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Sri Lanka

Upper-middle income Capital: Colombo 25 regions
19%
of jobs are in occupations exposed to generative AI. That's about 1.6M people.
MODEL132nd of 183 most exposed World 21%Upper-middle income 21%

Key numbers

Workers in exposed jobsMODEL
1.6M
of 8.5M in work
Highest-exposure jobsMODEL
2.9%
244K people
People in workILO
8.5M
33% women
UnemploymentWORLD BANK
4.0%
2025
Youth unemploymentWORLD BANK
18.6%
ages 15–24
GDP per capitaWORLD BANK
$5,002
US$, 2025
Internet usersWORLD BANK
55%
of population
AI preparednessIMF
0.44
91st of 165
PopulationWORLD BANK
21.8M
Tertiary enrolmentWORLD BANK
21%
gross ratio
Vulnerable employmentWORLD BANK
39%
own-account & family workers
Urban populationWORLD BANK
20%

Women and men

MODEL

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

Women: any exposure 24%
Men: any exposure 17%
Women: highest exposure 4.2%
Men: highest exposure 2.3%

Women are +7.6 pts more exposed, mostly because they hold more clerical and administrative jobs.

How it compares

MODEL
Sri Lanka 19%
Upper-middle income 21%
South Asia 15%
World 21%

AI preparedness

IMF
Sri LankaUpper-middle income average
Digital infrastructure 0.11
Human capital & labour policy 0.13
Innovation & integration 0.09
Regulation & ethics 0.11

IMF AI Preparedness Index (2023). The four parts sum to the overall score of 0.44 (0–1 scale).

Exposure vs preparedness

Sri Lanka 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 Sri Lanka