AI & jobs · Country profile

Côte d'Ivoire

Lower-middle income Capital: Yamoussoukro 19 regions
17%
of jobs are in occupations exposed to generative AI. That's about 2.2M people.
MODEL144th of 183 most exposed World 21%Lower-middle income 16%

Key numbers

Workers in exposed jobsMODEL
2.2M
of 12.8M in work
Highest-exposure jobsMODEL
2.0%
252K people
People in workILO
12.8M
43% women
UnemploymentWORLD BANK
2.3%
2025
Youth unemploymentWORLD BANK
4.0%
ages 15–24
GDP per capitaWORLD BANK
$3,050
US$, 2025
Internet usersWORLD BANK
41%
of population
AI preparednessIMF
0.37
120th of 165
PopulationWORLD BANK
32.7M
Tertiary enrolmentWORLD BANK
12%
gross ratio
Vulnerable employmentWORLD BANK
69%
own-account & family workers
Urban populationWORLD BANK
55%

Women and men

MODEL

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

Women: any exposure 20%
Men: any exposure 15%
Women: highest exposure 1.9%
Men: highest exposure 2.0%

Women are +4.4 pts more exposed, mostly because they hold more clerical and administrative jobs.

How it compares

MODEL
Côte d'Ivoire 17%
Lower-middle income 16%
Sub-Saharan Africa 15%
World 21%

AI preparedness

IMF
Côte d'IvoireLower-middle income average
Digital infrastructure 0.08
Human capital & labour policy 0.10
Innovation & integration 0.08
Regulation & ethics 0.10

IMF AI Preparedness Index (2023). The four parts sum to the overall score of 0.37 (0–1 scale).

Exposure vs preparedness

Côte d'Ivoire 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 Côte d'Ivoire