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Dem. Rep. Korea

Low income Capital: Pyongyang 11 regions
12%
of jobs are in occupations exposed to generative AI. That's about 2M people.
MODEL177th of 183 most exposed World 21%Low income 13%

Key numbers

Workers in exposed jobsMODEL
2M
of 17.1M in work
Highest-exposure jobsMODEL
2.2%
372K people
People in workILO
17.1M
48% women
UnemploymentWORLD BANK
3.5%
2025
Youth unemploymentWORLD BANK
7.9%
ages 15–24
Internet usersWORLD BANK
0%
of population
PopulationWORLD BANK
26.6M
Tertiary enrolmentWORLD BANK
27%
gross ratio
Vulnerable employmentWORLD BANK
57%
own-account & family workers
Urban populationWORLD BANK
64%

Women and men

MODEL

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

Women: any exposure 13%
Men: any exposure 10%
Women: highest exposure 2.6%
Men: highest exposure 1.8%

Women are +2.8 pts more exposed, mostly because they hold more clerical and administrative jobs.

How it compares

MODEL
Dem. Rep. Korea 12%
Low income 13%
East Asia & Pacific 21%
World 21%

Sources: ILO modelled estimates 2025 · World Bank WDI · IMF AIPI · Anthropic Economic Index · Wikidata · Natural Earth. How the estimates are made.

Regions of Dem. Rep. Korea