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Cameroon

Lower-middle income Capital: Yaounde 10 regions
18%
of jobs are in occupations exposed to generative AI. That's about 2M people.
MODEL138th of 183 most exposed World 21%Lower-middle income 16%

Key numbers

Workers in exposed jobsMODEL
2M
of 11.1M in work
Highest-exposure jobsMODEL
2.2%
245K people
People in workILO
11.1M
44% women
UnemploymentWORLD BANK
3.6%
2025
Youth unemploymentWORLD BANK
6.5%
ages 15–24
GDP per capitaWORLD BANK
$1,972
US$, 2025
Internet usersWORLD BANK
46%
of population
AI preparednessIMF
0.34
130th of 165
PopulationWORLD BANK
29.9M
Tertiary enrolmentWORLD BANK
17%
gross ratio
Vulnerable employmentWORLD BANK
68%
own-account & family workers
Urban populationWORLD BANK
56%

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 18%
Women: highest exposure 2.0%
Men: highest exposure 2.4%

Women are +0.6 pts more exposed, mostly because they hold more clerical and administrative jobs.

How it compares

MODEL
Cameroon 18%
Lower-middle income 16%
Sub-Saharan Africa 15%
World 21%

AI preparedness

IMF
CameroonLower-middle income average
Digital infrastructure 0.07
Human capital & labour policy 0.11
Innovation & integration 0.09
Regulation & ethics 0.08

IMF AI Preparedness Index (2023). The four parts sum to the overall score of 0.34 (0–1 scale).

Exposure vs preparedness

Cameroon 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 Cameroon