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Dominican Republic

Upper-middle income Capital: Santo Domingo 32 regions
26%
of jobs are in occupations exposed to generative AI. That's about 1.4M people.
MODEL75th of 183 most exposed World 21%Upper-middle income 21%

Key numbers

Workers in exposed jobsMODEL
1.4M
of 5.2M in work
Highest-exposure jobsMODEL
5.3%
277K people
People in workILO
5.2M
41% women
UnemploymentWORLD BANK
5.1%
2025
Youth unemploymentWORLD BANK
12.3%
ages 15–24
GDP per capitaWORLD BANK
$11,059
US$, 2025
Internet usersWORLD BANK
91%
of population
AI preparednessIMF
0.47
82nd of 165
PopulationWORLD BANK
11.5M
Tertiary enrolmentWORLD BANK
58%
gross ratio
Vulnerable employmentWORLD BANK
38%
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 19%
Women: highest exposure 8.3%
Men: highest exposure 3.3%

Women are +17.0 pts more exposed, mostly because they hold more clerical and administrative jobs.

How it compares

MODEL
Dominican Republic 26%
Upper-middle income 21%
Latin America & Caribbean 26%
World 21%

AI preparedness

IMF
Dominican RepublicUpper-middle income average
Digital infrastructure 0.09
Human capital & labour policy 0.12
Innovation & integration 0.13
Regulation & ethics 0.13

IMF AI Preparedness Index (2023). The four parts sum to the overall score of 0.47 (0–1 scale).

Exposure vs preparedness

Dominican Republic 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 Dominican Republic