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France

High income Capital: Paris 101 regions
35%
of jobs are in occupations exposed to generative AI. That's about 10.4M people.
MODEL25th of 183 most exposed World 21%High income 35%

Key numbers

Workers in exposed jobsMODEL
10.4M
of 29.4M in work
Highest-exposure jobsMODEL
6.0%
1.7M people
People in workILO
29.4M
48% women
UnemploymentWORLD BANK
7.5%
2025
Youth unemploymentWORLD BANK
18.9%
ages 15–24
GDP per capitaWORLD BANK
$48,986
US$, 2025
Internet usersWORLD BANK
89%
of population
AI preparednessIMF
0.70
22nd of 165
PopulationWORLD BANK
68.7M
Tertiary enrolmentWORLD BANK
72%
gross ratio
Vulnerable employmentWORLD BANK
9%
own-account & family workers
Urban populationWORLD BANK
79%

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 30%
Women: highest exposure 7.9%
Men: highest exposure 4.1%

Women are +11.6 pts more exposed, mostly because they hold more clerical and administrative jobs.

How it compares

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

AI preparedness

IMF
FranceHigh income average
Digital infrastructure 0.18
Human capital & labour policy 0.16
Innovation & integration 0.17
Regulation & ethics 0.18

IMF AI Preparedness Index (2023). The four parts sum to the overall score of 0.70 (0–1 scale).

Exposure vs preparedness

France 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 France