Heba Press
The High Commission for Planning revealed today Monday that the number of unemployed increased between the third half of 2023 and the same half of 2024, by 58,000 people, from 1,625,000 to 1,683,000 unemployed, which represents an increase of 4%. , noting that this increase results from an increase in the number of unemployed by 42,000 on average. Urban and 16,000 in rural areas.
The delegation indicated, in its information note on the situation of the labor market during the third quarter of 2024, that the unemployment rate experienced a slight increase during this period, from 13.5 % to 13.6%, due to its increase. by 0.4% in rural areas, going from 7% to 7.4%, and stabilizes at 17% in urban areas.
According to the commission report, the unemployment rate recorded an increase among young people aged 15 to 24 (+1.3 points), going from 38.2% to 39.5%, and among people aged 45 years and over (0.4+ points). , from 3.7% to 4.1%, and among women (1+ point), from 19.8% to 20.8%, with a feeling of delegation.
According to the certificate, adds the report, with the exception of holders of technician and mid-level professional certificates, whose unemployment rate recorded an increase of 2.3 points, and certificates of qualifying secondary education + 0.5 points), this rate recorded a decline among other categories of graduates, and the most significant A decrease among higher education graduates (1.6 points), from 26.5% to 24.9%. »
More than three quarters of the unemployed (78.1 percent) are concentrated in six regions.
The Casablanca-Settat region comes first with 24.9 percent of the total unemployed, followed by the Fès-Meknes region (13.3 percent), the Rabat-Salé-Kénitra region (11.9 percent). ) and the Eastern region (10,000). percent), the Marrakech-Safi destination (9.4 percent) and the Tangier-Tetouan-Al Hoceima destination (8.4 percent).
The highest levels of unemployment were recorded in the southern (24.3 percent), eastern (21.4 percent), Casablanca-Settat (15.3 percent) and Fez-Settat regions. Meknes (15.2 percent).
