Peru moved up two places on the
2020 Global Talent Competitiveness Index (GTCI) compared to last year, thus ranking 77th out of 132 countries.
Given the vital importance of talent for prosperity, the ambition of GTCI is to be an action tool for continuous improvement in linking talent to economic development, and an instrument to stimulate dialogue between governments, business, academia, professionals and their associations, as well as citizens.
Addressing the theme of
Global Talent in the Age of Artificial Intelligence, this seventh edition of GTCI explores how the development of Artificial Intelligence (AI) is not only changing the nature of work but also forcing a re-evaluation of workplace practices, corporate structures, and innovation ecosystems.
Seven countries have joined the index this year, thus
totaling 132.
The top spot is held by Switzerland, followed by the United States and Singapore.
In Latin America and the Caribbean, Chile holds the lead position (34th in the overall ranking), followed by Costa Rica (37th), as well as Trinidad and Tobago (50th).
The study reveals that the digital skills gap between talent champions (almost all of them high-income countries) and the rest of the world is widening.
A similar gap is also seen in the universe of AI. AI talent is scarce and unequally distributed across industries, sectors, and nations.
Moreover, the emergence of AI in the workplace requires a massive re-skilling of the workforce.
Life-long learning will increasingly play a key role in developing skills to foster empathy, creativity, imagination, judgement, and leadership, which are likely to continue to be human-only activities.
It should be emphasized that AI will augment human capabilities directly and that human-AI teams could be more productive than either AI or workers alone.
Main findings
The top positions in the ranking of the GTCI scores continue to be dominated by developed, high-income countries.
The report indicates that there is a high correlation between GDP per capita and GTCI scores.
European countries continue to dominate the GTCI rankings; 17 of them are in the top 25.
Switzerland maintains its position at the top again this year, followed by the United States (2nd), Singapore (3rd), Sweden (4th), Denmark (5th), the Netherlands (6th), and Finland (7th).
The other non-European countries that make the top 25 are Australia, Canada, New Zealand, Japan, Israel, and the United Arab Emirates.
At the other end stands Yemen, in 132nd place, below African countries like Angola and the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
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Publicado: 23/1/2020