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Serbia

Upper-middle income Capital: Belgrade 25 regions
29%
of jobs are in occupations exposed to generative AI. That's about 900K people.
MODEL62nd of 183 most exposed World 21%Upper-middle income 21%

Key numbers

Workers in exposed jobsMODEL
900K
of 3.2M in work
Highest-exposure jobsMODEL
5.3%
168K people
People in workILO
3.2M
47% women
UnemploymentWORLD BANK
7.1%
2025
Youth unemploymentWORLD BANK
20.9%
ages 15–24
GDP per capitaWORLD BANK
$15,262
US$, 2025
Internet usersWORLD BANK
88%
of population
AI preparednessIMF
0.54
51st of 165
PopulationWORLD BANK
6.5M
Tertiary enrolmentWORLD BANK
71%
gross ratio
Vulnerable employmentWORLD BANK
24%
own-account & family workers
Urban populationWORLD BANK
63%

Women and men

MODEL

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

Women: any exposure 34%
Men: any exposure 24%
Women: highest exposure 6.6%
Men: highest exposure 4.2%

Women are +10.2 pts more exposed, mostly because they hold more clerical and administrative jobs.

How it compares

MODEL
Serbia 29%
Upper-middle income 21%
Europe & Central Asia 32%
World 21%

AI preparedness

IMF
SerbiaUpper-middle income average
Digital infrastructure 0.15
Human capital & labour policy 0.14
Innovation & integration 0.11
Regulation & ethics 0.14

IMF AI Preparedness Index (2023). The four parts sum to the overall score of 0.54 (0–1 scale).

Exposure vs preparedness

Serbia 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 Serbia