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Human Capital Report 2016

  • Human Capital Index 2016 Heatmap
  • Overall Rankings
  • Rankings by Age Group
    • Under 15 Years
    • 15-24 Years
    • 25-54 Years
    • 55-64 Years
    • 65 Years and Over
  • Rankings by Region
    • East Asia and the Pacific
    • Eastern Europe and Central Asia
    • Latin America and the Carribean
    • Middle East and North Africa
    • North America
    • South Asia
    • Sub-Saharan Africa
    • Western Europe
  • Rankings by Income Group
    • Low
    • Lower Middle
    • Upper Middle
    • High
  • [ — Divider — ]
  • Infographics and Shareables
  • Press Release
  • [ — Divider — ]
  • Preface
  • The Human Capital Report 2016
    • Results and Analysis
    • Results by Region and Income Group
    • Human Capital and Gross National Income
    • Global Human Capital Trends
    • Maximizing Learning and Employment in the Fourth Industrial Revolution
    • Learning through the Life-Course
    • Employment through the Life-Course
    • Conclusions
    • References
  • [ — Divider — ]
  • Users Guide: How to Read the Country Profiles
  • Technical Notes
  • [ — Divider — ]
  • Acknowledgements
  • System Initiative Stewards
  • System Initiative Partners
  • [ — Divider — ]
  • Download Main Report as PDF
Human Capital Report 2016 Home
  • Report Home
  • Human Capital Index 2016 Heatmap
  • Overall Rankings
  • Rankings by Age Group
    • Under 15 Years
    • 15-24 Years
    • 25-54 Years
    • 55-64 Years
    • 65 Years and Over
  • Rankings by Region
    • East Asia and the Pacific
    • Eastern Europe and Central Asia
    • Latin America and the Carribean
    • Middle East and North Africa
    • North America
    • South Asia
    • Sub-Saharan Africa
    • Western Europe
  • Rankings by Income Group
    • Low
    • Lower Middle
    • Upper Middle
    • High
  • [ — Divider — ]
  • Infographics and Shareables
  • Press Release
  • [ — Divider — ]
  • Preface
  • The Human Capital Report 2016
    • Results and Analysis
    • Results by Region and Income Group
    • Human Capital and Gross National Income
    • Global Human Capital Trends
    • Maximizing Learning and Employment in the Fourth Industrial Revolution
    • Learning through the Life-Course
    • Employment through the Life-Course
    • Conclusions
    • References
  • [ — Divider — ]
  • Users Guide: How to Read the Country Profiles
  • Technical Notes
  • [ — Divider — ]
  • Acknowledgements
  • System Initiative Stewards
  • System Initiative Partners
  • [ — Divider — ]
  • Download Main Report as PDF

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The Human Capital Index, initially developed in collaboration with Mercer, is an insight tool published annually by the World Economic Forum’s System Initiative on Education, Gender and Work. The 2016 edition of the Report includes an exploration of new data sources beyond the core Index, informed by a collaboration with LinkedIn and with additional data input from Care.com, Didi Chuxing, Uber and Upwork.

At the World Economic Forum

Richard Samans, Head of the Centre for the Global Agenda, Member of the Managing Board

Saadia Zahidi, Head, Education, Gender and Work System Initiative; Member of the Executive Committee

Till Alexander Leopold, Project Lead, Education, Gender and Work System Initiative

Vesselina Ratcheva, Data Analyst, Education, Gender and Work System Initiative

A special thank you to our colleagues across the Forum and, in particular, to Libby Zhang, Yasmina Bekhouche, Kristin Keveloh, Paulina Padilla Ugarte, Valerie Peyre, Pearl Samandari, Caroline Staffell and Susan Wilkinson.

Thank you to Michael Fisher for his superb editorial work, Neil Weinberg for his excellent graphic design and layout and Kamal Kamaoui and the World Economic Forum’s Publications team.

We gratefully acknowledge the outstanding support of LinkedIn’s research team: Lutz Finger, Sue Duke, Jacqueline Barrett, Guy Berger, Milad Davaloo, Feng Guo, Joseph Roualdes, Jonathan Serfaty, Qin (Iris) Wang, Jiashan Wang, Jia Xie and Sui Yan.

Finally, we appreciate the continued advice and guidance on the initial development of the Report from the Forum’s expert network and, in particular, from 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).

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