Upskilling and reskilling outlook 46 Global41 Would not need tra ining by 203025 Global29 Would be upsk illed in the ir current role20 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 51%34%15% 48% 30% 22% 2030 32%40%28% 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 68% 55% Provision of r eskilling and upsk illing 64% 52% Changes to labour laws r elated to r emote work 54% 36% Improvements to publ ic educat ion systems 50% 47% Flexibility on sett ing wages 36% 38% 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labour market 51% 63% Shortage of investment cap ital 51% 26% Organization cultur e and r esistance to change 46% 46% Outdated or inﬂex ible r egulator y framework 39% 39% Lack of adequate data and techn ical infrastructur e 33% 32%Wage outlook Wage trends Share of organ izations pr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 55%35%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 33% -100% +100% 48% Talent development of ex isting workfor ce 0% -100% +100% 79% Talent r etent ion of ex isting workfor ce 0% -100% +100% 46%DEI Actions Share of employers surveyed plann ing to implement the d ivers ity, equ ity and inclus ion measur e 71 Global48 Targeted r ecruitment, r etent ion and progression initiatives57 Global51 Run compr ehens ive DEI tra ining for managers and staff39 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 89 Global77 Resk illing and upsk illing your ex isting workfor ce to better work alongs ide AI61 Global69 Hiring new people w ith sk ills to des ign AI tools and enhancements appr opriate for the organ ization-spec iﬁc sk ills61 Global49 Re-or ienting your organ ization to target new bus iness oppor tunities cr eated by AI2 / 2 Region Proﬁle Sub-Saharan AfricaWorking Age Population (Millions) 341.2 Future of Jobs Report 2025 239