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United Kingdom

High income Capital: London 232 regions
37%
of jobs are in occupations exposed to generative AI. That's about 12.4M people.
MODEL15th of 183 most exposed World 21%High income 35%

Key numbers

Workers in exposed jobsMODEL
12.4M
of 33.8M in work
Highest-exposure jobsMODEL
6.3%
2.1M people
People in workILO
33.8M
48% women
UnemploymentWORLD BANK
4.8%
2025
Youth unemploymentWORLD BANK
14.7%
ages 15–24
GDP per capitaWORLD BANK
$57,602
US$, 2025
Internet usersWORLD BANK
95%
of population
AI preparednessIMF
0.73
13th of 165
PopulationWORLD BANK
69.5M
Tertiary enrolmentWORLD BANK
80%
gross ratio
Vulnerable employmentWORLD BANK
12%
own-account & family workers
Urban populationWORLD BANK
83%

Women and men

MODEL

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

Women: any exposure 42%
Men: any exposure 32%
Women: highest exposure 7.9%
Men: highest exposure 4.7%

Women are +10.1 pts more exposed, mostly because they hold more clerical and administrative jobs.

How it compares

MODEL
United Kingdom 37%
High income 35%
Europe & Central Asia 32%
World 21%

AI preparedness

IMF
United KingdomHigh income average
Digital infrastructure 0.18
Human capital & labour policy 0.17
Innovation & integration 0.16
Regulation & ethics 0.21

IMF AI Preparedness Index (2023). The four parts sum to the overall score of 0.73 (0–1 scale).

Exposure vs preparedness

United Kingdom 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 United Kingdom