AI & jobs · Country profile

Australia

High income Capital: Canberra 11 regions
35%
of jobs are in occupations exposed to generative AI. That's about 5M people.
MODEL21st of 183 most exposed World 21%High income 35%

Key numbers

Workers in exposed jobsMODEL
5M
of 14.2M in work
Highest-exposure jobsMODEL
6.1%
868K people
People in workILO
14.2M
48% women
UnemploymentWORLD BANK
4.1%
2025
Youth unemploymentWORLD BANK
9.6%
ages 15–24
GDP per capitaWORLD BANK
$65,130
US$, 2025
Internet usersWORLD BANK
96%
of population
AI preparednessIMF
0.73
14th of 165
PopulationWORLD BANK
27.6M
Tertiary enrolmentWORLD BANK
108%
gross ratio
Vulnerable employmentWORLD BANK
9%
own-account & family workers
Urban populationWORLD BANK
88%

Women and men

MODEL

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

Women: any exposure 44%
Men: any exposure 28%
Women: highest exposure 8.6%
Men: highest exposure 3.9%

Women are +15.5 pts more exposed, mostly because they hold more clerical and administrative jobs.

How it compares

MODEL
Australia 35%
High income 35%
East Asia & Pacific 21%
World 21%

AI preparedness

IMF
AustraliaHigh income average
Digital infrastructure 0.18
Human capital & labour policy 0.17
Innovation & integration 0.16
Regulation & ethics 0.21

IMF AI Preparedness Index (2023). The four parts sum to the overall score of 0.73 (0–1 scale).

Exposure vs preparedness

Australia 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 Australia