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Human Capital Report 2015

  • Human Capital Index 2015 Heatmap
  • Rankings
  • Infographics and Shareables
  • Blogs and Opinions
  • Press Releases
  • [ — Divider — ]
  • Preface
  • The Human Capital Index
    • Measuring Human Capital
    • Results and Analysis
      • Results by Region
      • Results by Income Group
      • Results by Theme
      • Results by Demographic Structure
    • Conclusion
    • References
    • Appendix A: Regional and Income Group Classifications, 2015
    • Appendix B: Range of Indicator Scores and Average Scores by Income Group
    • Appendix C: Educational Attainment Rates and Employment Share by Skill Level
    • Appendix D: Relationship between the Human Capital Index 2015 and Selected Composite Indices
  • Acknowledgments
  • Download as PDF
Human Capital Report 2015 Home
  • Report Home
  • Human Capital Index 2015 Heatmap
  • Rankings
  • Infographics and Shareables
  • Blogs and Opinions
  • Press Releases
  • [ — Divider — ]
  • Preface
  • The Human Capital Index
    • Measuring Human Capital
    • Results and Analysis
      • Results by Region
      • Results by Income Group
      • Results by Theme
      • Results by Demographic Structure
    • Conclusion
    • References
    • Appendix A: Regional and Income Group Classifications, 2015
    • Appendix B: Range of Indicator Scores and Average Scores by Income Group
    • Appendix C: Educational Attainment Rates and Employment Share by Skill Level
    • Appendix D: Relationship between the Human Capital Index 2015 and Selected Composite Indices
  • Acknowledgments
  • Download as PDF

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The Human Capital Report is an insight tool published by the World Economic Forum’s Global Challenge Initiative on Employment, Skills and Human Capital, in collaboration with Mercer.

Lead Contributors

At the World Economic Forum

Till Leopold,
Senior Manager,
Employment, Skills and Human Capital Global Challenge Initiative

Saadia Zahidi,
Senior Director, Head of the Gender Parity and Employment,
Skills and Human Capital Global Challenge Initiatives

A special thank you to Yasmina Bekhouche, Jessica Camus, Francisco Dos Santos Guerreiro, Kristin Keveloh, Valerie Peyre, Pearl Samandari and Paulina Padilla Ugarte.

At Mercer

Richard A. Guzzo,
Partner and Co-Leader,
Workforce Sciences Institute

Tamara Leonardi,
Associate,
seconded to the World Economic Forum (2014–2015)

Patricia A. Milligan, President,
North America Region


A special thank you to Haig Nalbantian, Co-leader, Workforce Sciences Institute, Charlotte Harding, Principal, Talent and Linda Chen, Senior Associate.

We gratefully acknowledge the advice and guidance received from several experts over the course of 2013–2014, both on the first edition of the Report and the development of the second edition. In particular we would like to thank Sir Michael Barber, Chief Education Adviser, Pearson; Professor David E. Bloom, Clarence James Gamble Professor of Economics and Demography, Harvard School of Public Health; Professor Ricardo Hausmann, Director, Center for International Development, Harvard Kennedy School of Government; and Professor Wolfgang Lutz, Founding Director, Wittgenstein Centre for Demography and Global Human Capital (IIASA, VID/ÖAW, WU).

Thank you to Michael Fisher for his superb editorial work and Neil Weinberg for his excellent graphic design and layout.

We are grateful to Kamal Kamaoui and the World Economic Forum’s Publications team for their invaluable collaboration on the production of this Report.

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