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Burkina Faso

Low income Capital: Ouagadougou 45 regions
17%
of jobs are in occupations exposed to generative AI. That's about 1.6M people.
MODEL150th of 183 most exposed World 21%Low income 13%

Key numbers

Workers in exposed jobsMODEL
1.6M
of 9.6M in work
Highest-exposure jobsMODEL
1.4%
134K people
People in workILO
9.6M
46% women
UnemploymentWORLD BANK
3.5%
2025
Youth unemploymentWORLD BANK
6.4%
ages 15–24
GDP per capitaWORLD BANK
$1,148
US$, 2025
Internet usersWORLD BANK
28%
of population
AI preparednessIMF
0.31
141st of 165
PopulationWORLD BANK
24.1M
Tertiary enrolmentWORLD BANK
10%
gross ratio
Vulnerable employmentWORLD BANK
81%
own-account & family workers
Urban populationWORLD BANK
29%

Women and men

MODEL

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

Women: any exposure 18%
Men: any exposure 16%
Women: highest exposure 1.3%
Men: highest exposure 1.5%

Women are +2.0 pts more exposed, mostly because they hold more clerical and administrative jobs.

How it compares

MODEL
Burkina Faso 17%
Low income 13%
Sub-Saharan Africa 15%
World 21%

AI preparedness

IMF
Burkina FasoLow income average
Digital infrastructure 0.06
Human capital & labour policy 0.08
Innovation & integration 0.08
Regulation & ethics 0.10

IMF AI Preparedness Index (2023). The four parts sum to the overall score of 0.31 (0–1 scale).

Exposure vs preparedness

Burkina Faso 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 Burkina Faso