1.36 Million Underemployed in Q2 2020

Posted on September 10, 2020

• This is increase is from 365,000 to 1,359,000 during the second quarter of 2020. • During this quarter the underemployment rate increased from 7.8% to 12.2% in urban areas and from 10.6% to 14.1% in rural areas. • The 1.3 million includes 753,000 in urban areas, while 606,000 reside in rural communities. • The number of underemployed linked to insufficient income or a disparity between training and employment grew from 652,000 to 402,000 across Morocco • This decline mainly affected the sectors of construction by 71%, followed by industry and crafts by 63%, services (54%) and agriculture, and forestry and fishing (41%).