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Rwanda

Low income Capital: Kigali 5 regions
14%
of jobs are in occupations exposed to generative AI. That's about 734K people.
MODEL163rd of 183 most exposed World 21%Low income 13%

Key numbers

Workers in exposed jobsMODEL
734K
of 5.2M in work
Highest-exposure jobsMODEL
1.1%
58.4K people
People in workILO
5.2M
46% women
UnemploymentWORLD BANK
11.4%
2025
Youth unemploymentWORLD BANK
16.4%
ages 15–24
GDP per capitaWORLD BANK
$1,124
US$, 2025
Internet usersWORLD BANK
32%
of population
AI preparednessIMF
0.44
90th of 165
PopulationWORLD BANK
14.6M
Tertiary enrolmentWORLD BANK
9%
gross ratio
Vulnerable employmentWORLD BANK
39%
own-account & family workers
Urban populationWORLD BANK
31%

Women and men

MODEL

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

Women: any exposure 15%
Men: any exposure 13%
Women: highest exposure 1.3%
Men: highest exposure 1.0%

Women are +1.8 pts more exposed, mostly because they hold more clerical and administrative jobs.

How it compares

MODEL
Rwanda 14%
Low income 13%
Sub-Saharan Africa 15%
World 21%

AI preparedness

IMF
RwandaLow income average
Digital infrastructure 0.08
Human capital & labour policy 0.10
Innovation & integration 0.11
Regulation & ethics 0.14

IMF AI Preparedness Index (2023). The four parts sum to the overall score of 0.44 (0–1 scale).

Exposure vs preparedness

Rwanda 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 Rwanda