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Kyrgyzstan

Lower-middle income Capital: Bishkek 8 regions
20%
of jobs are in occupations exposed to generative AI. That's about 555K people.
MODEL120th of 183 most exposed World 21%Lower-middle income 16%

Key numbers

Workers in exposed jobsMODEL
555K
of 2.7M in work
Highest-exposure jobsMODEL
2.2%
59.8K people
People in workILO
2.7M
39% women
UnemploymentWORLD BANK
3.5%
2025
Youth unemploymentWORLD BANK
8.2%
ages 15–24
GDP per capitaWORLD BANK
$3,081
US$, 2025
Internet usersWORLD BANK
92%
of population
AI preparednessIMF
0.43
98th of 165
PopulationWORLD BANK
7.3M
Tertiary enrolmentWORLD BANK
54%
gross ratio
Vulnerable employmentWORLD BANK
29%
own-account & family workers
Urban populationWORLD BANK
35%

Women and men

MODEL

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

Women: any exposure 27%
Men: any exposure 16%
Women: highest exposure 3.1%
Men: highest exposure 1.6%

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

How it compares

MODEL
Kyrgyzstan 20%
Lower-middle income 16%
Europe & Central Asia 32%
World 21%

AI preparedness

IMF
KyrgyzstanLower-middle income average
Digital infrastructure 0.11
Human capital & labour policy 0.12
Innovation & integration 0.10
Regulation & ethics 0.10

IMF AI Preparedness Index (2023). The four parts sum to the overall score of 0.43 (0–1 scale).

Exposure vs preparedness

Kyrgyzstan 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 Kyrgyzstan