AI & jobs · Country profile

Republic of the Congo

Lower-middle income Capital: Brazzaville 12 regions
24%
of jobs are in occupations exposed to generative AI. That's about 499K people.
MODEL93rd of 183 most exposed World 21%Lower-middle income 16%

Key numbers

Workers in exposed jobsMODEL
499K
of 2.1M in work
Highest-exposure jobsMODEL
3.3%
70.7K people
People in workILO
2.1M
48% women
UnemploymentWORLD BANK
19.9%
2025
Youth unemploymentWORLD BANK
40.5%
ages 15–24
GDP per capitaWORLD BANK
$2,515
US$, 2025
Internet usersWORLD BANK
47%
of population
AI preparednessIMF
0.28
150th of 165
PopulationWORLD BANK
6.5M
Tertiary enrolmentWORLD BANK
10%
gross ratio
Vulnerable employmentWORLD BANK
76%
own-account & family workers
Urban populationWORLD BANK
64%

Women and men

MODEL

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

Women: any exposure 24%
Men: any exposure 23%
Women: highest exposure 3.7%
Men: highest exposure 3.0%

Women are +0.9 pts more exposed, mostly because they hold more clerical and administrative jobs.

How it compares

MODEL
Republic of the Congo 24%
Lower-middle income 16%
Sub-Saharan Africa 15%
World 21%

AI preparedness

IMF
Republic of the CongoLower-middle income average
Digital infrastructure 0.05
Human capital & labour policy 0.08
Innovation & integration 0.10
Regulation & ethics 0.05

IMF AI Preparedness Index (2023). The four parts sum to the overall score of 0.28 (0–1 scale).

Exposure vs preparedness

Republic of the Congo 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 Republic of the Congo