Morocco: share of employment by sector

In 2019, the service sector employed around 44 percent of Morocco's working population, the highest share among the economic sectors. From 2010 onwards, employment in services increased annually. In contrast, the share of people working in agricultural activities declined from roughly 41 percent in 2010 to 33 percent in 2019. The Moroccan industrial sector, in its turn, employed the lowest percentage of workers - approximately 23 percent as of 2019.

Distribution of employment in Morocco from 2010 to 2019, by sector

Characteristic	Agriculture	Industry	Services
2019	33.25%	23.09%	43.66%
2018	34.15%	22.88%	42.98%
2017	35.03%	22.66%	42.32%
2016	35.96%	22.25%	41.79%
2015	36.69%	22.26%	41.05%
2014	37.57%	21.87%	40.56%
2013	38.4%	21.65%	39.95%
2012	39.22%	21.39%	39.39%
2011	39.78%	21.85%	38.37%
2010	40.57%	21.49%	37.94%

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Release date

December 2022

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Region

Morocco

Survey time period

2010 to 2019

Supplementary notes

Figures are estimates.
Figures have been rounded. This may result in percentages slightly over or below 100.

According to the source, employment refers to the "persons of working age who were engaged in any activity to produce goods or provide services for pay or profit, whether at work during the reference period or not at work due to temporary absence from a job, or to working-time arrangement."

The service sector includes "wholesale and retail trade and restaurants and hotels; transport, storage, and communications; financing, insurance, real estate, and business services; and community, social, and personal services".
The agriculture sector includes "agriculture, hunting, forestry and fishing".
The industry sector encompasses "mining and quarrying, manufacturing, construction, and public utilities".

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