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2025’s Global Labor Force
7.32Billion
(2015)
8.08Billion
(2025)
5.42Billion
(2015)
6.10Billion
(2025)
Total population
Working-age population
The global labor force1
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What trends are shaping
2025’sglobal labor force?
3.46Billion
(2015)
3.85Billion
(2025)
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2025’s Global Labor Force—Key Questions Asked
Political Trends
Economic Trends
Social Trends
• Who will the global labor force comprise and what skills will works need?
• What will be the key age demographics? How will these age groups shift
by region?
• What progress have women made in the labor force?
• What employment models will take off, and how are worker demands
and technology facilitating these advancements?
• What benefit and wage trends will affect labor costs?
• Will AI and automation decrease the value of labor?
• What international goals will affect labor policy through 2025?
• Do reverse migration patterns threaten US and EU labor supply?
• What’s the global status of organized labor?
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2025’s Global Labor Force—Talent Retention Drivers and Restraints
Strong values fit
Job security and organizational
outlook
Pay and benefits
Flexible advancement opportunities
Frequent employment
changes as the generational norm
Freelancing and self-
employment models
Labor shortages in critical fields increasing
competition for talent
Sense of under-employment
Re
lati
ve
De
gre
e o
f Im
pa
ct
Restraints
Drivers
High
Low
High
Low
Key Takeaway: Millennial values will change workplace policies, driving talent retention, while increased connectivity will make leaving current employers that much easier.
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2025’s Global Labor Force—Key Findings
Generation X will
account for over one-fourth of 2025’s
labor force and
millennials almost
half.
AI and automation
promise increased productivity, but experts are split as to how
these technologies will
affect labor demand.
Employers will seek
hybridized labor pools, as Internet-
and mobile-based
employment models
grow.
Aging populations
will greatly influence 2025’s labor market,
increasing dependence on
female and
immigrant labor.
Influence o
f A
gin
g P
opula
tions
Influence of Technology
Young
er
Old
er
Low High
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