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Morocco’s sharp decline in the unemployment rate—from 13% at the end of 2025 to 9.5% in the second quarter of 2026—does not reflect a surge in job creation. Instead, it is primarily the result of a methodological overhaul introduced by the High Commission for Planning (HCP), which has adopted a new generation of labor market surveys.

Morocco added 279,000 paid jobs in the second quarter of 2026, bringing the total number of people in paid employment to 10.643 million, according to the High Commission for Planning (HCP).

The High Commission for Planning expects Morocco’s economy to maintain strong momentum next year, driven largely by a sharp rebound in agricultural activity, before growth slows in 2027.

After the start of the year was marked by international geopolitical tensions and a slowdown in traditional industrial activity, Morocco’s economy is gradually regaining momentum. According to the High Commission for Planning (HCP), growth is expected to reach 5.4% in the third quarter of 2026, supported by the strength of the agricultural sector, although external imbalances and geopolitical uncertainties continue to weigh on the economic outlook.

The High Commission for Planning expects stronger activity to be driven by agriculture, domestic demand and a recovery in manufacturing and extractive industries.

Morocco’s Household Confidence Index (HCI) stood at 60.1 points in the second quarter of 2026, up from 54.6 points during the same period last year, according to the High Commission for Planning (HCP).

Three regions generated nearly 60% of Morocco’s gross domestic product (GDP) in 2024, highlighting the continued concentration of the country’s economic activity and widening regional disparities, according to the latest regional accounts published by the High Commission for Planning (HCP).

More urban, older, and no longer as young, this is what Morocco is expected to look like by 2060, according to the latest demographic projections from the High Commission for Planning (HCP).

Fertility is declining more rapidly in Morocco’s cities than in rural areas. Over the past decade, the urban fertility rate fell from 2.01 to 1.77 children per woman, while the decline in rural areas was limited to 7%. According to the High Commission for Planning (HCP), the trend reflects a generation balancing the rising cost of living, professional ambitions, and family plans.