Upskilling and reskilling outlook 51 Global41 Would not need tra ining by 203026 Global29 Would be upsk illed in the ir current role15 Global19 Would be upsk illed and redeployed9 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 42%26%32% 48% 30% 22% 2030 29%28%43% 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 Fund ing for r eskilling and upsk illing 58% 55% Provision of r eskilling and upsk illing 53% 52% Improvements to publ ic educat ion systems 53% 47% Flexibility on sett ing wages 41% 38% Wage subs idies 41% 26% 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Global REGION GLOBAL Skills gaps in the labour market 63% 63% Organization cultur e and r esistance to change 42% 46% Outdated or inﬂex ible r egulator y framework 39% 39% Lack of adequate data and techn ical infrastructur e 34% 32% Inability to attract talent to the industr y 28% 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 63%27%10% 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 23% -100% +100% 46% Talent development of ex isting workfor ce 5% -100% +100% 69% Talent r etent ion of ex isting workfor ce 14% -100% +100% 58%DEI Actions Share of employers surveyed plann ing to implement the d ivers ity, equ ity and inclus ion measur e 36 Global42 Set DEI goals, targets or quotas35 Global48 Targeted r ecruitment, r etent ion and progression initiatives34 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 73 Global77 Resk illing and upsk illing your ex isting workfor ce to better work alongs ide AI62 Global69 Hiring new people w ith sk ills to des ign AI tools and enhancements appr opriate for the organ ization-spec iﬁc sk ills51 Global62 Hiring new people w ith sk ills to better work alongs ide AI2 / 2 Region Proﬁle Middle East and Northern AfricaWorking Age Population (Millions) 197.7 Future of Jobs Report 2025 231