One million net jobs by 2031: the PAM’s employment pledge
The PAM programme promises at least one million net jobs over the term and unemployment cut from 10.8% to 7% by 2031. How the target breaks down, sector by sector.
Among the twenty commitments in the PAM’s 2027-2031 programme, “To change course. One word!”, one of the most visible fits in a single sentence: create at least one million net jobs over the five-year term. Set out in the Citizenship Charter, the pledge is repeated as an overall target by the Growth and Sustainability Charter. Here is how the programme breaks it down.
Five strands for one million
- 250,000 net industrial jobs, through import substitution, a local-production label and equipped industrial zones.
- 270,000 jobs in high-value offshored services, with 12 regional digital hubs.
- 360,000 jobs tied to hosting the 2030 World Cup and its associated activity, between 2026 and 2031.
- 80,000 young farmers settled in rural areas, and 40,000 jobs in the sports economy.
Added together, these strands come to 250,000 + 270,000 + 360,000 + 80,000 + 40,000 jobs, exactly one million. The 80,000 young farmers settled in rural areas and the 40,000 jobs in the sports economy are counted alongside the three main strands of industry, services and the World Cup.
Industry, services and the 2030 World Cup
The first strand relies on import substitution, a local-production label and equipped industrial zones. The second targets high-value offshored services, supported by twelve regional digital hubs. The third ties employment to hosting the 2030 World Cup and related activities between 2026 and 2031: it is the largest strand, at 360,000 jobs, ahead of offshored services (270,000) and industry (250,000).
Unemployment and women’s participation
Unemployment down from 10.8% to 7.0% by 2031, and women’s labour-force participation raised to 21.2%. So the programme does not simply count jobs created: it also sets a target for the unemployment rate in 2031 (7%, against 10.8%) and an objective for women’s labour-force participation.
Young people at the centre
The Youth Integration Charter complements these job creations with measures to help people enter the labour market, covered in the article on Jeel 2030 and a horizon for every young person:
- Extending vocational training and apprenticeships: capacity raised to 150,000-200,000 places a year.
- A “Skills 2030” programme: qualifying and retraining around 500,000 people in occupations with real demand.
- A “first job contract” programme: 500,000 young people over five years, with public support conditional on retention after the subsidised period.
A demanding macroeconomic framework
The programme says employment depends on sustained growth: 5% a year on average over 2027-2031, against 3.7% over 2022-2025, with inflation capped at 2% and a budget deficit below 3% of GDP. These benchmarks are set out in the article 5% growth and financing.
These are programme targets, not results: monitoring them will fall to the government that is formed (see the tracker on forming the government). The full commitments are on the Programme page.
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