AI & jobs · Country profile

Libya

Upper-middle income Capital: Tripoli 22 regions
25%
of jobs are in occupations exposed to generative AI. That's about 525K people.
MODEL85th of 183 most exposed World 21%Upper-middle income 21%

Key numbers

Workers in exposed jobsMODEL
525K
of 2.1M in work
Highest-exposure jobsMODEL
4.5%
96.6K people
People in workILO
2.1M
31% women
UnemploymentWORLD BANK
18.8%
2025
Youth unemploymentWORLD BANK
50.1%
ages 15–24
GDP per capitaWORLD BANK
$6,449
US$, 2025
Internet usersWORLD BANK
82%
of population
AI preparednessIMF
0.25
161st of 165
PopulationWORLD BANK
7.5M
Tertiary enrolmentWORLD BANK
59%
gross ratio
Vulnerable employmentWORLD BANK
22%
own-account & family workers
Urban populationWORLD BANK
88%

Women and men

MODEL

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

Women: any exposure 34%
Men: any exposure 20%
Women: highest exposure 7.3%
Men: highest exposure 3.3%

Women are +13.9 pts more exposed, mostly because they hold more clerical and administrative jobs.

How it compares

MODEL
Libya 25%
Upper-middle income 21%
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan 20%
World 21%

AI preparedness

IMF
LibyaUpper-middle income average
Digital infrastructure 0.06
Human capital & labour policy 0.11
Innovation & integration 0.05
Regulation & ethics 0.03

IMF AI Preparedness Index (2023). The four parts sum to the overall score of 0.25 (0–1 scale).

Exposure vs preparedness

Libya 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 Libya