Share of leaders likely to expand workforce with artificial intelligence (AI) agents in the next 18 months as of March 2025, by selected country or territory
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Data from a global survey across 31 countries, including APAC markets. Around 1,000 full-time workers were surveyed in each market. Â
Method of interview
Online survey
Supplementary notes
Survey question: "Now, let’s explore how AI agents will impact your workforce and business processes in the next 12–18 months. To what extent are you confident your organization will leverage agents to expand workforce capacity with AI agents acting as digital team members?". Results show the share of respondents who selected at least medium confidence.
'Leaders' here refer to knowledge workers in middle to upper management levels (e.g., SVP, VP, Sr. Director, General Manager, EVP, C-Suite, President, etc.) who have at least some decision-making influence related to hiring, budgeting, employee benefits, internal communications, operations, etc.
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Leaders' intention to adopt AI agents APAC 2025, by country
In a 2025 survey, ** percent of surveyed leaders in organizations in China expressed confidence that they will use artificial intelligence agents as team members to expand the capacity of the workforce in the next 18 months. Meanwhile, the share of such respondents stating the same in Singapore and Taiwan was about ** percent.
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Microsoft. (April 22, 2025). Share of leaders likely to expand workforce with artificial intelligence (AI) agents in the next 18 months as of March 2025, by selected country or territory [Graph]. In ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ. Retrieved July 29, 2026, from /statistics/1623128/apac-leaders-intention-to-adopt-ai-agents-by-country/
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