Economy Profile Working Age Population (Millions) 1 / 2 Saudi Arabia NA Trend outlook Global trends and their impact on job creation Technologies and their impact on job creation Trends most most likely to drive industry transformation and their expected impact job creation, ordered by net Technologies most most likely to drive industry transformation and their expected impact job creation, ordered effect (share of organizations surveyed) by net effect (share of organizations surveyed) Job creator Job displacer Net effect Global net effect Job creator Job displacer Net effect Global net effect Investments to facilitate the green transition of your business Big-data analytics -100% +100% -100% +100% 65% 48% Supply chains becoming more localized Digital platforms and apps -100% +100% -100% +100% 56% 45% Broader application of Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) standards Encryption and cybersecurity -100% +100% -100% +100% 43% 43% Broadening digital access Artificial intelligence (e.g. machine learning, neural networks) -100% +100% -100% +100% 22% 41% Increased adoption of new and frontier technologies Education and workforce development technologies -100% +100% -100% +100% 14% 34% Rising cost of living for consumers E-commerce and digital trade -100% +100% -100% +100% -4% 32% Supply shortages and/or rising cost of inputs for your business Cloud computing -100% +100% -100% +100% -10% 27% Slower global economic growth Text, image, and voice processing -100% +100% -100% +100% -45% 0% Role outlook Contextual indicators Churn in five years INDICATORS 0% 100% 23% Five-year structural labour-force churn (percent) Global 23% Labour force participation 70% Key roles for business transformation Roles most selected by organizations surveyed (as either growing, stable or declining), ordered by net role Vulnerable employment 3% growth, and their net growth and structural churn (percent) Share of youth not in employment, education, or NET GROWTH ECONOMY GLOBAL 19% ROLES -50% 0 50% CHURN CHURN training (NEET) Unemployment rate 5% 29% 40% AI and Machine Learning Specialists Unemployment rate among workers with basic 5% edu. 23% 25% Project Managers Unemployment rate among workers with 8% Client Information and Customer Service advanced edu. 24% 20% Workers Secondary Education Attainment 62% 27% 24% Business Development Professionals Tertiary Education Attainment 38% 6% 23% Application Developers Ease of finding skilled employees in local labour market 5.06 1=Companies cannot easily find skilled employees, 7=Companies can easily find skilled employees 12% 14% General and Operations Managers Fill vacancies by hiring foreign labour 5.00 1=Companies cannot fill vacancies by hiring foreign labour, 7=Companies can fill vacancies by hiring foreign labour 15% 19% Accountants and Auditors Country investment in mid-career training 5.33 1=Government does not invest in mid-career training, 7=Government invests in mid-career training 48% 42% Data Entry Clerks Workers' Rights Index 4 50% 35% Administrative and Executive Secretaries 5+=No guarantee of rights due to the breakdown of the rule of law, 1=Sporadic violations of rights Level of National Compliance with Labour Rights Accounting, Bookkeeping and Payroll 70% 29% NA 10=The worst possible score, lower levels of compliance, 0=The best possible score, higher levels of Clerks compliance