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Nicaragua

Lower-middle income Capital: Managua 17 regions
19%
of jobs are in occupations exposed to generative AI. That's about 584K people.
MODEL136th of 183 most exposed World 21%Lower-middle income 16%

Key numbers

Workers in exposed jobsMODEL
584K
of 3.2M in work
Highest-exposure jobsMODEL
2.4%
76.8K people
People in workILO
3.2M
40% women
UnemploymentWORLD BANK
5.0%
2025
Youth unemploymentWORLD BANK
9.5%
ages 15–24
GDP per capitaWORLD BANK
$3,173
US$, 2025
Internet usersWORLD BANK
61%
of population
AI preparednessIMF
0.33
133rd of 165
PopulationWORLD BANK
7M
Tertiary enrolmentWORLD BANK
30%
gross ratio
Vulnerable employmentWORLD BANK
39%
own-account & family workers
Urban populationWORLD BANK
59%

Women and men

MODEL

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

Women: any exposure 26%
Men: any exposure 14%
Women: highest exposure 3.5%
Men: highest exposure 1.7%

Women are +11.8 pts more exposed, mostly because they hold more clerical and administrative jobs.

How it compares

MODEL
Nicaragua 19%
Lower-middle income 16%
Latin America & Caribbean 26%
World 21%

AI preparedness

IMF
NicaraguaLower-middle income average
Digital infrastructure 0.07
Human capital & labour policy 0.09
Innovation & integration 0.11
Regulation & ethics 0.06

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

Exposure vs preparedness

Nicaragua 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 Nicaragua