Global Executives Rank Misinformation, Cyber Insecurity and AI Risks as Top Threats: WEF Survey 2025

Business leaders across major global economies are increasingly concerned about the rapid rise of misinformation, cyber threats and the potential negative impacts of artificial intelligence, according to new findings from the World Economic Forum (WEF).

The WEF Executive Opinion Survey 2025, based on responses from 11,000 executives in 116 countries, asked participants to identify the top five risks most likely to affect their nations over the next two years from a list of 34 possible threats.

While economic issues such as inflation and downturns, along with societal challenges like polarization and inadequate public services, remained dominant, technology-driven risks stood out prominently in this year’s results.

Within G20 nations, concerns over AI were especially visible. “Adverse outcomes of AI technologies” emerged as the leading risk in Germany and the fourth most significant in the US. Australian executives similarly flagged “adverse outcomes of frontier technologies,” including quantum innovations, as a top threat.

Misinformation and disinformation ranked as the third-largest concern for executives in the US, UK and Canada. Meanwhile, in India, cyber insecurity—including threats to critical infrastructure—was identified as the numb

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