Upskilling and reskilling outlook 52 Global41 Would not need tra ining by 203022 Global29 Would be upsk illed in the ir current role14 Global19 Would be upsk illed and redeployed12 Global11 Would be unl ikely to upsk ill Human-machine frontier Human-machine frontier % of tasks completed by pr edom inantly people, pr edom inantly technology , or a comb ination of both Human Global Comb ination Global Technology Global ALL TASKS Now 43%30%26% 48% 30% 22% 2030 29%33%38% 33% 33% 34%Public policy Public policies to improve talent availability Share of r espondents who agr ee that the par ticular publ ic pol icy has the gr eatest potent ial to increase the talent ava ilability Economy Global ECONOMY GLOBAL Flexibility on h iring and ﬁr ing pract ices 57% 44% Improvements to publ ic educat ion systems 57% 47% Provision of r eskilling and upsk illing 50% 52% Flexibility on sett ing wages 37% 38% Changes to labour laws r elated to r emote work 33% 36% Key barriers for business transformation Transformation barriers Share of organ isations surveyed expect ing the barr iers w ill hinder the ir organ isation transfor mation Economy Global ECONOMY GLOBAL Skills gaps in the labour market 78% 63% Organization cultur e and r esistance to change 30% 46% Outdated or inﬂex ible r egulator y framework 30% 39% Shortage of investment cap ital 30% 26% Inability to attract talent to the industr y 27% 37%Wage outlook Wage trends Share of organ izations pr oject ing the shar e of wages and other for ms of workers’ compensat ion as percentage of the company’ s total r evenues Growing Global Similar Global Declining Global 68%29%3% 52% 41% 8% Talent availability outlook Talent trend Share of r espondents who expect the ir talent ava ilability to improve or worsen in ﬁve years Improving Global average Worsen ing Global average Talent ava ilability when h iring 37% -100% +100% 43% Talent development of ex isting workfor ce 0% -100% +100% 84% Talent r etent ion of ex isting workfor ce 3% -100% +100% 71%DEI Actions Share of employers surveyed plann ing to implement the d ivers ity, equ ity and inclus ion measur e 47 Global48 Targeted r ecruitment, r etent ion and progression initiatives33 Global39 Pay equ ity reviews and salar y aud its27 Global51 Run compr ehens ive DEI tra ining for managers and staff AI Strategy Share of employers surveyed plann ing to implement the stated strategy in response to AI's increasing capab ility and pr evalence 65 Global69 Hiring new people w ith sk ills to des ign AI tools and enhancements appr opriate for the organ ization-spec iﬁc sk ills58 Global41 Downs izing workfor ce wher e AI can replicate people’ s work52 Global77 Resk illing and upsk illing your ex isting workfor ce to better work alongs ide AI2 / 2 Economy Proﬁle UzbekistanWorking Age Population (Millions) 19.8 Future of Jobs Report 2025 217