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Tanzania

Lower-middle income Capital: Dodoma 30 regions
10%
of jobs are in occupations exposed to generative AI. That's about 3.5M people.
MODEL179th of 183 most exposed World 21%Lower-middle income 16%

Key numbers

Workers in exposed jobsMODEL
3.5M
of 33.5M in work
Highest-exposure jobsMODEL
0.6%
208K people
People in workILO
33.5M
49% women
UnemploymentWORLD BANK
1.6%
2025
Youth unemploymentWORLD BANK
2.4%
ages 15–24
GDP per capitaWORLD BANK
$1,319
US$, 2025
Internet usersWORLD BANK
31%
of population
AI preparednessIMF
0.35
126th of 165
PopulationWORLD BANK
70.5M
Tertiary enrolmentWORLD BANK
4%
gross ratio
Vulnerable employmentWORLD BANK
84%
own-account & family workers
Urban populationWORLD BANK
37%

Women and men

MODEL

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

Women: any exposure 11%
Men: any exposure 10%
Women: highest exposure 0.6%
Men: highest exposure 0.6%

Women are +0.8 pts more exposed, mostly because they hold more clerical and administrative jobs.

How it compares

MODEL
Tanzania 10%
Lower-middle income 16%
Sub-Saharan Africa 15%
World 21%

AI preparedness

IMF
TanzaniaLower-middle income average
Digital infrastructure 0.06
Human capital & labour policy 0.09
Innovation & integration 0.10
Regulation & ethics 0.09

IMF AI Preparedness Index (2023). The four parts sum to the overall score of 0.35 (0–1 scale).

Exposure vs preparedness

Tanzania 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 Tanzania