Upskilling and reskilling outlook 53 Global41 Would not need tra ining by 203023 Global29 Would be upsk illed in the ir current role13 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 44%31%25% 48% 30% 22% 2030 29%32%39% 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 Region Global REGION GLOBAL Improvements to publ ic educat ion systems 61% 47% Fund ing for r eskilling and upsk illing 55% 55% Provision of r eskilling and upsk illing 52% 52% Flexibility on sett ing wages 38% 38% Flexibility on h iring and ﬁr ing pract ices 36% 44% 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 Region Global REGION GLOBAL Skills gaps in the labour market 75% 63% Organization cultur e and r esistance to change 35% 46% Shortage of investment cap ital 35% 26% Lack of adequate data and techn ical infrastructur e 29% 32% Outdated or inﬂex ible r egulator y framework 28% 39%Wage outlook Wage trends Share of organ izations pr oject ing the shar e of wages and other for ms of workers’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 66%31%3% 52% 41% 7% 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 27% -100% +100% 30% Talent development of ex isting workfor ce 2% -100% +100% 80% Talent r etent ion of ex isting workfor ce 6% -100% +100% 66%DEI Actions Share of employers surveyed plann ing to implement the d ivers ity, equ ity and inclus ion measur e 42 Global48 Targeted r ecruitment, r etent ion and progression initiatives38 Global39 Pay equ ity reviews and salar y aud its31 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 62 Global69 Hiring new people w ith sk ills to des ign AI tools and enhancements appr opriate for the organ ization-spec iﬁc sk ills54 Global77 Resk illing and upsk illing your ex isting workfor ce to better work alongs ide AI48 Global62 Hiring new people w ith sk ills to better work alongs ide AI2 / 2 Region Proﬁle Central AsiaWorking Age Population (Millions) 33.1 Future of Jobs Report 2025 223