Morocco: rural labor force by degree 2016-2020

In Morocco, the rural workforce without a degree in 2020 was more than the workforce with a degree, representing 52.5 percent (approximately 2.6 million people) of the whole active population in the rural areas. The number of active people with a degree also represented 44.2 percent of the rural labor force, as of the same year. The rate of employment based on this criteria proportionally decreased in 2020, compared to 2019.

Generally, the number of degree-holders in Morocco increased over the last seven years, although the rate of unemployment in the country has left most graduates without a career.

Distribution of the active rural population in Morocco from 2016 to 2020, by educational qualification

Characteristic	Without a degree	With a degree
2020	52.5%	44.2%
2019	54.7%	46%
2018	55.5%	46.9%
2017	56.7%	48.1%
2016	56.2%	46.8%

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February 2021

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Morocco

Survey time period

2016 to 2020

Supplementary notes

Figures for all years except 2020, are taken from different publications released by the same source.

The source explains that figures for 2016 are readjusted based on new population projections from the RGPH (census) data as of 2014.

The workforce/labor force/economically active population/active population is made up of both employed (employees and self-employed) and unemployed people, excluding the economically inactive, such as pre-school and school children, students, and pensioners.

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