Trend · rank 2 of 250

Civil service capability & pay

Public pay, career structures and morale are losing ground to private competition for technical and specialist staff, limiting the state's ability to recruit and retain the people needed to design and implement policy.

Governance & IntegrityState capacity & governanceinstitutionswork skills

Second pass: Carried forward from the first pass unchanged. Held by two of the three panel models.

Sensitivity and network position

Rank
2of 250
Sensitivity
28.3rank 4
Breadth
1of 20 scenarios High or above
PageRank
85.7rank 6
Eigenvector
74.6
Betweenness
96.8
Links
27trends at Moderate similarity or above
Composite
74.1

Attention over three years

How much this trend is read about on Wikipedia and searched for on Google, week by week, set against the typical trend in the list so that what moves every trend at once is taken out. 100 is this trend's own three-year average. The score measures public attention, which is not the same as the strength of the force: a trend can deepen unnoticed, and a news event can lift attention for a fortnight.

Now
66
Over a year
−6%Steady
Over three years
−44%
Peak
38017 Dec 2023
Sources
Bothagreement 0.37
Coverage
13languages · 9 nations

Trailing 4-week average. 100 is this trend’s three-year average.

By language

Wikipedia reading in each language edition where the trend’s pages are read enough to measure (13 of 28). Share is of all the readers counted.

LanguageShareNowOver a yearThree years
English84%70−14%
German4%59−33%
French3%83−9%
Russian2%107+50%
Polish2%82−11%
Hindi1%51+42%
Spanish1%75−17%
Thai1%115+40%
Arabic1%100−4%
Ukrainian0%71−19%
Italian0%93−2%
Vietnamese0%107+95%
Swedish0%77−2%

By country

Google search interest over the three years, as a share of each country’s searching. 100 is the nation where interest is highest. The search terms are English, which favours countries that search in English.

Ireland

United Kingdom

Jamaica

United States

Singapore

Australia

Nigeria

Philippines

South Korea

100

19

10

10

6

2

2

2

2

By region and G20 member

Attention to this trend inside each place, from Google searches made in its countries and Wikipedia reading in the languages mostly read there, averaged where both exist. Each line compares the trend with its own past in that place; the lines do not compare places.

Regions

PlaceRead fromNow90 days1 year3 yearsThree years
North AmericaGoogle in 1 country + Wikipedia in English66+29%−6%−67%
EuropeGoogle in 6 countries + Wikipedia in German, French, Italian, Polish, Swedish74+3%−23%−36%
Indo-PacificGoogle in 4 countries + Wikipedia in Vietnamese, Thai101+0%0%+4%
South AsiaGoogle in 1 country + Wikipedia in Hindi88−1%+38%−28%
Gulf and Middle EastWikipedia in Arabic100−2%−5%+43%
Latin America and CaribbeanGoogle in 3 countries + Wikipedia in Spanish74−3%−29%−34%
Russia and EurasiaGoogle in 1 country + Wikipedia in Russian, Ukrainian99+16%−0%−8%

G20 members

PlaceRead fromNow90 days1 year3 yearsThree years
FranceGoogle + Wikipedia in French88+27%−16%−18%
GermanyGoogle + Wikipedia in German56−14%−39%−61%
IndiaGoogle + Wikipedia in Hindi88−1%+38%−28%
IndonesiaGoogle100+33%−14%−8%
ItalyGoogle + Wikipedia in Italian93+10%−11%−15%
South KoreaGoogle81+106%−47%−19%
MexicoGoogle64+14%−44%−47%
RussiaWikipedia in Russian107+9%+50%+4%
United KingdomGoogle43−28%−53%−53%
United StatesGoogle + Wikipedia in English66+29%−6%−67%

Relation to each scenario

A trend relates to a scenario when it changes how likely the scenario is, how hard it lands, or is itself sharply changed by it. Each score is the median of three scores given separately by the members of the model panel.

RelationScenarioFamily
4 · HighA public service platform reaches inclusive operation S18 ↗Technology and infrastructure
3 · ModerateA disputed transfer of power breaks effective government S05Geopolitical and security
2 · LowA global funding seizure reaches sovereign balance sheets S02Economic and trade
2 · LowHybrid coercion ends in an infrastructure blackout S04Geopolitical and security
2 · LowA major disaster disables the national economic core S07Energy, climate and resources
2 · LowAn AI deployment step causes abrupt labour displacement S08Technology and infrastructure
2 · LowA cryptographic breakthrough invalidates digital trust S09Technology and infrastructure
2 · LowA novel respiratory pathogen exceeds health surge capacity S10Health
2 · LowA creditor agreement releases fiscal capacity S11 ↗Economic and trade
2 · LowAffordable preventive treatments reduce chronic illness S19 ↗Health
2 · LowA live outbreak proves rapid distributed pandemic defence S20 ↗Health
1 · Very lowCritical trade divides into rival blocs S01Economic and trade
1 · Very lowA regional war closes a globally important sea route S03Geopolitical and security
1 · Very lowTwo breadbasket failures trigger a food availability crisis S06Energy, climate and resources
1 · Very lowA cross-regional market access compact redirects investment S12 ↗Economic and trade
1 · Very lowA great-power agreement lowers economic security barriers S13 ↗Geopolitical and security
1 · Very lowA verified Middle East settlement restores access S14 ↗Geopolitical and security
1 · Very lowCheap firm clean power becomes available at scale S15 ↗Energy, climate and resources
1 · Very lowA validated farming package raises water-efficient output S16 ↗Energy, climate and resources
1 · Very lowAI-directed research produces a reproducible discovery step S17 ↗Technology and infrastructure

Similarity = 0.3 × shared tags (Jaccard) + 0.3 × likeness of scenario profiles (cosine) + 0.3 × likeness of names and descriptions (TF-IDF cosine) + 0.1 if in the same capability domain, cut into seven levels at 0.12, 0.22, 0.33, 0.45, 0.58, 0.72. Shown at Moderate and above.

SimilarityTrendThemeRank
4 · HighState capacity & deliveryState capacity & governance1
4 · HighRule of law & judicial independenceState capacity & governance3
4 · HighExecutive overreach & emergency powersState capacity & governance4
4 · HighCorruption & state captureState capacity & governance5
4 · HighPublic procurement capabilityState capacity & governance6
3 · ModerateDeclining institutional trustInformation & trust7
3 · ModerateRegulatory capture & lobbying powerState capacity & governance8
3 · ModerateEntrenched opportunity inequalityPeople, health & work9
3 · ModerateLocal & city government capacityState capacity & governance11
3 · ModerateSocial protection coverage gapsState capacity & governance13
3 · ModerateErosion of rights & civic freedomsState capacity & governance14
3 · ModeratePolarisation & populismState capacity & governance15
3 · ModerateFiscal rules & budget credibilityState capacity & governance17
3 · ModerateResearch & development intensityPeople, health & work18
3 · ModerateTechnical & occupational skill shortagesPeople, health & work19
3 · ModerateIllicit finance & beneficial ownershipState capacity & governance20
3 · ModerateOfficial statistics & data capacityState capacity & governance21
3 · ModerateCivil unrest & protest mobilisationState capacity & governance25
3 · ModerateOutsourcing & public-private deliveryState capacity & governance27
3 · ModerateDigital public infrastructureState capacity & governance31
3 · ModerateAdaptive regulationState capacity & governance33
3 · ModerateData protection & digital rightsState capacity & governance44
3 · ModerateCitizen participation & deliberative democracyState capacity & governance60
3 · ModeratePublic-sector AI adoptionState capacity & governance75
3 · ModerateInformal employment persistencePeople, health & work84
3 · ModerateBusiness dynamism & start-up formationPeople, health & work85
3 · ModerateAlgorithmic accountability & biasState capacity & governance135