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Benin

Lower-middle income Capital: Porto-Novo 12 regions
15%
of jobs are in occupations exposed to generative AI. That's about 1M people.
MODEL157th of 183 most exposed World 21%Lower-middle income 16%

Key numbers

Workers in exposed jobsMODEL
1M
of 6.5M in work
Highest-exposure jobsMODEL
1.2%
79.6K people
People in workILO
6.5M
50% women
UnemploymentWORLD BANK
1.6%
2025
Youth unemploymentWORLD BANK
2.9%
ages 15–24
GDP per capitaWORLD BANK
$1,658
US$, 2025
Internet usersWORLD BANK
34%
of population
AI preparednessIMF
0.36
122nd of 165
PopulationWORLD BANK
14.8M
Tertiary enrolmentWORLD BANK
10%
gross ratio
Vulnerable employmentWORLD BANK
79%
own-account & family workers
Urban populationWORLD BANK
53%

Women and men

MODEL

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

Women: any exposure 18%
Men: any exposure 13%
Women: highest exposure 1.3%
Men: highest exposure 1.2%

Women are +5.5 pts more exposed, mostly because they hold more clerical and administrative jobs.

How it compares

MODEL
Benin 15%
Lower-middle income 16%
Sub-Saharan Africa 15%
World 21%

AI preparedness

IMF
BeninLower-middle income average
Digital infrastructure 0.07
Human capital & labour policy 0.10
Innovation & integration 0.10
Regulation & ethics 0.10

IMF AI Preparedness Index (2023). The four parts sum to the overall score of 0.36 (0–1 scale).

Exposure vs preparedness

Benin 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 Benin