AI & jobs · Country profile

Albania

Upper-middle income Capital: Tirane 12 regions
20%
of jobs are in occupations exposed to generative AI. That's about 266K people.
MODEL121st of 183 most exposed World 21%Upper-middle income 21%

Key numbers

Workers in exposed jobsMODEL
266K
of 1.3M in work
Highest-exposure jobsMODEL
2.1%
28.5K people
People in workILO
1.3M
46% women
UnemploymentWORLD BANK
10.9%
2025
Youth unemploymentWORLD BANK
25.6%
ages 15–24
GDP per capitaWORLD BANK
$12,998
US$, 2025
Internet usersWORLD BANK
86%
of population
AI preparednessIMF
0.53
58th of 165
PopulationWORLD BANK
2.3M
Tertiary enrolmentWORLD BANK
84%
gross ratio
Vulnerable employmentWORLD BANK
46%
own-account & family workers
Urban populationWORLD BANK
59%

Women and men

MODEL

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

Women: any exposure 23%
Men: any exposure 18%
Women: highest exposure 2.7%
Men: highest exposure 1.7%

Women are +5.0 pts more exposed, mostly because they hold more clerical and administrative jobs.

How it compares

MODEL
Albania 20%
Upper-middle income 21%
Europe & Central Asia 32%
World 21%

AI preparedness

IMF
AlbaniaUpper-middle income average
Digital infrastructure 0.11
Human capital & labour policy 0.14
Innovation & integration 0.13
Regulation & ethics 0.15

IMF AI Preparedness Index (2023). The four parts sum to the overall score of 0.53 (0–1 scale).

Exposure vs preparedness

Albania 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 Albania