The unemployment rate was higher among young people at
35.3%. Among graduates it stood at 19.8% and among women 18.1%,
HCP said in a quarterly report.
(Reporting by Ahmed Eljechtimi
Editing by Gareth Jones)
RABAT, May 3 (Reuters) - Morocco's unemployment rate
rose slightly to 12.9% in the first three months of 2023 from
12.1% in the same period last year as the farming sector
continues to shed jobs amid the worst drought in decades,
Morocco's statistics agency HCP said on Wednesday.
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