40%
Share expecting AI to make their own job better, Ipsos global average, 2025, against 33% for the job market as a whole
What the chart shows
On Ipsos’s global average, 40% of adults expect AI to make their own job better, against 33% for the job market as a whole. Their own job scores higher in 28 of 31 countries; Argentina and Turkey are the exceptions, and Japan is level at 20%.
China is the most positive on both measures (65% for their own job, 52% for the job market), followed by Indonesia and Thailand. South Korea is the least positive (18% and 14%), with Japan and Canada close behind. In the United States, 33% expect a better job and 20% a better job market.
Key numbers
| Measure | Value |
|---|---|
| Global average, own job | 40.2% |
| Global average, job market | 32.6% |
| China, own job | 65.4% |
| China, job market | 52.4% |
| South Korea, own job | 18% |
| South Korea, job market | 14% |
How to read it
- Share answering that AI will make each ‘better’, Ipsos AI Monitor 2025. Countries are sorted by the share expecting their own job to improve. Data for China was provided to the AI Index by Ipsos separately.
- The same file holds five other areas of life, charted in the companion chart for the United States and the global average.
Source: Ipsos, 2025, via the AI Index Report 2026 (Stanford HAI), figure 9.1.9: Global opinion on the potential of AI to improve the job market vs. individual jobs, 2025. Chart and text by AI Adoption.
Numbers checked against the published data on 20 October 2026.
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