AI & jobs · Country profile

Kazakhstan

Upper-middle income Capital: Astana 16 regions
26%
of jobs are in occupations exposed to generative AI. That's about 2.5M people.
MODEL74th of 183 most exposed World 21%Upper-middle income 21%

Key numbers

Workers in exposed jobsMODEL
2.5M
of 9.5M in work
Highest-exposure jobsMODEL
3.6%
347K people
People in workILO
9.5M
48% women
UnemploymentWORLD BANK
4.8%
2025
Youth unemploymentWORLD BANK
3.8%
ages 15–24
GDP per capitaWORLD BANK
$14,692
US$, 2025
Internet usersWORLD BANK
93%
of population
AI preparednessIMF
0.55
47th of 165
PopulationWORLD BANK
20.8M
Tertiary enrolmentWORLD BANK
53%
gross ratio
Vulnerable employmentWORLD BANK
25%
own-account & family workers
Urban populationWORLD BANK
62%

Women and men

MODEL

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

Women: any exposure 32%
Men: any exposure 21%
Women: highest exposure 4.9%
Men: highest exposure 2.5%

Women are +11.6 pts more exposed, mostly because they hold more clerical and administrative jobs.

How it compares

MODEL
Kazakhstan 26%
Upper-middle income 21%
Europe & Central Asia 32%
World 21%

AI preparedness

IMF
KazakhstanUpper-middle income average
Digital infrastructure 0.15
Human capital & labour policy 0.16
Innovation & integration 0.11
Regulation & ethics 0.13

IMF AI Preparedness Index (2023). The four parts sum to the overall score of 0.55 (0–1 scale).

Exposure vs preparedness

Kazakhstan 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 Kazakhstan