QS World Future Skills Index 2025

QS World Future Skills Index 2025: India was ranked second in terms of preparedness for jobs of the future including artificial intelligence (AI) and green skills, only behind the United States, as per the QS World Future Skills Index 2025.

• About: The QS World Future Skills Index categorizes economies into four tiers: aspiring, practitioner, contender, and pioneer, based on their performance.
• The rankings were derived from an extensive analysis of Skills fit, the alignment between education systems and industry requirements.
• India ranked 25th across all indicators, which also include the alignment between skills and employer needs, academic readiness, and economic transformation.
• Category rankings: Evaluates readiness for future skills like digital, AI, and green skills based on global job advertisements.
• "Economic Transformation": Scored 58.3, lowest among the top 30 countries.
• "Skills Fit": Scored 59.1, lowest among top 30 countries; indicates gaps in aligning workforce skills with employer needs.
• Strengths: Scored a perfect 100 on economic capacity, reflecting strong workforce efficiency and growth potential.
• Weaknesses: Poor score (15.6/100) in future-oriented innovation in sustainability under economic transformation.
• Global comparisons (Economic transformation): G7 countries (68.3), EU countries (59), APAC countries (44.7) & African countries (25.4).