Upskilling and reskilling outlook 44 Global41 Would not need tra ining by 203024 Global29 Would be upsk illed in the ir current role20 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 55%19%26% 48% 30% 22% 2030 34%23%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 Provision of r eskilling and upsk illing 57% 52% Fund ing for r eskilling and upsk illing 54% 55% Improvements to publ ic educat ion systems 54% 47% Flexibility on h iring and ﬁr ing pract ices 32% 44% Changes to labour laws r elated to r emote work 29% 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 Region Global REGION GLOBAL Skills gaps in the labour market 71% 63% Organization cultur e and r esistance to change 45% 46% Outdated or inﬂex ible r egulator y framework 34% 39% Insufﬁc ient understand ing of oppor tunities 32% 25% Inability to attract talent to the industr y 29% 37%Wage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 64%29%7% 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 29% -100% +100% 39% Talent development of ex isting workfor ce 7% -100% +100% 74% Talent r etent ion of ex isting workfor ce 22% -100% +100% 48%DEI Actions Share of employers surveyed plann ing to implement the d ivers ity, equ ity and inclus ion measur e 61 Global51 Run compr ehens ive DEI tra ining for managers and staff57 Global42 Set DEI goals, targets or quotas54 Global48 Targeted r ecruitment, r etent ion and progression initiatives 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 ills58 Global62 Hiring new people w ith sk ills to better work alongs ide AI2 / 2 Region Proﬁle Southern AsiaWorking Age Population (Millions) 873.8 Future of Jobs Report 2025 237