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Colombia

Upper-middle income Capital: Bogota 34 regions
25%
of jobs are in occupations exposed to generative AI. That's about 6.1M people.
MODEL84th of 183 most exposed World 21%Upper-middle income 21%

Key numbers

Workers in exposed jobsMODEL
6.1M
of 24.9M in work
Highest-exposure jobsMODEL
4.1%
1M people
People in workILO
24.9M
41% women
UnemploymentWORLD BANK
8.3%
2025
Youth unemploymentWORLD BANK
17.6%
ages 15–24
GDP per capitaWORLD BANK
$8,562
US$, 2025
Internet usersWORLD BANK
79%
of population
AI preparednessIMF
0.49
73rd of 165
PopulationWORLD BANK
53.4M
Tertiary enrolmentWORLD BANK
59%
gross ratio
Vulnerable employmentWORLD BANK
43%
own-account & family workers
Urban populationWORLD BANK
79%

Women and men

MODEL

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

Women: any exposure 31%
Men: any exposure 21%
Women: highest exposure 5.6%
Men: highest exposure 3.1%

Women are +10.5 pts more exposed, mostly because they hold more clerical and administrative jobs.

How it compares

MODEL
Colombia 25%
Upper-middle income 21%
Latin America & Caribbean 26%
World 21%

AI preparedness

IMF
ColombiaUpper-middle income average
Digital infrastructure 0.12
Human capital & labour policy 0.13
Innovation & integration 0.10
Regulation & ethics 0.14

IMF AI Preparedness Index (2023). The four parts sum to the overall score of 0.49 (0–1 scale).

Exposure vs preparedness

Colombia 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 Colombia