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Eritrea

Low income Capital: Asmara 6 regions
10%
of jobs are in occupations exposed to generative AI. That's about 167K people.
MODEL181st of 183 most exposed World 21%Low income 13%

Key numbers

Workers in exposed jobsMODEL
167K
of 1.7M in work
Highest-exposure jobsMODEL
0.9%
14.5K people
People in workILO
1.7M
47% women
UnemploymentWORLD BANK
6.0%
2025
Youth unemploymentWORLD BANK
10.2%
ages 15–24
GDP per capitaWORLD BANK
$689
US$, 2011
Internet usersWORLD BANK
14%
of population
PopulationWORLD BANK
3.6M
Tertiary enrolmentWORLD BANK
3%
gross ratio
Vulnerable employmentWORLD BANK
48%
own-account & family workers
Urban populationWORLD BANK
35%

Women and men

MODEL

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

Women: any exposure 11%
Men: any exposure 9%
Women: highest exposure 1.0%
Men: highest exposure 0.7%

Women are +2.6 pts more exposed, mostly because they hold more clerical and administrative jobs.

How it compares

MODEL
Eritrea 10%
Low income 13%
Sub-Saharan Africa 15%
World 21%

Sources: ILO modelled estimates 2025 · World Bank WDI · IMF AIPI · Anthropic Economic Index · Wikidata · Natural Earth. How the estimates are made.

Regions of Eritrea