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Senegal

Lower-middle income Capital: Dakar 14 regions
19%
of jobs are in occupations exposed to generative AI. That's about 1.1M people.
MODEL137th of 183 most exposed World 21%Lower-middle income 16%

Key numbers

Workers in exposed jobsMODEL
1.1M
of 6M in work
Highest-exposure jobsMODEL
3.3%
195K people
People in workILO
6M
36% women
UnemploymentWORLD BANK
2.7%
2025
Youth unemploymentWORLD BANK
3.6%
ages 15–24
GDP per capitaWORLD BANK
$1,955
US$, 2025
Internet usersWORLD BANK
60%
of population
AI preparednessIMF
0.40
107th of 165
PopulationWORLD BANK
18.9M
Tertiary enrolmentWORLD BANK
15%
gross ratio
Vulnerable employmentWORLD BANK
63%
own-account & family workers
Urban populationWORLD BANK
56%

Women and men

MODEL

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

Women: any exposure 24%
Men: any exposure 16%
Women: highest exposure 4.8%
Men: highest exposure 2.4%

Women are +8.1 pts more exposed, mostly because they hold more clerical and administrative jobs.

How it compares

MODEL
Senegal 19%
Lower-middle income 16%
Sub-Saharan Africa 15%
World 21%

AI preparedness

IMF
SenegalLower-middle income average
Digital infrastructure 0.08
Human capital & labour policy 0.10
Innovation & integration 0.09
Regulation & ethics 0.12

IMF AI Preparedness Index (2023). The four parts sum to the overall score of 0.40 (0–1 scale).

Exposure vs preparedness

Senegal 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 Senegal