The Cedefop Skills Forecast offers quantitative projections of future trends in employment, by sector of economic activity and occupational group. Future trends in the level of education of the population and the labour force are also estimated.

Cedefop’s forecast uses harmonised international data and a common methodological approach allowing cross-country comparisons between employment

trends in sectors, occupations and qualifications. The forecast and methodology is validated by a group of national experts. The forecast does not substitute national forecasts, which often use more detailed methodologies and data, while they also incorporate in-depth knowledge of a country’s labour market.