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United Arab Emirates

High income Capital: Abu Dhabi 9 regions
26%
of jobs are in occupations exposed to generative AI. That's about 1.9M people.
MODEL76th of 183 most exposed World 21%High income 35%

Key numbers

Workers in exposed jobsMODEL
1.9M
of 7.3M in work
Highest-exposure jobsMODEL
4.3%
311K people
People in workILO
7.3M
22% women
UnemploymentWORLD BANK
2.2%
2025
Youth unemploymentWORLD BANK
6.5%
ages 15–24
GDP per capitaWORLD BANK
$50,274
US$, 2024
Internet usersWORLD BANK
100%
of population
AI preparednessIMF
0.63
35th of 165
PopulationWORLD BANK
11.5M
Tertiary enrolmentWORLD BANK
64%
gross ratio
Vulnerable employmentWORLD BANK
2%
own-account & family workers
Urban populationWORLD BANK
86%

Women and men

MODEL

Based on the real occupation mix of women’s and men’s jobs (ILO).

Women: any exposure 34%
Men: any exposure 24%
Women: highest exposure 6.5%
Men: highest exposure 3.6%

Women are +10.2 pts more exposed, mostly because they hold more clerical and administrative jobs.

How it compares

MODEL
United Arab Emirates 26%
High income 35%
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan 20%
World 21%

AI preparedness

IMF
United Arab EmiratesHigh income average
Digital infrastructure 0.15
Human capital & labour policy 0.15
Innovation & integration 0.15
Regulation & ethics 0.17

IMF AI Preparedness Index (2023). The four parts sum to the overall score of 0.63 (0–1 scale).

Exposure vs preparedness

United Arab Emirates is highlighted. The other dots are all countries with both measures.

Sources: ILO modelled estimates 2025 · World Bank WDI · IMF AIPI · Anthropic Economic Index · Wikidata · Natural Earth. How the estimates are made.

Regions of United Arab Emirates