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Iran

Upper-middle income Capital: Tehran 31 regions
21%
of jobs are in occupations exposed to generative AI. That's about 5.6M people.
MODEL116th of 183 most exposed World 21%Upper-middle income 21%

Key numbers

Workers in exposed jobsMODEL
5.6M
of 27.1M in work
Highest-exposure jobsMODEL
3.0%
804K people
People in workILO
27.1M
16% women
UnemploymentWORLD BANK
8.3%
2025
Youth unemploymentWORLD BANK
21.9%
ages 15–24
GDP per capitaWORLD BANK
$3,924
US$, 2025
Internet usersWORLD BANK
85%
of population
AI preparednessIMF
0.38
112th of 165
PopulationWORLD BANK
92.4M
Tertiary enrolmentWORLD BANK
59%
gross ratio
Vulnerable employmentWORLD BANK
40%
own-account & family workers
Urban populationWORLD BANK
77%

Women and men

MODEL

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

Women: any exposure 33%
Men: any exposure 19%
Women: highest exposure 5.0%
Men: highest exposure 2.6%

Women are +14.1 pts more exposed, mostly because they hold more clerical and administrative jobs.

How it compares

MODEL
Iran 21%
Upper-middle income 21%
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan 20%
World 21%

AI preparedness

IMF
IranUpper-middle income average
Digital infrastructure 0.12
Human capital & labour policy 0.11
Innovation & integration 0.09
Regulation & ethics 0.06

IMF AI Preparedness Index (2023). The four parts sum to the overall score of 0.38 (0–1 scale).

Exposure vs preparedness

Iran 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 Iran