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The source adds the following information: "Note that data related to spend includes all dollars spent by companies for training activities, including insourced and outsourced spend. This data does not include expenditures related to consumers’ spend for training programs (individuals taking training courses for personal or non-work related development); revenues of educational institutions (universities and for-profit educational companies) or revenues of community colleges from students paying tuition. It does include dollars paid by corporations to educational institutions for corporate training initiatives."
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Global spending in the workplace training industry 2009-2025, by region
The market size of the workplace training industry increased steadily between 2009 and 2019, reaching an estimated total value of *** billion U.S. dollars. In 2020, corporate spending on training and development initiatives decreased slightly, reaching a value of *** billion U.S. dollars. North America was the largest market for the workplace training industry, accounting for nearly half of the global corporate spending. As of 2025, the market in North America is estimated to be billion U.S. dollars, with the rest of the world at billion U.S. dollars.
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Training Industry, Market size of the global workplace training industry from 2009 to 2025, by region (in billion U.S. dollars) ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ, /statistics/1232500/size-of-the-workplace-training-market-north-america-and-rest-of-the-world/ (last visited August 05, 2026)
Market size of the global workplace training industry from 2009 to 2025, by region (in billion U.S. dollars) [Graph], Training Industry, January 20, 2026. [Online]. Available: /statistics/1232500/size-of-the-workplace-training-market-north-america-and-rest-of-the-world/
