AI & jobs · Country profile

Brunei Darussalam

High income Capital: Bandar Seri Begawan 4 regions
34%
of jobs are in occupations exposed to generative AI. That's about 77.5K people.
MODEL31st of 183 most exposed World 21%High income 35%

Key numbers

Workers in exposed jobsMODEL
77.5K
of 225K in work
Highest-exposure jobsMODEL
6.8%
15.3K people
People in workILO
225K
40% women
UnemploymentWORLD BANK
5.3%
2025
Youth unemploymentWORLD BANK
18.2%
ages 15–24
GDP per capitaWORLD BANK
$32,235
US$, 2025
Internet usersWORLD BANK
96%
of population
AI preparednessIMF
0.50
69th of 165
PopulationWORLD BANK
466K
Tertiary enrolmentWORLD BANK
36%
gross ratio
Vulnerable employmentWORLD BANK
4%
own-account & family workers
Urban populationWORLD BANK
75%

Women and men

MODEL

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

Women: any exposure 43%
Men: any exposure 29%
Women: highest exposure 9.8%
Men: highest exposure 4.8%

Women are +13.6 pts more exposed, mostly because they hold more clerical and administrative jobs.

How it compares

MODEL
Brunei Darussalam 34%
High income 35%
East Asia & Pacific 21%
World 21%

AI preparedness

IMF
Brunei DarussalamHigh income average
Digital infrastructure 0.12
Human capital & labour policy 0.15
Innovation & integration 0.11
Regulation & ethics 0.12

IMF AI Preparedness Index (2023). The four parts sum to the overall score of 0.50 (0–1 scale).

Exposure vs preparedness

Brunei Darussalam 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 Brunei Darussalam