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Hong Kong

High income 18 regions
35%
of jobs are in occupations exposed to generative AI. That's about 1.3M people.
MODEL26th of 183 most exposed World 21%High income 35%

Key numbers

Workers in exposed jobsMODEL
1.3M
of 3.6M in work
Highest-exposure jobsMODEL
7.5%
271K people
People in workILO
3.6M
51% women
UnemploymentWORLD BANK
2.8%
2025
Youth unemploymentWORLD BANK
9.0%
ages 15–24
GDP per capitaWORLD BANK
$56,983
US$, 2025
Internet usersWORLD BANK
96%
of population
AI preparednessIMF
0.70
20th of 165
PopulationWORLD BANK
7.5M
Tertiary enrolmentWORLD BANK
120%
gross ratio
Vulnerable employmentWORLD BANK
6%
own-account & family workers
Urban populationWORLD BANK
100%

Women and men

MODEL

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

Women: any exposure 40%
Men: any exposure 30%
Women: highest exposure 10.1%
Men: highest exposure 4.7%

Women are +10.4 pts more exposed, mostly because they hold more clerical and administrative jobs.

How it compares

MODEL
Hong Kong 35%
High income 35%
East Asia & Pacific 21%
World 21%

AI preparedness

IMF
Hong KongHigh income average
Digital infrastructure 0.20
Human capital & labour policy 0.16
Innovation & integration 0.18
Regulation & ethics 0.17

IMF AI Preparedness Index (2023). The four parts sum to the overall score of 0.70 (0–1 scale).

Exposure vs preparedness

Hong Kong 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 Hong Kong