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Moldova

Upper-middle income Capital: Chisinau 40 regions
17%
of jobs are in occupations exposed to generative AI. That's about 299K people.
MODEL143rd of 183 most exposed World 21%Upper-middle income 21%

Key numbers

Workers in exposed jobsMODEL
299K
of 1.7M in work
Highest-exposure jobsMODEL
1.9%
33K people
People in workILO
1.7M
56% women
UnemploymentWORLD BANK
1.5%
2025
Youth unemploymentWORLD BANK
4.2%
ages 15–24
GDP per capitaWORLD BANK
$8,622
US$, 2025
Internet usersWORLD BANK
77%
of population
AI preparednessIMF
0.48
78th of 165
PopulationWORLD BANK
2.4M
Tertiary enrolmentWORLD BANK
75%
gross ratio
Vulnerable employmentWORLD BANK
59%
own-account & family workers
Urban populationWORLD BANK
44%

Women and men

MODEL

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

Women: any exposure 20%
Men: any exposure 14%
Women: highest exposure 2.4%
Men: highest exposure 1.4%

Women are +6.6 pts more exposed, mostly because they hold more clerical and administrative jobs.

How it compares

MODEL
Moldova 17%
Upper-middle income 21%
Europe & Central Asia 32%
World 21%

AI preparedness

IMF
MoldovaUpper-middle income average
Digital infrastructure 0.13
Human capital & labour policy 0.13
Innovation & integration 0.10
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

Moldova 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 Moldova