AI & jobs · Country profile

Israel

High income 6 regions
37%
of jobs are in occupations exposed to generative AI. That's about 1.6M people.
MODEL12th of 183 most exposed World 21%High income 35%

Key numbers

Workers in exposed jobsMODEL
1.6M
of 4.4M in work
Highest-exposure jobsMODEL
5.5%
241K people
People in workILO
4.4M
48% women
UnemploymentWORLD BANK
3.5%
2025
Youth unemploymentWORLD BANK
6.0%
ages 15–24
GDP per capitaWORLD BANK
$60,337
US$, 2025
Internet usersWORLD BANK
88%
of population
AI preparednessIMF
0.73
17th of 165
PopulationWORLD BANK
10.1M
Tertiary enrolmentWORLD BANK
56%
gross ratio
Vulnerable employmentWORLD BANK
8%
own-account & family workers
Urban populationWORLD BANK
92%

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 32%
Women: highest exposure 7.0%
Men: highest exposure 4.1%

Women are +11.7 pts more exposed, mostly because they hold more clerical and administrative jobs.

How it compares

MODEL
Israel 37%
High income 35%
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan 20%
World 21%

AI preparedness

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

IMF AI Preparedness Index (2023). The four parts sum to the overall score of 0.73 (0–1 scale).

Exposure vs preparedness

Israel 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 Israel