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Somalia

Low income Capital: Mogadishu 13 regions
21%
of jobs are in occupations exposed to generative AI. That's about 611K people.
MODEL113th of 183 most exposed World 21%Low income 13%

Key numbers

Workers in exposed jobsMODEL
611K
of 2.9M in work
Highest-exposure jobsMODEL
1.9%
56.1K people
People in workILO
2.9M
29% women
UnemploymentWORLD BANK
18.9%
2025
Youth unemploymentWORLD BANK
34.2%
ages 15–24
GDP per capitaWORLD BANK
$661
US$, 2025
Internet usersWORLD BANK
28%
of population
AI preparednessIMF
—
PopulationWORLD BANK
19.7M
Tertiary enrolmentWORLD BANK
2%
gross ratio
Vulnerable employmentWORLD BANK
46%
own-account & family workers
Urban populationWORLD BANK
55%

Women and men

MODEL

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

Women: any exposure 22%
Men: any exposure 21%
Women: highest exposure 1.6%
Men: highest exposure 2.1%

Women are +1.2 pts more exposed, mostly because they hold more clerical and administrative jobs.

How it compares

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

AI preparedness

IMF
SomaliaLow income average
Digital infrastructure 0.04
Human capital & labour policy —
Innovation & integration 0.13
Regulation & ethics 0.03

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

Exposure vs preparedness

Somalia 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 Somalia