Top 10 jobs, 2023-2027 FIGURE 2.19 Source World Economic Forum Future of Jobs Report 2023.NoteA. The jobs for which employment ﬁgures are expected to increase the most in real terms from 2023 to 2027 when survey responses are normalized to labour-market statistics from the ILO.B. The jobs which survey respondents expect to grow most quickly from 2023 to 2027 as a fraction of present employment ﬁgures. 1st Agricultural Equipment Operators 2nd Heavy Truck and Bus Drivers 3rd Vocational Education Teachers 4th Mechanics and Machinery Repairers 5th Business Development Professionals 6th Building Frame and Related Trades Workers 7th University and Higher Education Teachers 8th Electrotechnology Engineers 9th Sheet and Structural Metal Workers, Moulders, and Welders 10th Special Education Teachers 1st AI and Machine Learning Specialists 2nd Sustainability Specialists 3rd Business Intelligence Analysts 4th Information Security Analysts 5th Fintech Engineers 6th Data Analysts and Scientists 7th Robotics Engineers 8th Electrotechnology Engineers 9th Agricultural Equipment Operators 10th Digital Transformation SpecialistsA. Top 10 largest growth jobs B. Top 10 fastest growing jobs will not be evenly distributed between or within economies. In many cases, jobs created will not be in the same location, industry or skills bracket as available or displaced workers, thus relying on labour mobility to fill them. A growing labour mismatch between countries is already evident from EOS results: Labour shortages feature in the top five risk rankings for 52 countries over the next two years, while, in comparison, Unemployment features in the top five risks in 30 countries. As shown in Figure 2.20, nearly all countries surveyed include at least one of these risks in their top 10 rankings: low- and lower-middle income countries tend to rank Unemployment higher, while upper-middle and high-income respondents are more concerned about Labour shortages. Job creation in respective economies over the coming decade will be materially shaped by access to and selected deployment of investment for the climate and tech-related transitions. For example, both are being widely supported by governments, with funding and subsidies targeted at the domestic growth of related industries (Chapter 2.4: AI in charge). Benjamin Disinger, Unsplash Global Risks Report 2024 60

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