AI & jobs · Country profile

Morocco

Lower-middle income Capital: Rabat 16 regions
17%
of jobs are in occupations exposed to generative AI. That's about 2M people.
MODEL145th of 183 most exposed World 21%Lower-middle income 16%

Key numbers

Workers in exposed jobsMODEL
2M
of 11.5M in work
Highest-exposure jobsMODEL
2.2%
251K people
People in workILO
11.5M
22% women
UnemploymentWORLD BANK
9.0%
2025
Youth unemploymentWORLD BANK
21.9%
ages 15–24
GDP per capitaWORLD BANK
$4,672
US$, 2025
Internet usersWORLD BANK
91%
of population
AI preparednessIMF
0.43
95th of 165
PopulationWORLD BANK
38.4M
Tertiary enrolmentWORLD BANK
48%
gross ratio
Vulnerable employmentWORLD BANK
36%
own-account & family workers
Urban populationWORLD BANK
63%

Women and men

MODEL

Based on the real occupation mix of women’s and men’s jobs (ILO).

Women: any exposure 24%
Men: any exposure 15%
Women: highest exposure 4.3%
Men: highest exposure 1.6%

Women are +9.2 pts more exposed, mostly because they hold more clerical and administrative jobs.

How it compares

MODEL
Morocco 17%
Lower-middle income 16%
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan 20%
World 21%

AI preparedness

IMF
MoroccoLower-middle income average
Digital infrastructure 0.10
Human capital & labour policy 0.12
Innovation & integration 0.11
Regulation & ethics 0.10

IMF AI Preparedness Index (2023). The four parts sum to the overall score of 0.43 (0–1 scale).

Exposure vs preparedness

Morocco is highlighted. The other dots are all countries with both measures.

Sources: ILO modelled estimates 2025 · World Bank WDI · IMF AIPI · Anthropic Economic Index · Wikidata · Natural Earth. How the estimates are made.

Regions of Morocco