Future of Work - Major trends
Demographic changes leading up to the 2030 (regional perspective)
Given the varying degrees with which ILO regions will be confronted with declines in the rate of population growth, some shifts in the overall shares of the global working-age population will take place over the coming decades. Africa is expected to see its share in the global working-age population rise considerably, i.e. by 5 percentage points. Other regions, with the exception of Europe and Central Asia, will slow at similar paces and therefore their shares will not change much in the coming years. Europe, however, will decline by 4 percentages points, falling to 12 per cent in 2030 compared to 16 per cent in 2000.