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Latvia

High income Capital: Riga 119 regions
30%
of jobs are in occupations exposed to generative AI. That's about 270K people.
MODEL53rd of 183 most exposed World 21%High income 35%

Key numbers

Workers in exposed jobsMODEL
270K
of 889K in work
Highest-exposure jobsMODEL
4.4%
39.2K people
People in workILO
889K
50% women
UnemploymentWORLD BANK
6.6%
2025
Youth unemploymentWORLD BANK
12.9%
ages 15–24
GDP per capitaWORLD BANK
$26,312
US$, 2025
Internet usersWORLD BANK
93%
of population
AI preparednessIMF
0.63
33rd of 165
PopulationWORLD BANK
1.8M
Tertiary enrolmentWORLD BANK
83%
gross ratio
Vulnerable employmentWORLD BANK
9%
own-account & family workers
Urban populationWORLD BANK
69%

Women and men

MODEL

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

Women: any exposure 37%
Men: any exposure 24%
Women: highest exposure 5.7%
Men: highest exposure 3.1%

Women are +13.6 pts more exposed, mostly because they hold more clerical and administrative jobs.

How it compares

MODEL
Latvia 30%
High income 35%
Europe & Central Asia 32%
World 21%

AI preparedness

IMF
LatviaHigh income average
Digital infrastructure 0.16
Human capital & labour policy 0.16
Innovation & integration 0.15
Regulation & ethics 0.16

IMF AI Preparedness Index (2023). The four parts sum to the overall score of 0.63 (0–1 scale).

Exposure vs preparedness

Latvia 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 Latvia