AI & jobs · Country profile

Netherlands

High income Capital: Amsterdam 15 regions
39%
of jobs are in occupations exposed to generative AI. That's about 3.9M people.
MODEL7th of 183 most exposed World 21%High income 35%

Key numbers

Workers in exposed jobsMODEL
3.9M
of 10.1M in work
Highest-exposure jobsMODEL
6.4%
646K people
People in workILO
10.1M
47% women
UnemploymentWORLD BANK
3.9%
2025
Youth unemploymentWORLD BANK
8.8%
ages 15–24
GDP per capitaWORLD BANK
$73,684
US$, 2025
Internet usersWORLD BANK
97%
of population
AI preparednessIMF
0.77
4th of 165
PopulationWORLD BANK
18.1M
Tertiary enrolmentWORLD BANK
87%
gross ratio
Vulnerable employmentWORLD BANK
13%
own-account & family workers
Urban populationWORLD BANK
96%

Women and men

MODEL

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

Women: any exposure 43%
Men: any exposure 35%
Women: highest exposure 7.5%
Men: highest exposure 5.4%

Women are +7.7 pts more exposed, mostly because they hold more clerical and administrative jobs.

How it compares

MODEL
Netherlands 39%
High income 35%
Europe & Central Asia 32%
World 21%

AI preparedness

IMF
NetherlandsHigh income average
Digital infrastructure 0.19
Human capital & labour policy 0.17
Innovation & integration 0.18
Regulation & ethics 0.22

IMF AI Preparedness Index (2023). The four parts sum to the overall score of 0.77 (0–1 scale).

Exposure vs preparedness

Netherlands 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 Netherlands