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Belgium

High income Capital: Brussels 11 regions
38%
of jobs are in occupations exposed to generative AI. That's about 1.9M people.
MODEL9th of 183 most exposed World 21%High income 35%

Key numbers

Workers in exposed jobsMODEL
1.9M
of 5.1M in work
Highest-exposure jobsMODEL
7.3%
372K people
People in workILO
5.1M
47% women
UnemploymentWORLD BANK
5.9%
2025
Youth unemploymentWORLD BANK
17.8%
ages 15–24
GDP per capitaWORLD BANK
$60,750
US$, 2025
Internet usersWORLD BANK
96%
of population
AI preparednessIMF
0.67
24th of 165
PopulationWORLD BANK
11.9M
Tertiary enrolmentWORLD BANK
82%
gross ratio
Vulnerable employmentWORLD BANK
11%
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 33%
Women: highest exposure 9.2%
Men: highest exposure 5.7%

Women are +11.4 pts more exposed, mostly because they hold more clerical and administrative jobs.

How it compares

MODEL
Belgium 38%
High income 35%
Europe & Central Asia 32%
World 21%

AI preparedness

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

IMF AI Preparedness Index (2023). The four parts sum to the overall score of 0.67 (0–1 scale).

Exposure vs preparedness

Belgium 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 Belgium