AI & jobs · Country profile

Guinea-Bissau

Low income Capital: Bissau 9 regions
14%
of jobs are in occupations exposed to generative AI. That's about 119K people.
MODEL165th of 183 most exposed World 21%Low income 13%

Key numbers

Workers in exposed jobsMODEL
119K
of 875K in work
Highest-exposure jobsMODEL
1.2%
10.9K people
People in workILO
875K
48% women
UnemploymentWORLD BANK
2.7%
2025
Youth unemploymentWORLD BANK
2.8%
ages 15–24
GDP per capitaWORLD BANK
$1,124
US$, 2025
Internet usersWORLD BANK
30%
of population
AI preparednessIMF
0.27
154th of 165
PopulationWORLD BANK
2.2M
Tertiary enrolmentWORLD BANK
3%
gross ratio
Vulnerable employmentWORLD BANK
75%
own-account & family workers
Urban populationWORLD BANK
47%

Women and men

MODEL

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

Women: any exposure 14%
Men: any exposure 13%
Women: highest exposure 1.0%
Men: highest exposure 1.5%

Women are +0.2 pts more exposed, mostly because they hold more clerical and administrative jobs.

How it compares

MODEL
Guinea-Bissau 14%
Low income 13%
Sub-Saharan Africa 15%
World 21%

AI preparedness

IMF
Guinea-BissauLow income average
Digital infrastructure 0.04
Human capital & labour policy 0.04
Innovation & integration 0.12
Regulation & ethics 0.06

IMF AI Preparedness Index (2023). The four parts sum to the overall score of 0.27 (0–1 scale).

Exposure vs preparedness

Guinea-Bissau 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 Guinea-Bissau