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Djibouti

Lower-middle income Capital: Djibouti 6 regions
38%
of jobs are in occupations exposed to generative AI. That's about 75.1K people.
MODEL10th of 183 most exposed World 21%Lower-middle income 16%

Key numbers

Workers in exposed jobsMODEL
75.1K
of 198K in work
Highest-exposure jobsMODEL
8.5%
16.9K people
People in workILO
198K
27% women
UnemploymentWORLD BANK
26.0%
2025
Youth unemploymentWORLD BANK
76.8%
ages 15–24
GDP per capitaWORLD BANK
$3,906
US$, 2025
Internet usersWORLD BANK
65%
of population
AI preparednessIMF
0.32
139th of 165
PopulationWORLD BANK
1.2M
Tertiary enrolmentWORLD BANK
5%
gross ratio
Vulnerable employmentWORLD BANK
30%
own-account & family workers
Urban populationWORLD BANK
73%

Women and men

MODEL

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

Women: any exposure 36%
Men: any exposure 39%
Women: highest exposure 6.0%
Men: highest exposure 9.5%

Men are +2.9 pts more exposed here. Women’s jobs are concentrated in less-exposed work such as agriculture and care.

How it compares

MODEL
Djibouti 38%
Lower-middle income 16%
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan 20%
World 21%

AI preparedness

IMF
DjiboutiLower-middle income average
Digital infrastructure 0.06
Human capital & labour policy 0.09
Innovation & integration 0.12
Regulation & ethics 0.06

IMF AI Preparedness Index (2023). The four parts sum to the overall score of 0.32 (0–1 scale).

Exposure vs preparedness

Djibouti 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 Djibouti