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Algeria

Upper-middle income Capital: Algiers 48 regions
26%
of jobs are in occupations exposed to generative AI. That's about 3.2M people.
MODEL73rd of 183 most exposed World 21%Upper-middle income 21%

Key numbers

Workers in exposed jobsMODEL
3.2M
of 12M in work
Highest-exposure jobsMODEL
4.8%
576K people
People in workILO
12M
15% women
UnemploymentWORLD BANK
11.6%
2025
Youth unemploymentWORLD BANK
29.4%
ages 15–24
GDP per capitaWORLD BANK
$6,051
US$, 2025
Internet usersWORLD BANK
77%
of population
AI preparednessIMF
0.37
116th of 165
PopulationWORLD BANK
47.4M
Tertiary enrolmentWORLD BANK
54%
gross ratio
Vulnerable employmentWORLD BANK
26%
own-account & family workers
Urban populationWORLD BANK
76%

Women and men

MODEL

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

Women: any exposure 48%
Men: any exposure 23%
Women: highest exposure 13.1%
Men: highest exposure 3.3%

Women are +25.5 pts more exposed, mostly because they hold more clerical and administrative jobs.

How it compares

MODEL
Algeria 26%
Upper-middle income 21%
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan 20%
World 21%

AI preparedness

IMF
AlgeriaUpper-middle income average
Digital infrastructure 0.08
Human capital & labour policy 0.14
Innovation & integration 0.08
Regulation & ethics 0.07

IMF AI Preparedness Index (2023). The four parts sum to the overall score of 0.37 (0–1 scale).

Exposure vs preparedness

Algeria 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 Algeria