Evidence-backed insights
eLearning & workforce learning signals across MENA (2025–2026)
Trusted percentages from primary publishers only - Future of Jobs Survey 2025 narrative, LinkedIn Workplace Learning Report 2025, UNESCO GEM youth technology consultations (including Arab States companion brief), World Bank reporting on Egypt’s reform programme, OECD adult-learning publications, and ILO Trends figures landing.
How we treat statistics here
How we treat statistics here
Figures are copied faithfully from the sources cited below. Survey percentages describe respondent populations or timelines stated by those publishers - they are not macro-economic forecasts for every country and must not be read as Innovito proprietary benchmarks.
Employer survey (global sample)
WEF Future of Jobs 2025 - figures L&D teams cite in board packs
These percentages come from employer-reported expectations in the Future of Jobs Survey as summarized in the 2025 report - useful for prioritizing portfolios, not for precise macro forecasting.
of surveyed employers cite skills gaps as the single largest barrier to transformation through 2030 (63%, up from 60% in the 2023 survey wave).
of core workplace skills employers expect will be disrupted or change materially by 2030 (39%, down from 44% in the 2023 survey wave but still a high disruption signal).
of workers completed training linked to long-term learning strategies vs 41% in the 2023 survey wave referenced in FoJ 2025.
of employers plan workforce upskilling as a headline tactic for 2025–2030.
cite cultural change resistance among transformation barriers (~46% employers in FoJ 2025 employer sample).
Two different 39% indicators appear in FoJ 2025 materials (skills churn vs regulatory pressure); always label which construct you mean when presenting internally.
Same survey, different view
Barriers to transformation employers cite (global sample, 2025–2030)
Figures are shares of surveyed employers identifying each item as a key obstacle—Section 4.1, Future of Jobs Report 2025. Order and values match the WEF narrative (skills gaps lead at 63%).
LinkedIn Workplace Learning Report
L&D practitioner survey highlights cited in Chapter 1
LinkedIn’s Workplace Learning Report 2025 (survey + platform research) found 49% of L&D professionals agree executives worry employees lack skills to execute strategy; only 36% of organizations qualify as “career development champions.” Chapter 1 also reports that 51% of champions are gen‑AI adoption frontrunners (“leading” or “accelerating”) versus 36% of others—about 42% higher relative likelihood (see report tables and methodology).
Share of L&D respondents agreeing executives worry workers lack skills to execute strategy.
Share of organizations profiled as “career development champions.”
Lead/acceleration gap among champions vs others as reported gen-AI adoption front runners.
Graphic (same chapter 1 figures)
LinkedIn WLR 2025 — cited practitioner shares
Bars show two population shares from Chapter 1 only. The AI “frontrunner” gap is a relative likelihood—not a third share—so it is explained in text below.
Chapter 1 also compares gen‑AI adoption stages: 51% of career-development champions are in “leading” or “accelerating” stages versus 36% of other organizations—about 42% higher relative likelihood. That is not the same kind of percentage as the two bars above; see LinkedIn’s methodology PDF.
Interpret percentages strictly within LinkedIn’s published methodology and sample framing.
UNESCO Global Education Monitoring (GEM)
Youth voices on technology in education (2024 GEM youth strand)
UNESCO’s 2024 youth GEM report draws on consultations with 1,500+ young people across eight regions. It calls for technology in education that is appropriate to context, equitable, evidence-based, and sustainable - the #TechOnOurTerms message.
Youth consulted globally across regions within GEM youth consultations cited by UNESCO.
Arab States companion brief
Regional synthesis anchored to the 2024 youth GEM consultations - useful language when aligning corporate eLearning UX roadmaps with national competency agendas.
2024 GEM youth publication hub →GEM Arab States youth companion brief →
World Bank reporting (national reform)
Egypt - national reform + World Bank partnership
Egypt’s education reform (2018 onward) prioritizes higher-order skills and fair assessment, with World Bank project support for kindergarten quality, examinations, teacher development, and EdTech-enabled teaching and data.
Kindergarten teachers covered by new training-module rollout across April–September 2024, via World Bank feature citing Egyptian ministry timelines.
Share of kindergarten programmes initially adopting the new quality-assurance approach, cited alongside that rollout window.
The same story notes three cohorts of secondary students (over two million students) experienced the new competency-focused examinations, with digital and TV learning resources since 2020.
MENA public programmes & regional research
National strategy portals L&D leaders bookmark
These notes summarize what each government or institution states on its own channels or flagship reports - use them to align corporate academies with national narratives, then verify workforce regulations with counsel.
Regional nuance (survey-based)
Selected MENA hiring outlooks by 2030 (net employer optimism)
Net share of surveyed employers expecting hiring conditions to improve by 2030 minus share expecting decline—WEF Future of Jobs Report 2025, Section 4.1 regional discussion (headquarters in each economy).
Net expectations describe surveyed employers’ outlook, not guaranteed labour-market outcomes; compare with your vacancy and talent-supply data.
Saudi Arabia - Human Capability Development Program
Vision 2030 frames this as a national programme to strengthen citizens’ competitiveness through education and lifelong learning, aligning skills with economic needs.
Official portal →United Arab Emirates - National AI strategy to 2031
UAE Government documentation outlines an AI strategy through 2031 (Century of the UAE 2071 context) spanning government services, priority sectors, data/infrastructure, governance, and building AI talent.
Official portal →Oman - Vision 2040 People & Society
Vision 2040’s ‘People and Society’ pillar explicitly targets inclusive education, lifelong learning, scientific research, and competitive Omani talent for a knowledge economy.
Official portal →
Primary sources (bookmark originals)
- World Economic Forum - Future of Jobs Report 2025 (https://www.weforum.org/publications/the-future-of-jobs-report-2025/)
- LinkedIn - Workplace Learning Report 2025 (https://www.linkedin.com/business/talent/blog/learning-and-development/2025-workplace-learning-report)
- UNESCO GEM Report - Technology in education (2024) (https://www.unesco.org/gem-report/en/publication/2024-technology-education-tool-our-terms)
- UNESCO GEM - Arab States youth companion brief (https://www.unesco.org/gem-report/en/2024-youth-report-arab-states)
- World Bank - Egypt education reform feature (May 2024) (https://www.worldbank.org/en/news/feature/2024/05/21/egypt-preparing-students-for-life-and-the-workplace-of-tomorrow)
- OECD - What’s Missing in Adult Learning (2025) (https://www.oecd.org/en/publications/what-s-missing-in-adult-learning-and-how-do-we-fix-it_58b9acfd-en.html)
- ILO - World Employment and Social Outlook Trends 2025 figures (https://www.ilo.org/resource/other/world-employment-and-social-outlook-trends-2025-figures)
Latest verified global employer wave in the stack above is the Future of Jobs Survey as published in FoJ 2025; pair it with fresh OECD / ILO releases each quarter and your national portals—this page does not add country-level survey extractions beyond what WEF or LinkedIn publish.
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