A private-sector index places Morocco 15th for selected employment obligations, but its narrow scope and underlying data require careful interpretation.
Morocco scores 75 out of 100 in Employ Borderless’s 2026 Global Employer Burden Index, which covers 192 countries and territories. The publisher lists the country at rank 15, with higher scores indicating heavier statutory obligations for employers.
The Morocco entry records an employer social-contribution rate of 20.1%, severance equivalent to 13.4 weeks of pay and notice of 7.2 weeks. These are the index’s comparison inputs, not a calculation applicable to every Moroccan employment contract. Source: Employ Borderless index.
The methodology weights employer contributions at 50%, severance at 30% and notice at 20%. For the latter two measures, it averages statutory amounts at one, five and ten years of service.
The publisher says much of its severance and notice data comes from the World Bank’s final Employing Workers dataset, dated May 2019. It replaces archived figures where it has verified subsequent legal changes. The 2026 edition therefore should not be interpreted as a dataset collected entirely this year.
Nor does the composite cover every employment obligation: paid leave and certain other benefits fall outside its three scored components. It measures selected legal requirements rather than total employment costs. Source: published methodology.
The ranking offers one perspective on employment regulation. It does not, by itself, show whether Morocco is less competitive overall, whether individual businesses face the same costs, or whether reducing worker protections would create jobs.
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