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Japan

High income Capital: Tokyo 47 regions
40%
of jobs are in occupations exposed to generative AI. That's about 27.4M people.
MODEL3rd of 183 most exposed World 21%High income 35%

Key numbers

Workers in exposed jobsMODEL
27.4M
of 67.6M in work
Highest-exposure jobsMODEL
11.2%
7.6M people
People in workILO
67.6M
46% women
UnemploymentWORLD BANK
2.5%
2025
Youth unemploymentWORLD BANK
3.9%
ages 15–24
GDP per capitaWORLD BANK
$35,951
US$, 2025
Internet usersWORLD BANK
86%
of population
AI preparednessIMF
0.73
12th of 165
PopulationWORLD BANK
123.4M
Tertiary enrolmentWORLD BANK
64%
gross ratio
Vulnerable employmentWORLD BANK
7%
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 47%
Men: any exposure 35%
Women: highest exposure 14.2%
Men: highest exposure 8.6%

Women are +12.4 pts more exposed, mostly because they hold more clerical and administrative jobs.

How it compares

MODEL
Japan 40%
High income 35%
East Asia & Pacific 21%
World 21%

AI preparedness

IMF
JapanHigh income average
Digital infrastructure 0.18
Human capital & labour policy 0.17
Innovation & integration 0.18
Regulation & ethics 0.20

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

Exposure vs preparedness

Japan 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 Japan