As of the end of 2023, there were 1.58 million unemployed people in Morocco with the agricultural sector having lost 202,000 jobs following the sixth dry year in a row, HCP said in a report.

The unemployment rate was higher among young people at 35.8%. Among graduates, it stood at 19.7% and among women 18.3%, it said.

(Reporting by Ahmed Eljechtimi; Editing by Sandra Maler)