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Yemen

Low income Capital: Sana'a 21 regions
23%
of jobs are in occupations exposed to generative AI. That's about 1.6M people.
MODEL95th of 183 most exposed World 21%Low income 13%

Key numbers

Workers in exposed jobsMODEL
1.6M
of 6.7M in work
Highest-exposure jobsMODEL
4.4%
296K people
People in workILO
6.7M
6% women
UnemploymentWORLD BANK
17.3%
2025
Youth unemploymentWORLD BANK
32.6%
ages 15–24
GDP per capitaWORLD BANK
$634
US$, 2018
Internet usersWORLD BANK
17%
of population
AI preparednessIMF
0.25
159th of 165
PopulationWORLD BANK
41.8M
Tertiary enrolmentWORLD BANK
9%
gross ratio
Vulnerable employmentWORLD BANK
46%
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 20%
Men: any exposure 23%
Women: highest exposure 1.9%
Men: highest exposure 4.5%

Men are +3.8 pts more exposed here. Women’s jobs are concentrated in less-exposed work such as agriculture and care.

How it compares

MODEL
Yemen 23%
Low income 13%
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan 20%
World 21%

AI preparedness

IMF
YemenLow income average
Digital infrastructure 0.04
Human capital & labour policy 0.07
Innovation & integration 0.12
Regulation & ethics 0.02

IMF AI Preparedness Index (2023). The four parts sum to the overall score of 0.25 (0–1 scale).

Exposure vs preparedness

Yemen 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 Yemen