US leads in World Future Skills Index:

The United States is the World Future Skills Index winner, and it demonstrates the country’s efforts to prepare a workforce for the continuously changing global environment. This index measures countries’ performance in such factors as; digital competence that covers areas such as literacy, critical thinking ability, and flexibility. In the new report, the United States scored 85.6 on overall, ranking highest in digital literacy with a score of 88.2 and critical thinking at 87.5 points. These have been attributed to the high scores gotten by the nation owing to its huge investment on education and training for the purpose of preparing the nation’s workforce for the future.

The United Kingdom and Germany ranked closely behind with over all scores of eighty three point four and eighty two point seven respectively. Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan again showed quite a good dynamic, indicating their orientations to develop both adaptability and conflict problem-solving skills as the priorities for future labor market needs. The World Future Skills Index is more of a checklist where countries can compare themselves in confronting the dynamics of the new economy. America being the leader, is the need for the country to go on with investments in the education and the skills development so that they can be competitive in the global market The subsequent world power ranking portrays the need for a country like the United States to continue investing in education and skill development so that it can compete successfully in the global market.