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Estonia

High income Capital: Tallinn 15 regions
32%
of jobs are in occupations exposed to generative AI. That's about 219K people.
MODEL43rd of 183 most exposed World 21%High income 35%

Key numbers

Workers in exposed jobsMODEL
219K
of 680K in work
Highest-exposure jobsMODEL
5.2%
35.4K people
People in workILO
680K
50% women
UnemploymentWORLD BANK
8.3%
2025
Youth unemploymentWORLD BANK
19.7%
ages 15–24
GDP per capitaWORLD BANK
$34,418
US$, 2025
Internet usersWORLD BANK
92%
of population
AI preparednessIMF
0.76
5th of 165
PopulationWORLD BANK
1.4M
Tertiary enrolmentWORLD BANK
66%
gross ratio
Vulnerable employmentWORLD BANK
7%
own-account & family workers
Urban populationWORLD BANK
71%

Women and men

MODEL

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

Women: any exposure 39%
Men: any exposure 25%
Women: highest exposure 6.5%
Men: highest exposure 3.9%

Women are +13.9 pts more exposed, mostly because they hold more clerical and administrative jobs.

How it compares

MODEL
Estonia 32%
High income 35%
Europe & Central Asia 32%
World 21%

AI preparedness

IMF
EstoniaHigh income average
Digital infrastructure 0.20
Human capital & labour policy 0.19
Innovation & integration 0.16
Regulation & ethics 0.22

IMF AI Preparedness Index (2023). The four parts sum to the overall score of 0.76 (0–1 scale).

Exposure vs preparedness

Estonia 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 Estonia