Skills Development Needs in Slovenian Enterprises by Economic Sector

Key Insights:

• Team skills consistently rank as the most needed skill across all years, though declining from 83.4% in 2010 to 49.5% in 2020.
• Customer handling shows significant decline, dropping from 79.0% in 2010 to 43.5% in 2020.
• Problem solving remains consistently important, declining from 76.7% in 2010 to 31.2% in 2020.
• Digital skills (IT General) show a pattern of decline followed by slight recovery: 70.1% → 19.7% → 20.4%.
• Specialist skills maintain relatively stable importance, moving from 67.9% in 2010 to 57.6% in 2020.
• Numeracy and literacy shows dramatic decline, from 42.2% in 2010 to just 2.3% in 2020.
• Foreign language skills are consistently declining in perceived importance (57.9% → 18.5% → 14.9%).

Chart Description:

Chart Type: Multi-line chart showing trends over time

Main Color: #18baa8 (primary), with complementary colors for different skill categories

Years Displayed: 2010, 2015, 2020

Data Source: This chart displays the percentage of enterprises across all economic sectors (TOTAL) that reported needing specific skills for development. Each line represents a different skill category, showing how demand has changed over the decade.