IEA – World Energy Employment, 2025

The report provides comprehensive tracking and analysis of the global energy workforce.

It estimates the size and distribution of the energy workforce across regions, sectors, and technologies. It assesses how energy labour requirements evolve to 2035 across all IEA scenarios. The 2025 edition examines changes in skilled labour needs and shortages since 2022. It explores implications for education and training systems, wages, policy, and global energy infrastructure buildout. The report introduces detailed occupation-level estimates offering insights into skills and education requirements. Analysis is based on the IEA’s annual Energy Employment Survey with responses from over 700 energy firms, trade unions, and educators. It includes sectoral deep dives for granular trend analysis across different energy sectors.