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Costa Rica

High income Capital: San Jose 7 regions
28%
of jobs are in occupations exposed to generative AI. That's about 631K people.
MODEL68th of 183 most exposed World 21%High income 35%

Key numbers

Workers in exposed jobsMODEL
631K
of 2.3M in work
Highest-exposure jobsMODEL
5.3%
120K people
People in workILO
2.3M
40% women
UnemploymentWORLD BANK
6.8%
2025
Youth unemploymentWORLD BANK
19.9%
ages 15–24
GDP per capitaWORLD BANK
$19,970
US$, 2025
Internet usersWORLD BANK
87%
of population
AI preparednessIMF
0.54
49th of 165
PopulationWORLD BANK
5.2M
Tertiary enrolmentWORLD BANK
55%
gross ratio
Vulnerable employmentWORLD BANK
23%
own-account & family workers
Urban populationWORLD BANK
80%

Women and men

MODEL

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

Women: any exposure 34%
Men: any exposure 24%
Women: highest exposure 6.5%
Men: highest exposure 4.5%

Women are +9.7 pts more exposed, mostly because they hold more clerical and administrative jobs.

How it compares

MODEL
Costa Rica 28%
High income 35%
Latin America & Caribbean 26%
World 21%

AI preparedness

IMF
Costa RicaHigh income average
Digital infrastructure 0.12
Human capital & labour policy 0.14
Innovation & integration 0.13
Regulation & ethics 0.15

IMF AI Preparedness Index (2023). The four parts sum to the overall score of 0.54 (0–1 scale).

Exposure vs preparedness

Costa Rica 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 Costa Rica