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Kingdom of eSwatini

Lower-middle income Capital: Mbabane 4 regions
22%
of jobs are in occupations exposed to generative AI. That's about 63.5K people.
MODEL101st of 183 most exposed World 21%Lower-middle income 16%

Key numbers

Workers in exposed jobsMODEL
63.5K
of 284K in work
Highest-exposure jobsMODEL
2.8%
8,004 people
People in workILO
284K
47% women
UnemploymentWORLD BANK
34.2%
2025
Youth unemploymentWORLD BANK
54.3%
ages 15–24
GDP per capitaWORLD BANK
$4,108
US$, 2025
Internet usersWORLD BANK
63%
of population
AI preparednessIMF
0.31
142nd of 165
PopulationWORLD BANK
1.3M
Tertiary enrolmentWORLD BANK
6%
gross ratio
Vulnerable employmentWORLD BANK
28%
own-account & family workers
Urban populationWORLD BANK
27%

Women and men

MODEL

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

Women: any exposure 26%
Men: any exposure 20%
Women: highest exposure 3.7%
Men: highest exposure 2.1%

Women are +6.0 pts more exposed, mostly because they hold more clerical and administrative jobs.

How it compares

MODEL
Kingdom of eSwatini 22%
Lower-middle income 16%
Sub-Saharan Africa 15%
World 21%

AI preparedness

IMF
Kingdom of eSwatiniLower-middle income average
Digital infrastructure 0.06
Human capital & labour policy 0.09
Innovation & integration 0.09
Regulation & ethics 0.06

IMF AI Preparedness Index (2023). The four parts sum to the overall score of 0.31 (0–1 scale).

Exposure vs preparedness

Kingdom of eSwatini 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 Kingdom of eSwatini