AI & jobs · Country profile

Liberia

Low income Capital: Monrovia 15 regions
20%
of jobs are in occupations exposed to generative AI. That's about 527K people.
MODEL119th of 183 most exposed World 21%Low income 13%

Key numbers

Workers in exposed jobsMODEL
527K
of 2.6M in work
Highest-exposure jobsMODEL
1.6%
40.9K people
People in workILO
2.6M
48% women
UnemploymentWORLD BANK
2.9%
2025
Youth unemploymentWORLD BANK
2.3%
ages 15–24
GDP per capitaWORLD BANK
$915
US$, 2025
Internet usersWORLD BANK
32%
of population
AI preparednessIMF
0.37
118th of 165
PopulationWORLD BANK
5.7M
Tertiary enrolmentWORLD BANK
11%
gross ratio
Vulnerable employmentWORLD BANK
77%
own-account & family workers
Urban populationWORLD BANK
56%

Women and men

MODEL

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

Women: any exposure 21%
Men: any exposure 20%
Women: highest exposure 1.4%
Men: highest exposure 1.8%

Women are +0.4 pts more exposed, mostly because they hold more clerical and administrative jobs.

How it compares

MODEL
Liberia 20%
Low income 13%
Sub-Saharan Africa 15%
World 21%

AI preparedness

IMF
LiberiaLow income average
Digital infrastructure 0.04
Human capital & labour policy 0.10
Innovation & integration 0.15
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

Liberia 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 Liberia