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Lao PDR

Lower-middle income Capital: Vientiane 17 regions
13%
of jobs are in occupations exposed to generative AI. That's about 471K people.
MODEL168th of 183 most exposed World 21%Lower-middle income 16%

Key numbers

Workers in exposed jobsMODEL
471K
of 3.6M in work
Highest-exposure jobsMODEL
0.9%
32.5K people
People in workILO
3.6M
47% women
UnemploymentWORLD BANK
1.2%
2025
Youth unemploymentWORLD BANK
2.4%
ages 15–24
GDP per capitaWORLD BANK
$2,325
US$, 2025
Internet usersWORLD BANK
66%
of population
AI preparednessIMF
0.33
134th of 165
PopulationWORLD BANK
7.9M
Tertiary enrolmentWORLD BANK
15%
gross ratio
Vulnerable employmentWORLD BANK
76%
own-account & family workers
Urban populationWORLD BANK
40%

Women and men

MODEL

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

Women: any exposure 14%
Men: any exposure 12%
Women: highest exposure 1.1%
Men: highest exposure 0.7%

Women are +2.6 pts more exposed, mostly because they hold more clerical and administrative jobs.

How it compares

MODEL
Lao PDR 13%
Lower-middle income 16%
East Asia & Pacific 21%
World 21%

AI preparedness

IMF
Lao PDRLower-middle income average
Digital infrastructure 0.06
Human capital & labour policy 0.11
Innovation & integration 0.09
Regulation & ethics 0.08

IMF AI Preparedness Index (2023). The four parts sum to the overall score of 0.33 (0–1 scale).

Exposure vs preparedness

Lao PDR 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 Lao PDR