HIBAPRESS-RABAT
According to the High Commission for Planning, in its information note relating to the situation of the labor market in Q2-2024, five Regions housed 72.3% of all workers aged 15 and over in the second quarter of 2024
The Casablanca-Settat region is in first position with 22.6% of active people, followed by Rabat-Salé-Kénitra (13.5%), Marrakech-Safi (12.8%), Tangier-Tetouan-Al Hoceima (12%) and Fez-Meknes (11.4%).
Three Regions have activity rates higher than the national average (44.2%). These are the Regions of Tangier-Tetouan-Al Hoceima with 50.1%, Casablanca-Settat with 47.1%, and the South with 44.8%.
On the other hand, the lowest rates are recorded in the regions of Béni Mellal-Khénifra (40%), Oriental (40.4%) and Souss-Massa (41.4%).
Regarding unemployment, five Regions account for 69.5% of the unemployed. The Casablanca-Settat Region comes first with 25.8%, followed by Rabat-Salé-Kénitra (13.3%), Fez-Meknes (11.9%), the Oriental (10.4%) and Tangier-Tetouan-Al Hoceima (8.2%).
The highest unemployment rates are observed in the Oriental Region (21.4%) and the highest unemployment rates are observed in the Southern (22.9%) and Oriental (21.1%) Regions.
On the other hand, three Regions exceed the national average (13.1%) namely Casablanca-Settat (14.9%), Béni Mellal-Khénifra (14.7%) and Fez-Meknes (13.6%).
However, the regions of Marrakech-Safi, Tangier-Tetouan-Al Hoceima and Drâa-Tafilalet recorded the lowest rates, respectively 8.1%, 8.9% and 9.6%.
