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Belize

Upper-middle income Capital: Belmopan 6 regions
25%
of jobs are in occupations exposed to generative AI. That's about 41.8K people.
MODEL81st of 183 most exposed World 21%Upper-middle income 21%

Key numbers

Workers in exposed jobsMODEL
41.8K
of 168K in work
Highest-exposure jobsMODEL
4.6%
7,673 people
People in workILO
168K
37% women
UnemploymentWORLD BANK
8.9%
2025
Youth unemploymentWORLD BANK
19.3%
ages 15–24
GDP per capitaWORLD BANK
$7,865
US$, 2025
Internet usersWORLD BANK
80%
of population
AI preparednessIMF
0.42
101st of 165
PopulationWORLD BANK
423K
Tertiary enrolmentWORLD BANK
25%
gross ratio
Vulnerable employmentWORLD BANK
30%
own-account & family workers
Urban populationWORLD BANK
42%

Women and men

MODEL

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

Women: any exposure 33%
Men: any exposure 20%
Women: highest exposure 6.8%
Men: highest exposure 3.3%

Women are +13.4 pts more exposed, mostly because they hold more clerical and administrative jobs.

How it compares

MODEL
Belize 25%
Upper-middle income 21%
Latin America & Caribbean 26%
World 21%

AI preparedness

IMF
BelizeUpper-middle income average
Digital infrastructure 0.09
Human capital & labour policy 0.13
Innovation & integration 0.10
Regulation & ethics 0.11

IMF AI Preparedness Index (2023). The four parts sum to the overall score of 0.42 (0–1 scale).

Exposure vs preparedness

Belize 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 Belize