he human resources report attached to the 2027 finance bill, published in October by the Ministry of Economy and Finance, puts the share of women in the State’s civilian workforce at 35.7% in 2026. That share falls to 16.4% in appointments to senior posts.
Of the 1,473 appointments approved by the Government Council from 2016 to the first half of 2026, 241 went to women. Most were appointed directors (208), and only two reached the presidency of a university, out of 25 appointments.
The presence of women varies widely from one department to another. Women make up 68% of Health staff and 51.9% of Justice staff, against 11.9% at the Interior, and National Education, Health and Higher Education alone employ 69.7% of women civil servants.
Appointments follow the same slope, from 31.9% women at Territorial Planning and Housing down to 2.8% at Economy and Finance, where two women were appointed out of 72.
In all, the State counted 574,026 civilian staff in 2026, about 1.6% fewer than in 2016, owing to retirements and to teacher recruitment by the regional academies.
Photo: Brahim FARAJI, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Ministère de l’Économie et des Finances - Projet de loi de finances pour l’année 2027 : Rapport sur les ressources humaines
