As of 2020, whereas 66.8 percent of the active population in urban areas of Morocco were employees, 33.2 percent were self-employed. During the investigated period, the urban self-employment rate ranged from 31.6 percent to 33.2 percent, while the share of employees variated from 66.8 percent to 68.3 percent. On the whole, employment in Morocco is higher in urban than rural areas.
Distribution of the employed population in urban areas in Morocco from 2016 to 2020, by employment type
* Readjusted based on new population projections from the RGPH (census) data as of 2014.
The figures have been taken from several publications.
Employees are defined as those of working age who are engaged in any activity with the aim of producing goods or providing services for pay or profit. Self-employed workers, on the other hand, refer to those who work on their own account with one or a few partners or in cooperative, and whose job remuneration directly comes from profits that are derived from the goods and services that are produced.
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Distribution of the employed population in urban areas in Morocco from 2016 to 2020, by employment type [Graph], Haut-Commissariat au plan, February 3, 2021. [Online]. Available: https://www-statista-com.ezproxy.canberra.edu.au/statistics/1202462/distribution-of-the-employed-in-urban-areas-in-morocco-by-employment-type/
