Predictions for 2025 | Future timeline

Read 12 predictions for 2025, a year that will see the world transform in big and small ways; this includes disruptions throughout our culture, technology, science, health and business sectors. It’s your future, discover what you’re in for.

Fast forecasts for 2025

30% of corporate audits will be performed by artificial intelligence. 1
Globally, more trips will be made using car sharing programs than privately owned cars 1
Norway bans new sales of gas-powered cars, giving preference to electric cars. 1
Microsoft ends support of Windows 10. 1
Prescription drugs can be brewed at home 1
Brain-reading devices allows wearers to learn new skills quicker 1
Smart kitchens that turn cooking into an interactive experience enter the marketplace 1
Electronic devices can be charged using Wi-Fi 1
Blood test detecting any virus you have had becomes widespread 1
Severe food allergies become treatable 1
Male contraceptive pills become widely available 1
Africa's Green Wall of drought-resistant trees restricts land degredation is completed 1
Hepatitis C is eradicated 1
Drone usage in agriculture is adopted globally 1
Automated construction crews meant to replace human workers begin trails in locations worldwide 1
U.S. military uses electricity to stimulate soldiers' brains, increase reaction times and improve attention spans 1
Bioengineered skin grafts replicates real skin becomes widely available 1
Robotic, mind-controlled prosthetics become widely available. 1,2

New device diagnoses pancreatic cancer earlier and faster 1
Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease (NAFLD) will become the leading cause of liver transplants 1
Cost of solar panels, per watt, equals 0.8 US dollars 1
Global reserves of Nickel is fully mined and depleted 1
Dubai's "Dubailand" is fully built 1
Abu Dhabi "Masdar City" is fully built 1
World population forecasted to reach 8,141,661,000 1
Share of global car sales taken by autonomous vehicles equals 10 per cent 1
World sales of electric vehicles reaches 9,866,667 1
Average number of connected devices, per person, is 9.5 1
Global number of Internet connected devices reaches 76,760,000,000 1
Predicted global mobile web traffic equals 104 exabytes 1
Global Internet traffic grows to 398 exabytes 1
Worst case forecasted rise in global temperatures, above pre-industrial levels, is 2 degrees Celsius 1
Forecasted rise in global temperatures, above pre-industrial levels, is 1.5 degrees Celsius 1
Optimistic forecasted rise in global temperatures, above pre-industrial levels, is 1.19 degrees Celsius 1