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China

Upper-middle income Capital: Beijing 32 regions
18%
of jobs are in occupations exposed to generative AI. That's about 134.1M people.
MODEL139th of 183 most exposed World 21%Upper-middle income 21%

Key numbers

Workers in exposed jobsMODEL
134.1M
of 737.6M in work
Highest-exposure jobsMODEL
2.9%
21.8M people
People in workILO
737.6M
46% women
UnemploymentWORLD BANK
4.6%
2025
Youth unemploymentWORLD BANK
15.8%
ages 15–24
GDP per capitaWORLD BANK
$13,862
US$, 2025
Internet usersWORLD BANK
92%
of population
AI preparednessIMF
0.64
30th of 165
PopulationWORLD BANK
1.4B
Tertiary enrolmentWORLD BANK
77%
gross ratio
Vulnerable employmentWORLD BANK
33%
own-account & family workers
Urban populationWORLD BANK
66%

Women and men

MODEL

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

Women: any exposure 19%
Men: any exposure 17%
Women: highest exposure 2.5%
Men: highest exposure 3.3%

Women are +2.3 pts more exposed, mostly because they hold more clerical and administrative jobs.

How it compares

MODEL
China 18%
Upper-middle income 21%
East Asia & Pacific 21%
World 21%

AI preparedness

IMF
ChinaUpper-middle income average
Digital infrastructure 0.19
Human capital & labour policy 0.15
Innovation & integration 0.15
Regulation & ethics 0.15

IMF AI Preparedness Index (2023). The four parts sum to the overall score of 0.64 (0–1 scale).

Exposure vs preparedness

China 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 China