AI & jobs · Country profile

Belarus

Upper-middle income Capital: Minsk 7 regions
27%
of jobs are in occupations exposed to generative AI. That's about 1.3M people.
MODEL71st of 183 most exposed World 21%Upper-middle income 21%

Key numbers

Workers in exposed jobsMODEL
1.3M
of 4.6M in work
Highest-exposure jobsMODEL
3.3%
150K people
People in workILO
4.6M
50% women
UnemploymentWORLD BANK
3.4%
2025
Youth unemploymentWORLD BANK
9.2%
ages 15–24
GDP per capitaWORLD BANK
$10,279
US$, 2025
Internet usersWORLD BANK
94%
of population
AI preparednessIMF
0.47
81st of 165
PopulationWORLD BANK
9.1M
Tertiary enrolmentWORLD BANK
70%
gross ratio
Vulnerable employmentWORLD BANK
6%
own-account & family workers
Urban populationWORLD BANK
79%

Women and men

MODEL

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

Women: any exposure 36%
Men: any exposure 19%
Women: highest exposure 4.8%
Men: highest exposure 1.8%

Women are +17.9 pts more exposed, mostly because they hold more clerical and administrative jobs.

How it compares

MODEL
Belarus 27%
Upper-middle income 21%
Europe & Central Asia 32%
World 21%

AI preparedness

IMF
BelarusUpper-middle income average
Digital infrastructure 0.15
Human capital & labour policy 0.14
Innovation & integration 0.11
Regulation & ethics 0.08

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

Exposure vs preparedness

Belarus 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 Belarus