Future of jobs report 2025

Technological change, geoeconomic fragmentation, economic uncertainty, demographic shifts and the green transition - individually and in combination - are among the major drivers expected to shape and transform the global labour market by 2030. This report brings together the perspective of over 1,000 leading global employers - collectively representing more than 14 million workers across 22 industry clusters and 55 economies from around the world - to examine how these macrotrends impact jobs and skills, and the workforce transformation strategies employers plan to embark on in response, across the 2025 to 2030 timeframe.

The report begins by outlining the five macrotrends impacting the labour market. Chapter 2 discusses how organizations expect jobs to evolve, including which jobs are predicted to grow and decline fastest, and the trends driving these changes. Chapter 3 looks at projected changes to the skills needed in the labour market, before Chapter 4 analyses the workforce practices that employers plan to adopt in their organizations. Finally, Chapter 5 provides insights for the nine regions, 55 economies, and 22 industry clusters that meet the report's statistical thresholds for standalone analysis. The appendix provides a detailed overview of the report's survey and analysis methodology. In addition, the report features a comprehensive set of region, economy and industry profiles. User guides are provided for each of these profiles to support their use as practical, standalone tools.

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