Ratba

الرتبة

Rural commune in the cercle of Rhafsai, province of Taounate, Fès-Meknès.

Population, 2024
14,944
Since 2014
−11.2%from 16,825 in 2014
Density
97.2people per km², 153.7 km²
Households
3,848
Foreign residents
1
Rank
448448th most populous of 1,503 communes13th of 49 in its province

Since 2014, the share of people aged 15 and over in the labour force went from 54.9% to 36.1%. Across Morocco, the fall was 6 points.

Its closest match elsewhere in Morocco: Ain Beida. Running water: 1.8% here, 14.3% there; household size: 3.9 here, 3.9 there; Darija: 97.8% here, 98.7% there.

Compare it with Ain Beida

Where it is

Its province, shaded by density, and where that sits in Morocco.

How it changed

Every commune, by how much it grew or shrank between the censuses. The line is Ratba.

Ratba −11.2%

Morocco +8.8%

People and homes

What the census found about the people and their homes. What each figure means · Glossary

Can’t read or write
33.3%aged 10 and over41.9% in 201446.3% among women24.8% across Morocco
Unemployment
19.0%6.5% in 201440.5% among women21.3% across Morocco
In the labour force
36.1%aged 15 and over54.9% in 20147.1% among women41.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 6 to 11
93.6%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
Fertility
2.86children per woman2.25 in 20141.97 across Morocco
Disability
7.5%of people5.7% in 20144.8% across Morocco
Household size
3.9people on average4.6 in 20143.9 across Morocco
Running water
1.8%of settled households0.1% in 201482.9% across Morocco

Age

Men and women by age, each as a share of their own.

Ratba: men and women by age, as a share of each
MenAgeWomen
3.0%75 and over3.7%
2.4%70–742.6%
2.6%65–693.1%
3.7%60–644.0%
4.0%55–594.5%
5.8%50–544.9%
7.2%45–496.0%
7.2%40–447.1%
7.4%35–397.1%
6.5%30–347.0%
5.5%25–296.2%
7.2%20–247.4%
9.6%15–199.3%
10.5%10–1410.6%
9.8%5–98.8%
7.7%0–47.8%

Local languages used

Many people use more than one, so these add up to more than 100%.

  • Darija97.8%
  • Tachelhit0.2%
  • Tamazight0.1%
  • Tarifit0.1%
  • Hassania0.0%
More census figures

Languages read and written

By those aged 10 and over who can read.

  • Arabic99.9%
  • French48.3%
  • English13.3%
  • Amazigh, in Tifinagh0.0%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

  • On foot73.0%
  • Animal14.7%
  • Doesn’t travel to work6.9%
  • Informal transport2.7%
  • Private car0.7%
  • Employer’s transport0.7%
  • Bus0.6%
  • Taxi0.5%
  • Bike or motorcycle0.2%
  • Train0.0%
  • Tram0.0%
  • Another way0.0%

Business and jobs

Every establishment the census mapped, and the businesses among them. What each count covers · Glossary

Establishments
29819.9 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
Businesses
16555.4% of the establishments
Permanent jobs
1791.1 per business
Public services
131
Associations
2in premises of their own
Weekly souks
2counted outside the total
More business figures

Businesses by sector

Every sector but agriculture.

  • Commerce48.5%
  • Services41.8%
  • Industry8.5%
  • Construction1.2%

Businesses by the people they employ

By how many people work there.

  • One person95.8%
  • 2 to 33.0%
  • 4 to 91.2%
  • 10 to 490.0%
  • 50 and over0.0%

When the businesses were founded

The year the business was set up.

  • 2020 or later30.3%
  • 2011–201941.2%
  • 2001–201023.0%
  • 1991–20003.0%
  • 1981–19901.8%
  • 1956–19800.6%
  • Before 19560.0%

Douars

Ratba’s villages and hamlets, as the 2024 census counted them: 26 douars in 6 fractions, with 14,944 people. What each figure counts

DouarKindHouseholdsPeopleDistance from home, km
Paved roadPrimary schoolHealth centre
تامسنيتTamesnite1 douar · 1,728 people
المكملEl MekmelGrouped4471,7280.61.322.2
بني مجروBni Majrou10 douars · 3,200 people
حلابةHallabaIn parts1997071.32.22.3
بني قيةBeni KiaGrouped1163750.62.68.8
النازلةEnnazlaGrouped863140.20.67.0
تازقةTazakkaGrouped602150.43.03.7
امحيالةAmhyalaIn parts973111.63.54.0
بومقبلBou MoqbalGrouped1043490.92.15.5
الرتبة المركزRatba CentreGrouped1645530.20.60.8
امطوطAmtoutGrouped702393.15.95.9
تامزغروتTamzghroutGrouped2376———
الصفيصفEssfisafGrouped1861———
الزغاريينZghariyine5 douars · 3,878 people
الزغاريينZghariyineIn parts5172,1580.42.022.5
ويسلانOuaselaneGrouped1355280.34.137.3
المضلةEl MdlaIn parts1635910.34.237.7
توغيالToughialGrouped1113990.61.429.9
تلاين الحاجTalayen El HajGrouped512022.32.927.8
تازوكارتTazouggart3 douars · 1,538 people
تازوكرتTazoukartGrouped893822.30.46.1
افوزارAfouzarIn parts963755.52.130.9
سرغينةSerghinaDispersed1797814.51.018.8
المكملEl Mekmel4 douars · 2,161 people
تامسنيتTamesniteIn parts3421,1930.51.89.2
لمراجEl MrajGrouped953680.116.930.0
أولاد بن گدارOuled Ben GaderIn parts1064400.21.826.7
الزاويةZaouiaGrouped391601.64.527.7
تاينزةTaynza3 douars · 2,439 people
العدوةEl AdouaDispersed1014404.91.45.5
تاسلةTaslaGrouped612631.81.15.9
تاينزةTaynzaGrouped3791,7361.32.03.9

Names in italics are spelt from the Arabic. How douars get their names

— HCP doesn’t publish the figures of a douar with fewer than 30 households.

In the data

Files and code
Code
03.531.03.11
As digits
035310311
Slug
ratba
OpenStreetMap
3549850
In JavaScript
import { getCommune } from "morocco-communes";

getCommune("ratba");

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