New Economy Skills 2025

Skill importance evolution, 2025–2030, by region FIGURE 18 spurred by recent advancements in AI. These efforts serve as both opportunities to enhance economic prosperity through systematic digitilization and labour-market improvement, as well as responses to competitive pressures to deliver goods and services efficiently. In short, digital skills underpin the modern economy, and organizational reliance on them continues to grow, yet current talent supply does not meet existing demand. Without decisive action to broaden talent pools and improve skill assessment, development and credentialing globally, this will hamper the potential for significant economic and societal advancement. Source: World Economic Forum Executive Opinion Survey 2025.Share (%) of organizations that consider skills to be core skills for their workers. Net difference -100% 100%Central Asia Easter n Asia Europe Latin America and the Caribbean Middle East and Northern Africa Norther n America South-Easter n Asia Souther n Asia Sub-Saharan AfricaAI and big data ProgrammingDesign and user experienceNetworks and cybersecurityTechnological literacy New Economy Skills: Building AI, Data and Digital Capabilities for Growth 28