AI & jobs · Country profile

Austria

High income Capital: Vienna 9 regions
36%
of jobs are in occupations exposed to generative AI. That's about 1.6M people.
MODEL19th of 183 most exposed World 21%High income 35%

Key numbers

Workers in exposed jobsMODEL
1.6M
of 4.4M in work
Highest-exposure jobsMODEL
6.6%
291K people
People in workILO
4.4M
47% women
UnemploymentWORLD BANK
5.6%
2025
Youth unemploymentWORLD BANK
11.0%
ages 15–24
GDP per capitaWORLD BANK
$62,930
US$, 2025
Internet usersWORLD BANK
92%
of population
AI preparednessIMF
0.73
16th of 165
PopulationWORLD BANK
9.2M
Tertiary enrolmentWORLD BANK
93%
gross ratio
Vulnerable employmentWORLD BANK
8%
own-account & family workers
Urban populationWORLD BANK
70%

Women and men

MODEL

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

Women: any exposure 42%
Men: any exposure 30%
Women: highest exposure 8.6%
Men: highest exposure 4.7%

Women are +11.8 pts more exposed, mostly because they hold more clerical and administrative jobs.

How it compares

MODEL
Austria 36%
High income 35%
Europe & Central Asia 32%
World 21%

AI preparedness

IMF
AustriaHigh income average
Digital infrastructure 0.19
Human capital & labour policy 0.16
Innovation & integration 0.17
Regulation & ethics 0.20

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

Exposure vs preparedness

Austria 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 Austria