Morocco Lags in Social Protection as Global Coverage Reaches 46.9%, ILO Report Finds

According to the document, only 46.9% of the world’s population benefits from at least one social protection benefit, compared to 53.1%, or nearly 4.1 billion people who do not benefit from it at all, reports Aujourd’hui Le Maroc, specifying that the ILO table indicates that only 20.5% of the Moroccan population benefits from at least one social protection benefit. Only 13.4% of Moroccan children are covered by social protection benefits, and the coverage rate is only 6.8% for people with severe disabilities, 23.4% for the elderly, 39% for workers in the event of a work accident and 17.2% for the active population covered by the pension scheme (active contributors).

"As for public spending on social protection systems, Morocco devotes 4.5% of its GDP to them (excluding health), compared to 7.7% in North Africa, 3.8% in Africa and 12.9% in the world. For public spending on health, Morocco spends 2.1% of GDP, compared to 2.4% in North Africa, 2% in Africa and 5.8% in the world."

"It is important to note in this regard that the coverage rate in North Africa is 33.8% and 17.4% for the African continent. In North Africa, 3 countries are ahead of Morocco, namely Tunisia with a coverage rate of 50.2%, followed by Libya (46.2%) and Egypt (34.7%). The ILO was unable to access data from Algeria. As for Sudan, only 9.3% of the population is covered by at least one social protection benefit," concludes the media.