Predictions for 2025 | Future timeline
Read 492 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
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- 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
Country forecasts for 2025
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Technology forecasts for 2025
Technology related predictions due to make an impact in 2025 include:
- The big business future behind self-driving cars: Future of Transportation P2
- Rise of the big data-powered virtual assistants: Future of the Internet P3
- Your future inside the Internet of Things: Future of the Internet P4
- Your addictive, magical, augmented life: Future of the Internet P6
- Housing prices crash as 3D printing and maglevs revolutionize construction: Future of Cities P3
US online retail sales to reach $1 trillion in 2025 astride thriving Amazon. Vote on this forecast
U.S. will not increase presence in Arctic until 2025. Vote on this forecast
UK government pledges £5bn for gigabit broadband in every home by 2025. Vote on this forecast
50% of US homes still won’t have fiber broadband by 2025, study says. Vote on this forecast
Automation boom: India's surgical robotics market to grow 5 times by 2025. Vote on this forecast
Business news for 2025
Business related predictions due to make an impact in 2025 include:
US oil to eclipse Russia and Saudi Arabia combined by 2025. Vote on this forecast
US online retail sales to reach $1 trillion in 2025 astride thriving Amazon. Vote on this forecast
CBD sales in United States predicted to reach $6 billion by 2025. Vote on this forecast
Flexible workspace demand to jump to nearly 140 million sq ft by 2025. Vote on this forecast
India to become largest importer of coking coal by 2025, says Fitch Solutions. Vote on this forecast
Culture forecasts for 2025
Culture related predictions due to make an impact in 2025 include:
- The last job creating industries: Future of Work P4
- Jobs that will survive automation: Future of Work P3
- Death of the full-time job: Future of Work P2
- Rise of the electric car: Future of Energy P3
- AI police crush the cyber underworld: Future of policing P3
Decades of history could be 'erased from Australia's memory' as tape machines disappear, archivists warn. Vote on this forecast
One-in-five Canadians will consume cannabis in 2025. Vote on this forecast
Science forecasts for 2025
Science related predictions due to make an impact in 2025 include:
- The rise of the transportation internet: Future of Transportation P4
- Smart vs vertical farms: Future of food P4
- Peak cheap oil triggers renewable era: Future of Energy P2
- Solar energy and the rise of the energy internet: Future of Energy P4
- Renewables vs. the thorium and fusion energy wildcards: Future of Energy P5
Lab-grown ‘clean meat’ may become available in India by 2025. Vote on this forecast
Europe to mine moon for oxygen and water by 2025. Vote on this forecast
Connected 5G world. Vote on this forecast
Health forecasts for 2025
Health related predictions due to make an impact in 2025 include:
- Future of beauty: Future of Human Evolution P1
- Responsibility over your quantified health: Future of Health P7
- Precision healthcare taps into your genome: Future of Health P3
- Tomorrow’s pandemics and the super drugs engineered to fight them: Future of Health P2
- Healthcare nearing a revolution: Future of Health P1
Major UK grocer predicts that 25 percent of brits will be veg by 2025. Vote on this forecast
India aims to reduce high BP prevalence by 25% by 2025. Vote on this forecast
Will make India tuberculosis-free by 2025 . Vote on this forecast
Soft drink industry pledges to cut sugar overall, but doctors say it's a diversion from the real issue. Vote on this forecast
Smoking could be gone by 2025 in Victoria. Vote on this forecast
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