Morocco’s unemployment rate drops to 9.7% in 2015

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Wednesday 10 Feb 2016 - 11:29 Makkah mean time-1-5-1437 Image from marocpress Rabat, (IINA) - Morocco’s unemployment rate slightly dropped from 9.9 percent in 2014 to 9.7 percent in 2015, according to the High Commissioner for Planning (HCP). The number of unemployed decreased by 1.6 percent from 1,167,000 in 2014 to 1,148,000 in 2015, HCP pointed out, adding that the overall rate of unemployment decreased by 19,000 people at the national level, Morocco World News reported. The same source noted that the unemployment rate dropped from 14.8 percent to 14.6 percent in urban areas and from 4.2 percent to 4.1 in rural areas. SM/IINA