AI & jobs · Country profile

Azerbaijan

Upper-middle income Capital: Baku 78 regions
24%
of jobs are in occupations exposed to generative AI. That's about 1.2M people.
MODEL92nd of 183 most exposed World 21%Upper-middle income 21%

Key numbers

Workers in exposed jobsMODEL
1.2M
of 4.9M in work
Highest-exposure jobsMODEL
3.7%
182K people
People in workILO
4.9M
49% women
UnemploymentWORLD BANK
5.5%
2025
Youth unemploymentWORLD BANK
13.1%
ages 15–24
GDP per capitaWORLD BANK
$7,411
US$, 2025
Internet usersWORLD BANK
91%
of population
AI preparednessIMF
0.47
80th of 165
PopulationWORLD BANK
10.2M
Tertiary enrolmentWORLD BANK
41%
gross ratio
Vulnerable employmentWORLD BANK
54%
own-account & family workers
Urban populationWORLD BANK
59%

Women and men

MODEL

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

Women: any exposure 29%
Men: any exposure 18%
Women: highest exposure 5.4%
Men: highest exposure 2.1%

Women are +10.4 pts more exposed, mostly because they hold more clerical and administrative jobs.

How it compares

MODEL
Azerbaijan 24%
Upper-middle income 21%
Europe & Central Asia 32%
World 21%

AI preparedness

IMF
AzerbaijanUpper-middle income average
Digital infrastructure 0.11
Human capital & labour policy 0.15
Innovation & integration 0.10
Regulation & ethics 0.11

IMF AI Preparedness Index (2023). The four parts sum to the overall score of 0.47 (0–1 scale).

Exposure vs preparedness

Azerbaijan 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 Azerbaijan