Mariam El Karimi
Head of Demographic Surveys Unit, High Commission for Planning, Morocco
Mariam El Karimi is the Head of the Demographic Surveys Unit at the High Commission for Planning of Morocco, a position she has held since June 2022. She has been with the High Commission for Planning since 2006, bringing over a decade of expertise in socio-economic household surveys.
From September 2006 to March 2021, Mariam gained extensive experience in the implementation, use, and analysis of socio-economic household surveys. From April 2021 to 2025, she played a key role as a member of the team responsible for developing the methodology, as well as conducting the use and analysis of the 2024 Population and Housing Census (PHC) in Morocco.
In June 2022, Mariam was appointed as the focal point for Morocco in the Washington Group on Disability Statistics, reflecting her commitment to inclusive data collection and analysis.
She holds a degree as a Statistical Engineer from the National Institute of Statistics and Applied Economics of Morocco (INSEA).