Workers at risk of being affected by automation

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The chart shows the share of workers in G7 countries in 'automatable' jobs (for which at least 70 per cent of tasks are expected to be automatable) ranges from approximately 5 per cent in Japan to 13 per cent in Germany. The chart also shows the share of workers in G7 countries at risk of a 'change in tasks' (in jobs for which 50 to 70 per cent of tasks are expected to be automatable) ranges from approximately 21 per cent in France to approximately 34 per cent in Italy. Across G7 countries, the average share of workers at risk of being affected by automation is approximately 36 per cent. G7 countries whose workers are most at risk of being affected by automation include Italy (43.6 per cent) and Germany (43 per cent). Those least at risk are in France (29.7 per cent) and Japan (29.5 per cent).

G7 country	Change in tasks	Automatable
Italy	34	10
Germany	31	12
Great Britain	25	10
United States	25	9
Canada	24	9
France	21	9
Japan	22	7

G7 country	Below upper secondary	Tertiary
Japan		83
Italy	51	80
France	51	85
Canada	55	82
United States	57	82
Germany	59	88
Great Britain	62	85

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Source: The Official Website of the 2018 Canadian Presidency of the G7

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