North American business employers have the highest share of believing AI and big data will constitute core skills to their workers from 2025 to 2030. Central Asia has by far the lowest share, with only a third of respondents believing these tech skills will be core skills during the period.
Global employers view of artificial intelligence (AI) and big data as core skills for workers from 2025 to 2030, by region
Characteristic
Share of respondents
Northern America
62%
South-eastern Asia
58%
Southern Asia
55%
Sub-Saharan Africa
55%
Middle East and Northern Africa
46%
Eastern Asia
45%
Europe
44%
Latin America and the Caribbean
40%
Central Asia
32%
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