Predictions for 2025 | Future timeline

Read 595 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.

Quantumrun Foresight prepared this list; A futurist consulting firm that uses strategic foresight to help companies thrive from future trends.

Fast forecasts for 2025

The European Union implements the Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD) for large companies with more than 250 employees. 1
NASA's "Artemis" spacecraft lands on the moon. 1
Orbital Assembly Corporation's space hotel "Pioneer" starts orbiting around Earth. 1
The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency's Martian Moons Exploration probe enters Mars' orbit before moving on to its Phobos moon to collect particles. 1
The Chile-based Extremely Large Telescope (ETL) is completed and able to gather 13 times more light than existing Earth-based counterparts. 1
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration's deep-space habitat space station, Gateway, is launched, allowing for more astronauts to conduct research particularly for Mars exploration. 1
New technologies such as robotics, artificial intelligence, and augmented and virtual realities represent over 25 percent of global Information and Communications Technology spending. 1
Growth in traditional tech spending is driven by just four platforms: cloud, mobile, social, and big data/analytics. 1
The luxury industry secondhand market grows almost three times faster than the firsthand market annually (13% versus 5%, respectively). 1
The European Union implements the final batch of stricter global bank capital rules. 1
76% of financial institutions globally have increasingly used cryptocurrencies or blockchain technologies since 2022 as a hedge against inflation, a form of payment, and for lending and borrowing. 1
90% of companies have seen revenue from intelligent (AI-powered) services increase since 2022, with 87% identifying intelligent products and services as crucial to their business strategies, particularly among the manufacturing and MedTech industries. 1
Environmental, social, and governance (ESG) investments more than doubled globally, accounting for 15% of all investments. 1
Aeronautics startup Venus Aerospace conducts the first ground test of its hypersonic aircraft, Stargazer, designed to perform ‘one-hour global travel.’ 1
BepiColombo, a spacecraft launched in 2018 by the European Space Agency and the Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency, finally enters Mercury's orbit. 1
Mercedes-Benz and H2 Green Steel partner to help the automaker shift to fossil-free steel as part of a move to zero-carbon auto production by 2039. 1
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