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The Gambia

Low income Capital: Banjul 6 regions
18%
of jobs are in occupations exposed to generative AI. That's about 133K people.
MODEL142nd of 183 most exposed World 21%Low income 13%

Key numbers

Workers in exposed jobsMODEL
133K
of 755K in work
Highest-exposure jobsMODEL
1.4%
10.4K people
People in workILO
755K
49% women
UnemploymentWORLD BANK
6.5%
2025
Youth unemploymentWORLD BANK
10.9%
ages 15–24
GDP per capitaWORLD BANK
$919
US$, 2025
Internet usersWORLD BANK
49%
of population
AI preparednessIMF
0.36
123rd of 165
PopulationWORLD BANK
2.8M
Tertiary enrolmentWORLD BANK
13%
gross ratio
Vulnerable employmentWORLD BANK
64%
own-account & family workers
Urban populationWORLD BANK
65%

Women and men

MODEL

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

Women: any exposure 19%
Men: any exposure 16%
Women: highest exposure 1.4%
Men: highest exposure 1.3%

Women are +3.3 pts more exposed, mostly because they hold more clerical and administrative jobs.

How it compares

MODEL
The Gambia 18%
Low income 13%
Sub-Saharan Africa 15%
World 21%

AI preparedness

IMF
The GambiaLow income average
Digital infrastructure 0.05
Human capital & labour policy 0.12
Innovation & integration 0.10
Regulation & ethics 0.09

IMF AI Preparedness Index (2023). The four parts sum to the overall score of 0.36 (0–1 scale).

Exposure vs preparedness

The Gambia 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 The Gambia