AI & jobs · Country profile

Jordan

Upper-middle income Capital: Amman 12 regions
27%
of jobs are in occupations exposed to generative AI. That's about 737K people.
MODEL70th of 183 most exposed World 21%Upper-middle income 21%

Key numbers

Workers in exposed jobsMODEL
737K
of 2.7M in work
Highest-exposure jobsMODEL
3.3%
89.3K people
People in workILO
2.7M
18% women
UnemploymentWORLD BANK
16.5%
2025
Youth unemploymentWORLD BANK
38.9%
ages 15–24
GDP per capitaWORLD BANK
$5,348
US$, 2025
Internet usersWORLD BANK
96%
of population
AI preparednessIMF
0.48
75th of 165
PopulationWORLD BANK
11.5M
Tertiary enrolmentWORLD BANK
36%
gross ratio
Vulnerable employmentWORLD BANK
8%
own-account & family workers
Urban populationWORLD BANK
93%

Women and men

MODEL

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

Women: any exposure 33%
Men: any exposure 26%
Women: highest exposure 4.7%
Men: highest exposure 3.0%

Women are +6.8 pts more exposed, mostly because they hold more clerical and administrative jobs.

How it compares

MODEL
Jordan 27%
Upper-middle income 21%
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan 20%
World 21%

AI preparedness

IMF
JordanUpper-middle income average
Digital infrastructure 0.09
Human capital & labour policy 0.13
Innovation & integration 0.13
Regulation & ethics 0.13

IMF AI Preparedness Index (2023). The four parts sum to the overall score of 0.48 (0–1 scale).

Exposure vs preparedness

Jordan 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 Jordan