AI & jobs · Country profile
Namibia
22%
of jobs are in occupations exposed to generative AI. That's about 204K people.
MODEL107th of 183 most exposed
World 21%Lower-middle income 16%
Key numbers
Workers in exposed jobsMODEL
204K
of 930K in work
Highest-exposure jobsMODEL
3.9%
36.4K people
People in workILO
930K
49% women
UnemploymentWORLD BANK
19.3%
2025
Youth unemploymentWORLD BANK
38.0%
ages 15–24
GDP per capitaWORLD BANK
$4,876
US$, 2025
Internet usersWORLD BANK
65%
of population
AI preparednessIMF
0.42
102nd of 165
PopulationWORLD BANK
3.1M
Tertiary enrolmentWORLD BANK
26%
gross ratio
Vulnerable employmentWORLD BANK
30%
own-account & family workers
Urban populationWORLD BANK
51%
Women and men
MODELBased on the real occupation mix of women’s and men’s jobs (ILO).
Women are +7.5 pts more exposed, mostly because they hold more clerical and administrative jobs.
How it compares
MODELAI preparedness
IMFNamibiaLower-middle income average
IMF AI Preparedness Index (2023). The four parts sum to the overall score of 0.42 (0–1 scale).
Exposure vs preparedness
Namibia 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.