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Industry reportWorld Economic Forum2025-01

The Future of Jobs Report 2025

By World Economic Forum, Centre for the New Economy and Society

A biennial survey of over 1,000 global employers representing more than 14 million workers across 55 economies, projecting how technology, demographic and economic shifts will reshape jobs and skills to 2030.

Read the official source (opens in a new tab)Verified· checked 2026-09-24

Why it matters

For any organisation building a workforce or reskilling plan around AI, this is the report with the actual employer-reported numbers behind the headline claims about jobs "created" and "displaced" by AI.

Key takeaways

  • Projects 170 million new roles created and 92 million displaced by 2030 - a net gain of 78 million jobs, equal to 22% of today's total employment being disrupted.
  • Technology skills - AI, big data and cybersecurity - are named among the fastest-growing skill demands, alongside enduring human skills like creative thinking and resilience.
  • 63% of employers cite the skills gap as the most significant barrier to business transformation.
  • Nearly 40% of the skills required on the job are expected to change by 2030.

UAE / MENA relevance

The UAE's own workforce-nationalisation and upskilling programmes (including the federal push on AI talent) sit inside exactly the global skills-shift this report quantifies - it is useful context for reading any UAE-specific AI talent initiative.

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Verifiedwww.mckinsey.com/capabilities/tech-and-ai/our-insights/the-economic-potential-of-generative-ai-the-next-productivity-frontier (opens in a new tab)
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