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Iceland

High income Capital: Reykjavik 9 regions
33%
of jobs are in occupations exposed to generative AI. That's about 78.6K people.
MODEL40th of 183 most exposed World 21%High income 35%

Key numbers

Workers in exposed jobsMODEL
78.6K
of 237K in work
Highest-exposure jobsMODEL
3.8%
9,106 people
People in workILO
237K
46% women
UnemploymentWORLD BANK
3.6%
2025
Youth unemploymentWORLD BANK
8.7%
ages 15–24
GDP per capitaWORLD BANK
$98,323
US$, 2025
Internet usersWORLD BANK
98%
of population
AI preparednessIMF
0.70
21st of 165
PopulationWORLD BANK
392K
Tertiary enrolmentWORLD BANK
77%
gross ratio
Vulnerable employmentWORLD BANK
8%
own-account & family workers
Urban populationWORLD BANK
94%

Women and men

MODEL

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

Women: any exposure 40%
Men: any exposure 28%
Women: highest exposure 5.1%
Men: highest exposure 2.8%

Women are +12.2 pts more exposed, mostly because they hold more clerical and administrative jobs.

How it compares

MODEL
Iceland 33%
High income 35%
Europe & Central Asia 32%
World 21%

AI preparedness

IMF
IcelandHigh income average
Digital infrastructure 0.17
Human capital & labour policy 0.17
Innovation & integration 0.15
Regulation & ethics 0.21

IMF AI Preparedness Index (2023). The four parts sum to the overall score of 0.70 (0–1 scale).

Exposure vs preparedness

Iceland 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 Iceland