The Future of Jobs Report 2025 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 Jobs Diagnostic Tools page contains a range of useful tools to identify the main jobs challenges faced by a country—especially those that appear to be binding constraints to improving jobs outcomes for poor people and vulnerable communities.
There is an increasing likelihood of job replacement by AI over time, with significant implications for workforce planning and policy development. Women and lower-skilled workers face disproportionately higher exposure to AI replacement. Office and administrative roles exhibit the highest exposure levels, while roles requiring complex problem-solving, interpersonal skills, or human interaction remain less affected.
This paper introduces the AI Generated Index of Occupational Exposure (GENOE), a novel measure quantifying the potential impact of artificial intelligence on occupations and their associated tasks.
How can green technologies transform youth employment in Africa? This paper examines the transformative potential of green technologies in addressing youth unemployment.
Shifting toward industry and services is important since it fosters the development needed to meet the United Nation’s Sustainable Development Goals. Following Africa Industrialization Day earlier this month, which focused on the expansion of the region’s manufacturing sector, here we take a look at ILO employment estimates and projections to assess progress that has been made and to peek at what’s ahead.
Emerging trends, such as increased digitization, the rise of green energy sectors, and the growing demand for technology-driven jobs, present unique opportunities for Africa to harness its demographic advantages. However, failure to address systemic issues—like limited access to quality education and technological inequities—may hinder progress and exacerbate economic disparities.
With Africa's population set to double by 2050, can enough work be created for the increasing numbers of youth arriving on the continent's labour markets?
The report highlights the need to upskill workers with both technical and soft skills and explains how demographic shifts are challenging social protection models. With two-thirds working informally, it underlines the need to better accommodate gig workers. It shows how agile policies that help improve productivity and that consider the impact of megatrends on jobs and labor demand can effectively drive the transition to a greener digital economy.
Amid structural employment challenges, the Chinese government is ramping up policy support and new employment trends are emerging. Businesses should stay agile, invest in talent, and adapt to changing market dynamics to accommodate the implications.
I&C sector is projected as one of the faster growing economic sectors (i.e. those with the projected growth rate faster than that of the overall economy) in terms of manpower requirements during the period from 2017 to 2027.
Belizes tourism-dependent economy was hit hard by the COVID-19 pandemic, pushing the importance of diversification and resilience to the forefront of discussions. To create a sustainable, resilient, and job-generating economy, the country is preparing for a transition to renewable energy.
