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Burundi

Low income Capital: Bujumbura 17 regions
9%
of jobs are in occupations exposed to generative AI. That's about 537K people.
MODEL183rd of 183 most exposed World 21%Low income 13%

Key numbers

Workers in exposed jobsMODEL
537K
of 6.3M in work
Highest-exposure jobsMODEL
0.4%
22K people
People in workILO
6.3M
52% women
UnemploymentWORLD BANK
0.9%
2025
Youth unemploymentWORLD BANK
1.7%
ages 15–24
GDP per capitaWORLD BANK
$234
US$, 2025
Internet usersWORLD BANK
9%
of population
AI preparednessIMF
0.30
148th of 165
PopulationWORLD BANK
14.4M
Tertiary enrolmentWORLD BANK
6%
gross ratio
Vulnerable employmentWORLD BANK
84%
own-account & family workers
Urban populationWORLD BANK
26%

Women and men

MODEL

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

Women: any exposure 8%
Men: any exposure 9%
Women: highest exposure 0.3%
Men: highest exposure 0.4%

Men are +1.1 pts more exposed here. Women’s jobs are concentrated in less-exposed work such as agriculture and care.

How it compares

MODEL
Burundi 9%
Low income 13%
Sub-Saharan Africa 15%
World 21%

AI preparedness

IMF
BurundiLow income average
Digital infrastructure 0.04
Human capital & labour policy 0.11
Innovation & integration 0.07
Regulation & ethics 0.07

IMF AI Preparedness Index (2023). The four parts sum to the overall score of 0.30 (0–1 scale).

Exposure vs preparedness

Burundi 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 Burundi