Economy Profile Working Age Population (Millions) 1 / 2 Singapore 3.0 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 Increased adoption of new and frontier technologies Big-data analytics -100% +100% -100% +100% 63% 65% Investments to facilitate the green transition of your business Digital platforms and apps -100% +100% -100% +100% 60% 51% Broader application of Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) standards E-commerce and digital trade -100% +100% -100% +100% 56% 50% Broadening digital access Encryption and cybersecurity -100% +100% -100% +100% 55% 49% Climate-change induced investments into adapting operations Cloud computing -100% +100% -100% +100% 49% 45% Consumers becoming more vocal on environmental issues Artificial intelligence (e.g. machine learning, neural networks) -100% +100% -100% +100% 30% 45% Supply shortages and/or rising cost of inputs for your business Education and workforce development technologies -100% +100% -100% +100% -14% 43% Slower global economic growth Internet of things and connected devices -100% +100% -100% +100% -49% 42% Role outlook Contextual indicators Churn in five years INDICATORS 0% 100% 21% Five-year structural labour-force churn (percent) Global 23% Labour force participation 74% Key roles for business transformation Roles most selected by organizations surveyed (as either growing, stable or declining), ordered by net role Vulnerable employment 9% growth, and their net growth and structural churn (percent) Share of youth not in employment, education, or NET GROWTH ECONOMY GLOBAL 6% ROLES -50% 0 50% CHURN CHURN training (NEET) Unemployment rate 3% 26% 40% AI and Machine Learning Specialists Unemployment rate among workers with basic 4% edu. 22% 24% Business Development Professionals Unemployment rate among workers with 3% advanced edu. 24% 25% Project Managers Secondary Education Attainment 75% 12% 21% Sales and Marketing Professionals Tertiary Education Attainment 48% 10% 17% Financial Analysts Ease of finding skilled employees in local labour market 4.07 1=Companies cannot easily find skilled employees, 7=Companies can easily find skilled employees 4% 19% Accountants and Auditors Fill vacancies by hiring foreign labour 4.97 1=Companies cannot fill vacancies by hiring foreign labour, 7=Companies can fill vacancies by hiring foreign labour 14% 14% General and Operations Managers Country investment in mid-career training 5.62 1=Government does not invest in mid-career training, 7=Government invests in mid-career training 22% 17% Assembly and Factory Workers Workers' Rights Index 2 34% 42% Data Entry Clerks 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 27% 29% NA 10=The worst possible score, lower levels of compliance, 0=The best possible score, higher levels of Clerks compliance 35% 17% Managing Directors and Chief Executives