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Cambodia

Lower-middle income Capital: Phnom Penh 24 regions
16%
of jobs are in occupations exposed to generative AI. That's about 1.6M people.
MODEL154th of 183 most exposed World 21%Lower-middle income 16%

Key numbers

Workers in exposed jobsMODEL
1.6M
of 10.3M in work
Highest-exposure jobsMODEL
1.9%
202K people
People in workILO
10.3M
49% women
UnemploymentWORLD BANK
0.3%
2025
Youth unemploymentWORLD BANK
0.7%
ages 15–24
GDP per capitaWORLD BANK
$2,872
US$, 2025
Internet usersWORLD BANK
68%
of population
AI preparednessIMF
0.37
117th of 165
PopulationWORLD BANK
17.8M
Tertiary enrolmentWORLD BANK
21%
gross ratio
Vulnerable employmentWORLD BANK
52%
own-account & family workers
Urban populationWORLD BANK
41%

Women and men

MODEL

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

Women: any exposure 17%
Men: any exposure 14%
Women: highest exposure 2.0%
Men: highest exposure 1.9%

Women are +3.0 pts more exposed, mostly because they hold more clerical and administrative jobs.

How it compares

MODEL
Cambodia 16%
Lower-middle income 16%
East Asia & Pacific 21%
World 21%

AI preparedness

IMF
CambodiaLower-middle income average
Digital infrastructure 0.08
Human capital & labour policy 0.09
Innovation & integration 0.11
Regulation & ethics 0.08

IMF AI Preparedness Index (2023). The four parts sum to the overall score of 0.37 (0–1 scale).

Exposure vs preparedness

Cambodia 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 Cambodia