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Kenya

Lower-middle income Capital: Nairobi 8 regions
14%
of jobs are in occupations exposed to generative AI. That's about 3.4M people.
MODEL162nd of 183 most exposed World 21%Lower-middle income 16%

Key numbers

Workers in exposed jobsMODEL
3.4M
of 23.4M in work
Highest-exposure jobsMODEL
1.3%
293K people
People in workILO
23.4M
47% women
UnemploymentWORLD BANK
5.5%
2025
Youth unemploymentWORLD BANK
15.3%
ages 15–24
GDP per capitaWORLD BANK
$2,363
US$, 2025
Internet usersWORLD BANK
35%
of population
AI preparednessIMF
0.45
87th of 165
PopulationWORLD BANK
57.5M
Tertiary enrolmentWORLD BANK
10%
gross ratio
Vulnerable employmentWORLD BANK
64%
own-account & family workers
Urban populationWORLD BANK
32%

Women and men

MODEL

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

Women: any exposure 15%
Men: any exposure 14%
Women: highest exposure 1.3%
Men: highest exposure 1.3%

Women are +0.8 pts more exposed, mostly because they hold more clerical and administrative jobs.

How it compares

MODEL
Kenya 14%
Lower-middle income 16%
Sub-Saharan Africa 15%
World 21%

AI preparedness

IMF
KenyaLower-middle income average
Digital infrastructure 0.10
Human capital & labour policy 0.11
Innovation & integration 0.11
Regulation & ethics 0.13

IMF AI Preparedness Index (2023). The four parts sum to the overall score of 0.45 (0–1 scale).

Exposure vs preparedness

Kenya 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 Kenya