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Ireland

High income Capital: Dublin 34 regions
36%
of jobs are in occupations exposed to generative AI. That's about 968K people.
MODEL18th of 183 most exposed World 21%High income 35%

Key numbers

Workers in exposed jobsMODEL
968K
of 2.7M in work
Highest-exposure jobsMODEL
6.1%
165K people
People in workILO
2.7M
47% women
UnemploymentWORLD BANK
4.6%
2025
Youth unemploymentWORLD BANK
10.5%
ages 15–24
GDP per capitaWORLD BANK
$132K
US$, 2025
Internet usersWORLD BANK
97%
of population
AI preparednessIMF
0.69
23rd of 165
PopulationWORLD BANK
5.5M
Tertiary enrolmentWORLD BANK
78%
gross ratio
Vulnerable employmentWORLD BANK
10%
own-account & family workers
Urban populationWORLD BANK
65%

Women and men

MODEL

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

Women: any exposure 44%
Men: any exposure 29%
Women: highest exposure 8.6%
Men: highest exposure 3.9%

Women are +14.5 pts more exposed, mostly because they hold more clerical and administrative jobs.

How it compares

MODEL
Ireland 36%
High income 35%
Europe & Central Asia 32%
World 21%

AI preparedness

IMF
IrelandHigh income average
Digital infrastructure 0.17
Human capital & labour policy 0.17
Innovation & integration 0.16
Regulation & ethics 0.19

IMF AI Preparedness Index (2023). The four parts sum to the overall score of 0.69 (0–1 scale).

Exposure vs preparedness

Ireland 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 Ireland