Young Moroccans prioritize unemployment, health, education, and economy

Young Moroccans prioritize unemployment, health, education, and economy
Tuesday 19 September 2023 - 15:40

The top issues that Moroccan young want their government to focus on are unemployment, health, management of the economy, and education, respectively, according to a recent Afrobarometer poll.

Less than four in ten young Moroccans (38%) believe that their government is doing a good job of meeting their demands for education.

26% of young Moroccans affirm the government effort in enhancing access to basic healthcare, meanwhile 15% and 14% of affirm governmental efforts to improve economy management, and labor, respectively.

Young Moroccans are more likely than older generations to experience unemployment, while having higher levels of secondary or tertiary education than their elders.

21% of Moroccan youth report being unemployed and seeking for work, compared to 4% to 6% of those aged 36 to 55.  9% of the unemployed youth self-identify as students.

More young Moroccans today (69%) than in prior generations have completed secondary or higher education. 

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