Middle East Economic Survey

VOL. LIV

No 5

31-Jan-2011

SAUDI ARABIA

Saudi Arabia Needs To Create Five Million Jobs by 2030, Minister Says

On the back of a year in which the unemployment rate stood at around 10%, Saudi Arabias Minister of Labor Adil Faquih has said that the kingdom needed to create five million jobs for nationals by 2030 in order to meet the needs of the new generation coming into the job market. In his keynote speech to the Fifth International Competitiveness Forum in Riyadh...