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Central African Republic

Low income Capital: Bangui 17 regions
9%
of jobs are in occupations exposed to generative AI. That's about 180K people.
MODEL182nd of 183 most exposed World 21%Low income 13%

Key numbers

Workers in exposed jobsMODEL
180K
of 1.9M in work
Highest-exposure jobsMODEL
1.1%
21.7K people
People in workILO
1.9M
48% women
UnemploymentWORLD BANK
6.3%
2025
Youth unemploymentWORLD BANK
10.1%
ages 15–24
GDP per capitaWORLD BANK
$556
US$, 2025
Internet usersWORLD BANK
14%
of population
AI preparednessIMF
0.18
165th of 165
PopulationWORLD BANK
5.5M
Tertiary enrolmentWORLD BANK
3%
gross ratio
Vulnerable employmentWORLD BANK
79%
own-account & family workers
Urban populationWORLD BANK
45%

Women and men

MODEL

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

Women: any exposure 10%
Men: any exposure 9%
Women: highest exposure 1.2%
Men: highest exposure 1.0%

Women are +1.5 pts more exposed, mostly because they hold more clerical and administrative jobs.

How it compares

MODEL
Central African Republic 9%
Low income 13%
Sub-Saharan Africa 15%
World 21%

AI preparedness

IMF
Central African RepublicLow income average
Digital infrastructure 0.02
Human capital & labour policy 0.03
Innovation & integration 0.09
Regulation & ethics 0.04

IMF AI Preparedness Index (2023). The four parts sum to the overall score of 0.18 (0–1 scale).

Exposure vs preparedness

Central African Republic 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 Central African Republic