Future of Jobs Report 2025

Upskilling and reskilling outlook 51 Global41 Would not need tra ining by 203023 Global29 Would be upsk illed in the ir current role16 Global19 Would be upsk illed and redeployed10 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 54%25%20% 48% 30% 22% 2030 30%29%42% 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 Improvements to publ ic educat ion systems 70% 47% Changes to labour laws r elated to r emote work 60% 36% Flexibility on sett ing wages 50% 38% Fund ing for r eskilling and upsk illing 50% 55% Provision of r eskilling and upsk illing 50% 52% 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 Organization cultur e and r esistance to change 50% 46% Shortage of investment cap ital 50% 26% Skills gaps in the labour market 44% 63% Outdated or inflex ible r egulator y framework 44% 39% Lack of adequate data and techn ical infrastructur e 39% 32%Wage outlook Wage trends Share of organ izations pr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 40%50%10% 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 50% -100% +100% 40% Talent development of ex isting workfor ce 10% -100% +100% 90% Talent r etent ion of ex isting workfor ce 10% -100% +100% 50%DEI Actions Share of employers surveyed plann ing to implement the d ivers ity, equ ity and inclus ion measur e 70 Global48 Targeted r ecruitment, r etent ion and progression initiatives60 Global51 Run compr ehens ive DEI tra ining for managers and staff40 Global42 Set DEI goals, targets or quotas AI Strategy Share of employers surveyed plann ing to implement the stated strategy in response to AI's increasing capab ility and pr evalence 82 Global77 Resk illing and upsk illing your ex isting workfor ce to better work alongs ide AI55 Global47 Transitioning people fr om jobs that AI w ill cause to decl ine, to other r oles w ithin your organ ization55 Global49 Re-or ienting your organ ization to target new bus iness oppor tunities cr eated by AI2 / 2 Economy Profile ZimbabweWorking Age Population (Millions) 6.3 Future of Jobs Report 2025 221