AI & jobs · Country profile
Guatemala
17%
of jobs are in occupations exposed to generative AI. That's about 1.3M people.
MODEL149th of 183 most exposed
World 21%Upper-middle income 21%
Key numbers
Workers in exposed jobsMODEL
1.3M
of 7.5M in work
Highest-exposure jobsMODEL
2.4%
178K people
People in workILO
7.5M
33% women
UnemploymentWORLD BANK
2.6%
2025
Youth unemploymentWORLD BANK
4.8%
ages 15–24
GDP per capitaWORLD BANK
$6,598
US$, 2025
Internet usersWORLD BANK
60%
of population
AI preparednessIMF
0.39
110th of 165
PopulationWORLD BANK
18.7M
Tertiary enrolmentWORLD BANK
27%
gross ratio
Vulnerable employmentWORLD BANK
36%
own-account & family workers
Urban populationWORLD BANK
56%
Women and men
MODELBased on the real occupation mix of women’s and men’s jobs (ILO).
Women are +6.9 pts more exposed, mostly because they hold more clerical and administrative jobs.
How it compares
MODELAI preparedness
IMFGuatemalaUpper-middle income average
IMF AI Preparedness Index (2023). The four parts sum to the overall score of 0.39 (0–1 scale).
Exposure vs preparedness
Guatemala 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 Guatemala
- Guatemala 20% exposed
- Alta Verapaz 15% exposed
- Huehuetenango 16% exposed
- Quiché 13% exposed
- San Marcos 14% exposed
- Quetzaltenango 20% exposed
- Escuintla 17% exposed
- Petén 17% exposed
- Chimaltenango 17% exposed
- Suchitepéquez 17% exposed
- Jutiapa 16% exposed
- Sololá 17% exposed
- Totonicapán 18% exposed
- Chiquimula 16% exposed
- Izabal 17% exposed
- Santa Rosa 14% exposed
- Jalapa 17% exposed
- Sacatepéquez 17% exposed
- Retalhuleu 16% exposed
- Baja Verapaz 17% exposed
- Zacapa 17% exposed
- El Progreso 19% exposed