AI & jobs · Country profile

Spain

High income Capital: Madrid 52 regions
34%
of jobs are in occupations exposed to generative AI. That's about 7.2M people.
MODEL38th of 183 most exposed World 21%High income 35%

Key numbers

Workers in exposed jobsMODEL
7.2M
of 21.5M in work
Highest-exposure jobsMODEL
6.5%
1.4M people
People in workILO
21.5M
46% women
UnemploymentWORLD BANK
10.4%
2025
Youth unemploymentWORLD BANK
24.8%
ages 15–24
GDP per capitaWORLD BANK
$38,627
US$, 2025
Internet usersWORLD BANK
96%
of population
AI preparednessIMF
0.65
27th of 165
PopulationWORLD BANK
49.4M
Tertiary enrolmentWORLD BANK
94%
gross ratio
Vulnerable employmentWORLD BANK
10%
own-account & family workers
Urban populationWORLD BANK
81%

Women and men

MODEL

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

Women: any exposure 41%
Men: any exposure 28%
Women: highest exposure 8.8%
Men: highest exposure 4.5%

Women are +13.1 pts more exposed, mostly because they hold more clerical and administrative jobs.

How it compares

MODEL
Spain 34%
High income 35%
Europe & Central Asia 32%
World 21%

AI preparedness

IMF
SpainHigh income average
Digital infrastructure 0.17
Human capital & labour policy 0.15
Innovation & integration 0.16
Regulation & ethics 0.17

IMF AI Preparedness Index (2023). The four parts sum to the overall score of 0.65 (0–1 scale).

Exposure vs preparedness

Spain 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 Spain