Madar (Rabat) - Some 70,266 civil servants in Morocco are expected to retire between 2026 and 2030 after reaching the legal retirement age, according to the human resources report annexed to the 2027 Finance Bill, news site Hespress reported on Saturday, October 24, 2026.
National education tops the expected departures with 28,012 civil servants, or 14.9% of the sector's workforce, followed by the Interior Ministry with 15,945 and the Ministry of Health and Social Protection with 5,645. The report, based on data from the Moroccan Pension Fund, also projects 2,792 retirements at the Ministry of Economy and Finance and 2,307 at the Justice Ministry.
Meanwhile, the 2026 Finance Law created 36,985 budget posts, including 500 to be allocated by the head of government among ministries and institutions, 200 of them reserved for persons with disabilities. Interior, Health and Social Protection, and the National Defense Administration received 71.83% of the posts created in 2026, with 35.24% going to Interior and 21.68% to Health.
Between 2016 and 2026, the state created 290,128 budget posts, in addition to 194,000 posts opened since 2016 in the regional education and training academies to recruit teachers. Interior led with 97,090 posts, or 33.5% of the total, followed by Health with 51,000, or 17.6%.
According to another Hespress report, the 2027 Finance Bill provides for 34,454 public-sector openings, mainly at the Interior Ministry (14,200), the National Defense Administration (5,500), the Ministry of Economy and Finance (2,460), the Ministry of Higher Education (1,920) and the prison administration (1,500).
