013 19.16 +0.52 pp
2012 18.64 +0.71 pp
2011 17.93 +0.31 pp
2010 17.62 +0.97 pp
2009 16.65 −1.55 pp
2008 18.2 +2.6 pp
2007 15.6 −0.88 pp
2006 16.47 +0.76 pp
2005 15.71 +0.27 pp
2004 15.44 −1.6 pp
2003 17.04 −0.56 pp
2002 17.6 −1.27 pp
2001 18.87 −1.52 pp
2000 20.39 −0.25 pp
1999 20.64 +0.64 pp
1998 20 −0.61 pp
1997 20.61 +0.72 pp
1996 19.89 −0.63 pp
1995 20.52 +0.24 pp
1994 20.28 −0.09 pp
1993 20.38 +0.3 pp
1992 20.07 +0.34 pp
1991 19.74

Northern Africa, 2025

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

About the indicator

The share of the economically active population aged 15–24 that is unemployed. In almost every country youth unemployment runs two to three times above the overall rate: the young have no experience, and their first entry into the labor market puts them up against more qualified workers. A sharp gap with the overall rate points to structural problems in the transition from school to work.

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