Automation around the World – 1.2 billion full-time equivalents and $14.6 trillion in wages

Today, about half the activities that people are paid to do in the global economy have the potential to be automated by adapting demonstrated technology. As we’ve described previously, our focus is on individual work activities, which we believe to be a more useful way to examine automation potential than looking at entire jobs, since most occupations consist of a number of activities with differing potential to be automated.

In all, 1.2 billion full-time equivalents and $14.6 trillion in wages are associated with activities that are automatable with current technology. This automation potential differs among countries, ranging from 40% to 55%.

Chosen excerpts by Job Market Monitor. Read the whole story at The Countries Most (and Least) Likely to be Affected by Automation