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Cyprus

High income Capital: Nicosia 5 regions
36%
of jobs are in occupations exposed to generative AI. That's about 262K people.
MODEL20th of 183 most exposed World 21%High income 35%

Key numbers

Workers in exposed jobsMODEL
262K
of 732K in work
Highest-exposure jobsMODEL
6.7%
48.9K people
People in workILO
732K
45% women
UnemploymentWORLD BANK
4.9%
2025
Youth unemploymentWORLD BANK
12.7%
ages 15–24
GDP per capitaWORLD BANK
$41,783
US$, 2025
Internet usersWORLD BANK
90%
of population
AI preparednessIMF
0.63
32nd of 165
PopulationWORLD BANK
1.4M
Tertiary enrolmentWORLD BANK
121%
gross ratio
Vulnerable employmentWORLD BANK
8%
own-account & family workers
Urban populationWORLD BANK
67%

Women and men

MODEL

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

Women: any exposure 42%
Men: any exposure 30%
Women: highest exposure 9.2%
Men: highest exposure 4.6%

Women are +12.2 pts more exposed, mostly because they hold more clerical and administrative jobs.

How it compares

MODEL
Cyprus 36%
High income 35%
Europe & Central Asia 32%
World 21%

AI preparedness

IMF
CyprusHigh income average
Digital infrastructure 0.17
Human capital & labour policy 0.14
Innovation & integration 0.16
Regulation & ethics 0.17

IMF AI Preparedness Index (2023). The four parts sum to the overall score of 0.63 (0–1 scale).

Exposure vs preparedness

Cyprus 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 Cyprus