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Germany

High income Capital: Berlin 16 regions
39%
of jobs are in occupations exposed to generative AI. That's about 16.5M people.
MODEL8th of 183 most exposed World 21%High income 35%

Key numbers

Workers in exposed jobsMODEL
16.5M
of 42.2M in work
Highest-exposure jobsMODEL
8.2%
3.4M people
People in workILO
42.2M
47% women
UnemploymentWORLD BANK
3.7%
2025
Youth unemploymentWORLD BANK
6.9%
ages 15–24
GDP per capitaWORLD BANK
$60,496
US$, 2025
Internet usersWORLD BANK
94%
of population
AI preparednessIMF
0.75
9th of 165
PopulationWORLD BANK
83.5M
Tertiary enrolmentWORLD BANK
77%
gross ratio
Vulnerable employmentWORLD BANK
4%
own-account & family workers
Urban populationWORLD BANK
82%

Women and men

MODEL

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

Women: any exposure 46%
Men: any exposure 33%
Women: highest exposure 10.7%
Men: highest exposure 5.9%

Women are +13.5 pts more exposed, mostly because they hold more clerical and administrative jobs.

How it compares

MODEL
Germany 39%
High income 35%
Europe & Central Asia 32%
World 21%

AI preparedness

IMF
GermanyHigh income average
Digital infrastructure 0.19
Human capital & labour policy 0.19
Innovation & integration 0.18
Regulation & ethics 0.20

IMF AI Preparedness Index (2023). The four parts sum to the overall score of 0.75 (0–1 scale).

Exposure vs preparedness

Germany 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 Germany