AI & jobs · Country profile

Vanuatu

Lower-middle income Capital: Port-Vila 6 regions
19%
of jobs are in occupations exposed to generative AI. That's about 22.2K people.
MODEL129th of 183 most exposed World 21%Lower-middle income 16%

Key numbers

Workers in exposed jobsMODEL
22.2K
of 115K in work
Highest-exposure jobsMODEL
2.4%
2,735 people
People in workILO
115K
45% women
UnemploymentWORLD BANK
5.1%
2025
Youth unemploymentWORLD BANK
11.3%
ages 15–24
GDP per capitaWORLD BANK
$4,039
US$, 2025
Internet usersWORLD BANK
22%
of population
PopulationWORLD BANK
335K
Tertiary enrolmentWORLD BANK
5%
gross ratio
Vulnerable employmentWORLD BANK
58%
own-account & family workers
Urban populationWORLD BANK
22%

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 18%
Women: highest exposure 2.8%
Men: highest exposure 2.0%

Women are +4.0 pts more exposed, mostly because they hold more clerical and administrative jobs.

How it compares

MODEL
Vanuatu 19%
Lower-middle income 16%
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 Vanuatu