AI & jobs · Country profile

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Upper-middle income Capital: Sarajevo 18 regions
25%
of jobs are in occupations exposed to generative AI. That's about 301K people.
MODEL79th of 183 most exposed World 21%Upper-middle income 21%

Key numbers

Workers in exposed jobsMODEL
301K
of 1.2M in work
Highest-exposure jobsMODEL
4.1%
48.8K people
People in workILO
1.2M
41% women
UnemploymentWORLD BANK
11.0%
2025
Youth unemploymentWORLD BANK
28.2%
ages 15–24
GDP per capitaWORLD BANK
$10,382
US$, 2025
Internet usersWORLD BANK
86%
of population
AI preparednessIMF
0.43
96th of 165
PopulationWORLD BANK
3.1M
Tertiary enrolmentWORLD BANK
46%
gross ratio
Vulnerable employmentWORLD BANK
18%
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 31%
Men: any exposure 21%
Women: highest exposure 5.2%
Men: highest exposure 3.3%

Women are +9.8 pts more exposed, mostly because they hold more clerical and administrative jobs.

How it compares

MODEL
Bosnia and Herzegovina 25%
Upper-middle income 21%
Europe & Central Asia 32%
World 21%

AI preparedness

IMF
Bosnia and HerzegovinaUpper-middle income average
Digital infrastructure 0.11
Human capital & labour policy 0.12
Innovation & integration 0.11
Regulation & ethics 0.09

IMF AI Preparedness Index (2023). The four parts sum to the overall score of 0.43 (0–1 scale).

Exposure vs preparedness

Bosnia and Herzegovina 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 Bosnia and Herzegovina