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Botswana

Upper-middle income Capital: Gaborone 15 regions
21%
of jobs are in occupations exposed to generative AI. That's about 191K people.
MODEL114th of 183 most exposed World 21%Upper-middle income 21%

Key numbers

Workers in exposed jobsMODEL
191K
of 906K in work
Highest-exposure jobsMODEL
2.9%
26K people
People in workILO
906K
45% women
UnemploymentWORLD BANK
24.5%
2025
Youth unemploymentWORLD BANK
46.0%
ages 15–24
GDP per capitaWORLD BANK
$7,778
US$, 2025
Internet usersWORLD BANK
57%
of population
AI preparednessIMF
0.41
105th of 165
PopulationWORLD BANK
2.6M
Tertiary enrolmentWORLD BANK
21%
gross ratio
Vulnerable employmentWORLD BANK
26%
own-account & family workers
Urban populationWORLD BANK
68%

Women and men

MODEL

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

Women: any exposure 25%
Men: any exposure 18%
Women: highest exposure 3.8%
Men: highest exposure 2.1%

Women are +7.7 pts more exposed, mostly because they hold more clerical and administrative jobs.

How it compares

MODEL
Botswana 21%
Upper-middle income 21%
Sub-Saharan Africa 15%
World 21%

AI preparedness

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

IMF AI Preparedness Index (2023). The four parts sum to the overall score of 0.41 (0–1 scale).

Exposure vs preparedness

Botswana 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 Botswana