Metrics

What numbers consultants lead with.

Every slide that foregrounds a metric — 7,750 in total — classified into families by what's being measured. Drill in to see who uses each family, where in the narrative, and the real examples.

17 examples

62%
share of skilled workers in Asia Pacific, Africa and Latin America
Accenture · 2025 · recommend
Build and sustain critical skills
“Our research revealed three strategies top performers adopt to grow key skills.”
84%
Share planning to hire additional expertise
Accenture · 2025 · recommend
Action 4: Expand your base of expertise beyond your own people
“CEOs prioritize hiring additional expertise (60%) as the top strategy for scaling gen AI, while 44% focus on partnerships with external organizations and 33% re…”
65%
organizational adoption
Capgemini · 2025 · recommend
Ensure AI agents operate within defined scope of execution, and remain traceable and explainable to earn trust
“Nearly two-thirds (65%) of organizations indicate that they plan to develop reporting and feedback systems.”
more than half
share of major defense-company acquisitions since 2022 focused on AI, cyber defense and M2M
Accenture · 2025 · recommend
Where incumbents must double down
“Since 2022, more than half of the acquisitions made by major defense companies have focused on just three areas: AI, cyber defense and machine-to-machine commun…”
51%
share of world's biggest companies designing new products with lower carbon emissions
Accenture · 2024 · recommend
Adopt a "meaningful green product" approach
“51% of world's biggest companies are designing new products with lower carbon emissions.”
53%
Share of risk functions using each technology
Accenture · 2024 · recommend
Only a minority of risk teams use cutting-edge technologies
“Some 57% of risk leaders surveyed as part of our Risk Study say that implementing technology is their top priority, versus just 24% of companies with less matur…”
78%
adoption rate
BCG · 2022 · recommend
Redefine the measure of success—shifting from channel to customer-first perspective; deploy holistic, rigorous ROI measurement
60%
services share of overall revenue in next 5-10 years
Accenture · 2021 · recommend
Change is here
“Industrial Equipment companies need to adapt their services strategies now or risk falling behind.”
87%
Share measuring cybersecurity maturity at least annually
Accenture · 2021 · recommend
Be threat-centric and business aligned
“We found nearly 90% of Cyber Champions measure the maturity of their cybersecurity program at least annually or more frequently, 18% more than the Business Bloc…”
97% vs 30%
Adoption of critical decoupling technologies
Accenture · 2019 · recommend
01 Adopt technologies that make the organization fast and flexible
“Leaders' adoption of critical technologies that allow decoupling outpaces that of Laggards by a massive margin: 97% to 30%.”
95%
Adoption of sophisticated cloud services
Accenture · 2019 · recommend
Leaders adopt sophisticated cloud services
“Ninety-five percent of them have adopted sophisticated cloud services like serverless computing, compared to 30% of Laggards”
90%
Share of Leaders who continue to enrich their data
Accenture · 2019 · recommend
Recognize data as being both an asset and a liability
“Only 40% of Laggards ensure data quality, but 90% of Leaders do. And while just 54% of Laggards continue to enrich their data, 90% of Leaders are doing so.”
34% / 32%
Upskilling uptake rates (Germany / Austria)
Accenture · 2018 · recommend
APPRENTICESHIPS: AS EXPERIENTIAL AS LEARNING CAN GET
“No other learning technique is closer to 'real work' than apprenticeships.”
70%
Share of education export
McKinsey · 2018 · recommend
Lebanon should focus on growing the educational sector through increasing number of inbound international students
“Lebanon should focus on attracting international students to achieve economic growth from the education sector”
83%
Innovation adoption rate
IBM · 2016 · recommend
Leaders leverage big data and analytics for innovation for a wider range of organizational processes and functions
“To emulate Leaders that promote excellent data quality and accessibility, organizations should: Evangelize the connection between analytics and innovation; Infu…”
30%
share of company workloads not yet in the cloud
Accenture · 2023 · recommend
“Our research shows that most companies have moved over 30% of their workloads to the cloud.”
80%
discovery share
BCG · 2023 · recommend
“50-60% of out-of-network discovery for LTV and OTT happens on digital.”