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Zambia

Lower-middle income Capital: Lusaka 10 regions
15%
of jobs are in occupations exposed to generative AI. That's about 1.1M people.
MODEL159th of 183 most exposed World 21%Lower-middle income 16%

Key numbers

Workers in exposed jobsMODEL
1.1M
of 7.5M in work
Highest-exposure jobsMODEL
1.3%
94.7K people
People in workILO
7.5M
46% women
UnemploymentWORLD BANK
5.9%
2025
Youth unemploymentWORLD BANK
10.5%
ages 15–24
GDP per capitaWORLD BANK
$1,318
US$, 2025
Internet usersWORLD BANK
17%
of population
AI preparednessIMF
0.37
115th of 165
PopulationWORLD BANK
21.9M
Tertiary enrolmentWORLD BANK
4%
gross ratio
Vulnerable employmentWORLD BANK
70%
own-account & family workers
Urban populationWORLD BANK
46%

Women and men

MODEL

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

Women: any exposure 17%
Men: any exposure 14%
Women: highest exposure 1.3%
Men: highest exposure 1.2%

Women are +2.9 pts more exposed, mostly because they hold more clerical and administrative jobs.

How it compares

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

AI preparedness

IMF
ZambiaLower-middle income average
Digital infrastructure 0.07
Human capital & labour policy 0.11
Innovation & integration 0.10
Regulation & ethics 0.09

IMF AI Preparedness Index (2023). The four parts sum to the overall score of 0.37 (0–1 scale).

Exposure vs preparedness

Zambia 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 Zambia