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Bangladesh

Lower-middle income Capital: Dhaka 7 regions
13%
of jobs are in occupations exposed to generative AI. That's about 9.5M people.
MODEL166th of 183 most exposed World 21%Lower-middle income 16%

Key numbers

Workers in exposed jobsMODEL
9.5M
of 71.9M in work
Highest-exposure jobsMODEL
1.1%
813K people
People in workILO
71.9M
34% women
UnemploymentWORLD BANK
3.8%
2025
Youth unemploymentWORLD BANK
9.4%
ages 15–24
GDP per capitaWORLD BANK
$2,597
US$, 2025
Internet usersWORLD BANK
53%
of population
AI preparednessIMF
0.38
111th of 165
PopulationWORLD BANK
175.7M
Tertiary enrolmentWORLD BANK
24%
gross ratio
Vulnerable employmentWORLD BANK
57%
own-account & family workers
Urban populationWORLD BANK
33%

Women and men

MODEL

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

Women: any exposure 9%
Men: any exposure 15%
Women: highest exposure 0.5%
Men: highest exposure 1.4%

Men are +6.3 pts more exposed here. Women’s jobs are concentrated in less-exposed work such as agriculture and care.

How it compares

MODEL
Bangladesh 13%
Lower-middle income 16%
South Asia 15%
World 21%

AI preparedness

IMF
BangladeshLower-middle income average
Digital infrastructure 0.09
Human capital & labour policy 0.09
Innovation & integration 0.11
Regulation & ethics 0.10

IMF AI Preparedness Index (2023). The four parts sum to the overall score of 0.38 (0–1 scale).

Exposure vs preparedness

Bangladesh 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 Bangladesh