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Ethiopia

Low income Capital: Addis Ababa 11 regions
12%
of jobs are in occupations exposed to generative AI. That's about 6.5M people.
MODEL173rd of 183 most exposed World 21%Low income 13%

Key numbers

Workers in exposed jobsMODEL
6.5M
of 54.9M in work
Highest-exposure jobsMODEL
0.8%
439K people
People in workILO
54.9M
43% women
UnemploymentWORLD BANK
3.3%
2025
Youth unemploymentWORLD BANK
5.3%
ages 15–24
GDP per capitaWORLD BANK
$933
US$, 2025
Internet usersWORLD BANK
22%
of population
AI preparednessIMF
0.25
158th of 165
PopulationWORLD BANK
135.5M
Tertiary enrolmentWORLD BANK
6%
gross ratio
Vulnerable employmentWORLD BANK
84%
own-account & family workers
Urban populationWORLD BANK
24%

Women and men

MODEL

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

Women: any exposure 13%
Men: any exposure 11%
Women: highest exposure 1.0%
Men: highest exposure 0.7%

Women are +2.0 pts more exposed, mostly because they hold more clerical and administrative jobs.

How it compares

MODEL
Ethiopia 12%
Low income 13%
Sub-Saharan Africa 15%
World 21%

AI preparedness

IMF
EthiopiaLow income average
Digital infrastructure 0.05
Human capital & labour policy 0.06
Innovation & integration 0.07
Regulation & ethics 0.07

IMF AI Preparedness Index (2023). The four parts sum to the overall score of 0.25 (0–1 scale).

Exposure vs preparedness

Ethiopia 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 Ethiopia