Share of employment by sex in industry: Employment in off-farm in Morocco
Morocco: Share of employment by sex in industry: Employment in off-farm was 79.88 % in 2023. ▼ Falling
Share of employment by sex in industry: Employment in off-farm in Morocco, 2000–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in %.
Analysis
The most recent figure for share of employment by sex in industry: employment in off-farm in Morocco is 79.88 %, measured in 2023.
That represents a change of down 0.7% on the previous year and up 0.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of employment by sex in industry: employment in off-farm in Morocco peaked at 85.27 % in 2003 and was at its lowest, 79.56 %, in 2014.
Morocco ranks 18th of 157 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 24 years of available data.
Share of employment by sex in industry: Employment in off-farm in Morocco, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 83.85 % | — |
| 2001 | 84.34 % | +0.6% |
| 2002 | 84.75 % | +0.5% |
| 2003 | 85.27 % | +0.6% |
| 2004 | 82.56 % | -3.2% |
| 2005 | 81.18 % | -1.7% |
| 2006 | 80.95 % | -0.3% |
| 2007 | 80.19 % | -0.9% |
| 2008 | 80.62 % | +0.5% |
| 2009 | 81.84 % | +1.5% |
| 2010 | 80.39 % | -1.8% |
| 2011 | 80.53 % | +0.2% |
| 2012 | 80.06 % | -0.6% |
| 2013 | 79.7 % | -0.4% |
| 2014 | 79.56 % | -0.2% |
| 2015 | 80.28 % | +0.9% |
| 2016 | 79.96 % | -0.4% |
| 2017 | 80.2 % | +0.3% |
| 2018 | 80.44 % | +0.3% |
| 2019 | 80.52 % | +0.1% |
| 2020 | 80.19 % | -0.4% |
| 2021 | 80.53 % | +0.4% |
| 2022 | 80.42 % | -0.1% |
| 2023 | 79.88 % | -0.7% |
Morocco compared with similar countries
- Morocco's 79.88 % is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 50.69 %, 1.6× the median. (40 countries reporting)
- Morocco's 79.88 % is below the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 83.42 %, 96% of the median. (19 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 82.55 % | 80.19 % | 85.27 % | 10 |
| 2010s | 80.16 % | 79.56 % | 80.53 % | 10 |
| 2020s | 80.25 % | 79.88 % | 80.53 % | 4 |
Countries ranked near Morocco
- 15 Lao People's Democratic Republic 37.99 % compare
- 15 Saudi Arabia 81.66 % compare
- 16 Bahrain 81.04 % compare
- 16 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 37.12 % compare
- 17 Tunisia 80.55 % compare
- 17 Melanesia 36.47 % compare
- 18 Polynesia 21.8 % compare
- 19 India 79.2 % compare
- 20 Malta 78.14 % compare
- 21 Burundi 72.24 % compare
More agriculture & rural data for Morocco
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 13.33 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.1055 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 500.5 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.0275 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.3687 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 10.5% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 10.5% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.6% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.1% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of employment by sex in industry: employment in off-farm in Morocco?
- Share of employment by sex in industry: employment in off-farm in Morocco was 79.88 % in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest share of employment by sex in industry: employment in off-farm recorded in Morocco?
- The highest recorded value was 85.27 % in 2003.
- What is the lowest share of employment by sex in industry: employment in off-farm recorded in Morocco?
- The lowest recorded value was 79.56 % in 2014.
- How does Morocco rank for share of employment by sex in industry: employment in off-farm?
- Morocco ranks 18th out of 157 countries with data for 2023.
- Is share of employment by sex in industry: employment in off-farm rising or falling in Morocco?
- Over the last ten years it is up 0.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Morocco data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Share of employment by sex in industry: Employment in off-farm agrifood systems — Value — Male — All age ranges or no breakdown by age — National — Non-agricultural agrifood systems. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The Suite of Gender Indicators presents a set of indicators relevant to agrifood systems that are disaggregated by sex, with the aim of highlighting gender differences across agrifood systems. The initial set of indicators is based on those used in FAO’s 2023 Status of Women in Agrifood Systems (SWAFS) report and on the recommendations of an expert consultation held in December 2023, and covers key dimensions including economic participation, governance, agency, social norms, assets and services, education, health, and nutrition. Indicator selection was informed by expert judgment and by the availability of data with sufficient geographic and temporal coverage to enable meaningful comparisons across regions and over time. While most indicators are produced and published by FAO and other international organizations, the objective of this domain is to provide a one-stop shop for sex-disaggregated data on agrifood systems.