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Portugal

High income Capital: Lisbon 20 regions
34%
of jobs are in occupations exposed to generative AI. That's about 1.7M people.
MODEL34th of 183 most exposed World 21%High income 35%

Key numbers

Workers in exposed jobsMODEL
1.7M
of 5M in work
Highest-exposure jobsMODEL
6.3%
310K people
People in workILO
5M
49% women
UnemploymentWORLD BANK
6.2%
2025
Youth unemploymentWORLD BANK
20.2%
ages 15–24
GDP per capitaWORLD BANK
$32,082
US$, 2025
Internet usersWORLD BANK
88%
of population
AI preparednessIMF
0.65
29th of 165
PopulationWORLD BANK
10.8M
Tertiary enrolmentWORLD BANK
78%
gross ratio
Vulnerable employmentWORLD BANK
10%
own-account & family workers
Urban populationWORLD BANK
62%

Women and men

MODEL

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

Women: any exposure 40%
Men: any exposure 28%
Women: highest exposure 7.9%
Men: highest exposure 4.6%

Women are +11.3 pts more exposed, mostly because they hold more clerical and administrative jobs.

How it compares

MODEL
Portugal 34%
High income 35%
Europe & Central Asia 32%
World 21%

AI preparedness

IMF
PortugalHigh income average
Digital infrastructure 0.16
Human capital & labour policy 0.15
Innovation & integration 0.16
Regulation & ethics 0.18

IMF AI Preparedness Index (2023). The four parts sum to the overall score of 0.65 (0–1 scale).

Exposure vs preparedness

Portugal 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 Portugal