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Republic of Cabo Verde

Upper-middle income Capital: Praia 22 regions
23%
of jobs are in occupations exposed to generative AI. That's about 45.5K people.
MODEL98th of 183 most exposed World 21%Upper-middle income 21%

Key numbers

Workers in exposed jobsMODEL
45.5K
of 199K in work
Highest-exposure jobsMODEL
3.7%
7,381 people
People in workILO
199K
44% women
UnemploymentWORLD BANK
11.9%
2025
Youth unemploymentWORLD BANK
28.4%
ages 15–24
GDP per capitaWORLD BANK
$5,796
US$, 2025
Internet usersWORLD BANK
75%
of population
AI preparednessIMF
0.43
94th of 165
PopulationWORLD BANK
527K
Tertiary enrolmentWORLD BANK
24%
gross ratio
Vulnerable employmentWORLD BANK
34%
own-account & family workers
Urban populationWORLD BANK
78%

Women and men

MODEL

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

Women: any exposure 27%
Men: any exposure 19%
Women: highest exposure 4.4%
Men: highest exposure 3.2%

Women are +7.8 pts more exposed, mostly because they hold more clerical and administrative jobs.

How it compares

MODEL
Republic of Cabo Verde 23%
Upper-middle income 21%
Sub-Saharan Africa 15%
World 21%

AI preparedness

IMF
Republic of Cabo VerdeUpper-middle income average
Digital infrastructure 0.08
Human capital & labour policy 0.12
Innovation & integration 0.11
Regulation & ethics 0.12

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

Exposure vs preparedness

Republic of Cabo Verde 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 Republic of Cabo Verde