AI & jobs · Country profile

Tonga

Upper-middle income Capital: Nuku'alofa 5 regions
25%
of jobs are in occupations exposed to generative AI. That's about 8,186 people.
MODEL83rd of 183 most exposed World 21%Upper-middle income 21%

Key numbers

Workers in exposed jobsMODEL
8,186
of 33K in work
Highest-exposure jobsMODEL
3.9%
1,296 people
People in workILO
33K
47% women
UnemploymentWORLD BANK
2.0%
2025
Youth unemploymentWORLD BANK
6.0%
ages 15–24
GDP per capitaWORLD BANK
$6,547
US$, 2025
Internet usersWORLD BANK
67%
of population
PopulationWORLD BANK
104K
Tertiary enrolmentWORLD BANK
43%
gross ratio
Vulnerable employmentWORLD BANK
34%
own-account & family workers
Urban populationWORLD BANK
21%

Women and men

MODEL

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

Women: any exposure 31%
Men: any exposure 20%
Women: highest exposure 6.0%
Men: highest exposure 2.1%

Women are +11.0 pts more exposed, mostly because they hold more clerical and administrative jobs.

How it compares

MODEL
Tonga 25%
Upper-middle income 21%
East Asia & Pacific 21%
World 21%

Sources: ILO modelled estimates 2025 · World Bank WDI · IMF AIPI · Anthropic Economic Index · Wikidata · Natural Earth. How the estimates are made.

Regions of Tonga