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India

Lower-middle income Capital: New Delhi 36 regions
15%
of jobs are in occupations exposed to generative AI. That's about 88.3M people.
MODEL160th of 183 most exposed World 21%Lower-middle income 16%

Key numbers

Workers in exposed jobsMODEL
88.3M
of 591.6M in work
Highest-exposure jobsMODEL
1.8%
10.4M people
People in workILO
591.6M
28% women
UnemploymentWORLD BANK
4.2%
2025
Youth unemploymentWORLD BANK
16.0%
ages 15–24
GDP per capitaWORLD BANK
$2,702
US$, 2025
Internet usersWORLD BANK
70%
of population
AI preparednessIMF
0.49
71st of 165
PopulationWORLD BANK
1.5B
Tertiary enrolmentWORLD BANK
34%
gross ratio
Vulnerable employmentWORLD BANK
72%
own-account & family workers
Urban populationWORLD BANK
36%

Women and men

MODEL

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

Women: any exposure 13%
Men: any exposure 16%
Women: highest exposure 1.4%
Men: highest exposure 1.9%

Men are +2.2 pts more exposed here. Women’s jobs are concentrated in less-exposed work such as agriculture and care.

How it compares

MODEL
India 15%
Lower-middle income 16%
South Asia 15%
World 21%

AI preparedness

IMF
IndiaLower-middle income average
Digital infrastructure 0.11
Human capital & labour policy 0.12
Innovation & integration 0.11
Regulation & ethics 0.15

IMF AI Preparedness Index (2023). The four parts sum to the overall score of 0.49 (0–1 scale).

Exposure vs preparedness

India 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 India