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Bulgaria

High income Capital: Sofia 28 regions
30%
of jobs are in occupations exposed to generative AI. That's about 936K people.
MODEL54th of 183 most exposed World 21%High income 35%

Key numbers

Workers in exposed jobsMODEL
936K
of 3.1M in work
Highest-exposure jobsMODEL
4.8%
149K people
People in workILO
3.1M
47% women
UnemploymentWORLD BANK
3.5%
2025
Youth unemploymentWORLD BANK
10.2%
ages 15–24
GDP per capitaWORLD BANK
$20,328
US$, 2025
Internet usersWORLD BANK
82%
of population
AI preparednessIMF
0.58
43rd of 165
PopulationWORLD BANK
6.4M
Tertiary enrolmentWORLD BANK
70%
gross ratio
Vulnerable employmentWORLD BANK
7%
own-account & family workers
Urban populationWORLD BANK
74%

Women and men

MODEL

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

Women: any exposure 38%
Men: any exposure 23%
Women: highest exposure 6.6%
Men: highest exposure 3.2%

Women are +14.3 pts more exposed, mostly because they hold more clerical and administrative jobs.

How it compares

MODEL
Bulgaria 30%
High income 35%
Europe & Central Asia 32%
World 21%

AI preparedness

IMF
BulgariaHigh income average
Digital infrastructure 0.15
Human capital & labour policy 0.15
Innovation & integration 0.14
Regulation & ethics 0.15

IMF AI Preparedness Index (2023). The four parts sum to the overall score of 0.58 (0–1 scale).

Exposure vs preparedness

Bulgaria 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 Bulgaria